Ok, finally have a chance to catch up here. After several days of pure SLAM, I decided to do a hybrid approach considering the progress made, our very small pool temp volume, exhaustion w sunrise awakenings, and interference with limited pool-enjoy-time remaining this summer. No doubt that the TFP principles and the hybrid modification, based on TFP temp pool considerations, got us through.
When I stopped the full SLAM on 8/14, the FC was still 15. I kept the CYA low (~40) at first, just in case. Then I did a SWG boost for several hours and continued to run SWG as needed to keep the FC as relatively high (FC at least 7-10+, CYA 40) as possible but without using liquid chlorine, doing daily OCLT, which was already down to 1, or full SLAM levels. We enjoyed the pool during the heat wave and beyond, thankfully.
I monitored the CC once/day and FC ~twice/d and by 8/20, my CC had finally come down to 0.1-0.5. I also closely monitored and recorded the change in FC at various points during the day with reference to how many hrs/d SWG ran, to get a sense of total FC loss during the day and during daylight and our SWG generation rate. Cleaned pool and filter more regularly. When my CC finally got <0.5 (the 3rd criteria for SLAM met), I decreased SWG run time w goal of trying to find the maintenance run time, after repeating OCLT once more (now 0.5 on 8/25). Also, then brought CYA back up to ~70. Since then, the water has remained clear and I’ve been maintaining a FC of ~5 (range 3-7 w a rare dip just preceding next SWG cycle) with 3-5hr SWG runtime. I’ll boost SWG if FC is on the low side and monitor CC.
Unless there’s another heat wave without torrential rain, we only have a few pool days left before school starts and the weather cools at this point. I am grateful to have gotten here successfully with your collective wisdom and to have had some SLAM-relief pool enjoyment in recent week or so. Thank you!
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