Hello all, I've been having a small issue with my pool. For starters, I live in Rwanda where the UV index can hit 11 on normal days. We are in a very sunny season at the moment, no rain for several weeks. Also we have a dirt road near our house and it gets pretty dusty at times.
I've been running my filter for 5 hours a day, since electricity costs so much here. But these are my values
Concrete painted pool 60,000L
FC: 9
CC: 0.5
pH: 7.5
CH: 500
CYA: 45
Alk: 50
I use Cal Hypo 65 granular for regular addition of chlorine every 2 days. I've historically kept my pool at 8-12FC since my previous reading of cyanuric acid was 65 several months ago. It's dropped to 45 over the last 3 months with extreme sun. The last time I slammed my pool was in May, and it was expensive with my CYA levels being higher. I was hoping it could drop down to 50 or so so my slam won't be so high on chemicals.
The pool kept crystal clear for the first month, but after a pool party / super sun it went a bit cloudy and teal and has never regained its clarity since. I also dropped my pump run time (sand) to 5 hours from original 6, and also we are in a very dusty dry period of time. Also we haven't had any sun. Our tap water is very soft (CH of 50).
My question is, I'm not that motivated to slam at the moment, but my usual chlorine consumption is only 2 per day which isn't bad for being at the equator, and my cc is usually low and I don't have any over night chlorine loss. The pool really does change more teal when the sun is intense and sometimes bounces back a bit on its own. Do I really need to slam my pool or simply run my pump longer? Is it due to the fact I have a sand filter? I tend to try and backwash as little as possible to make my filter more effective. I backwash every 3 weeks or so, and it is pretty dirty when I do.
Any thoughts?
I've been running my filter for 5 hours a day, since electricity costs so much here. But these are my values
Concrete painted pool 60,000L
FC: 9
CC: 0.5
pH: 7.5
CH: 500
CYA: 45
Alk: 50
I use Cal Hypo 65 granular for regular addition of chlorine every 2 days. I've historically kept my pool at 8-12FC since my previous reading of cyanuric acid was 65 several months ago. It's dropped to 45 over the last 3 months with extreme sun. The last time I slammed my pool was in May, and it was expensive with my CYA levels being higher. I was hoping it could drop down to 50 or so so my slam won't be so high on chemicals.
The pool kept crystal clear for the first month, but after a pool party / super sun it went a bit cloudy and teal and has never regained its clarity since. I also dropped my pump run time (sand) to 5 hours from original 6, and also we are in a very dusty dry period of time. Also we haven't had any sun. Our tap water is very soft (CH of 50).
My question is, I'm not that motivated to slam at the moment, but my usual chlorine consumption is only 2 per day which isn't bad for being at the equator, and my cc is usually low and I don't have any over night chlorine loss. The pool really does change more teal when the sun is intense and sometimes bounces back a bit on its own. Do I really need to slam my pool or simply run my pump longer? Is it due to the fact I have a sand filter? I tend to try and backwash as little as possible to make my filter more effective. I backwash every 3 weeks or so, and it is pretty dirty when I do.
Any thoughts?
