Howdy TFP Fam,
I'm a newbie pool owner and the pool/equipment details are in my signature. I have been diligently testing since I took ownership of the property and noticed my salt levels are lowering at an unusually faster rate. It's been raining in Austin and except for last 2-3 weeks, it was scorching heat during the day and had to top up water every few days until rain started.
Test Date & Readings in PPM:
9/25/22: 1600
9/30/22: 2600 (after adding 160 lbs of Salt)
10/17/22: 2400
11/5/22: 2200
11/13/22: 2000
I literally measured the water level overnight before and after the pump runtime (Yes, the previous owner scheduled the run overnight and I kept it as is).
Observations: (1 Centimeter = 0.0328084 Foot; Surface area of the pool = 500 ft approx.; 1 Cubic Foot == 7.48052 Gallons)
1. When pump was running for 10 hours overnight, there was a consistent 0.5 centimeter reduction which translated to 60ish gallons of reduction ( 0.0164042 * 7.48052 * 500)
2. When pump was running for 6 hours overnight, there was a consistent 0.3 centimeter reduction which translated to 36ish gallons of reduction ( 0.00984252 * 7.48052 * 500)
Note: CYA and CH, which are almost impacted due to leaking water situation, remains fairly stable. Since CYA levels are ceiled to the top unit i.e if the black dot becomes unnoticeable when the level is between 50 & 60, the result is set to 60, there may be graduation reduction happening but not impacting the result yet. CH's test end point is tricky because it is to notice the switch from red to blue but it becomes purplish first before becoming proper blue and so I always hand to record a range of values and not exact number.
I ran the pump during the day to visually identify water leaks but no visible clues except for the attached photos but from the looks of it, they cannot contribute to 6 gallons of waste per hour.
Thoughts? What can be my next steps? Thank you for your time!
I'm a newbie pool owner and the pool/equipment details are in my signature. I have been diligently testing since I took ownership of the property and noticed my salt levels are lowering at an unusually faster rate. It's been raining in Austin and except for last 2-3 weeks, it was scorching heat during the day and had to top up water every few days until rain started.
Test Date & Readings in PPM:
9/25/22: 1600
9/30/22: 2600 (after adding 160 lbs of Salt)
10/17/22: 2400
11/5/22: 2200
11/13/22: 2000
I literally measured the water level overnight before and after the pump runtime (Yes, the previous owner scheduled the run overnight and I kept it as is).
Observations: (1 Centimeter = 0.0328084 Foot; Surface area of the pool = 500 ft approx.; 1 Cubic Foot == 7.48052 Gallons)
1. When pump was running for 10 hours overnight, there was a consistent 0.5 centimeter reduction which translated to 60ish gallons of reduction ( 0.0164042 * 7.48052 * 500)
2. When pump was running for 6 hours overnight, there was a consistent 0.3 centimeter reduction which translated to 36ish gallons of reduction ( 0.00984252 * 7.48052 * 500)
Note: CYA and CH, which are almost impacted due to leaking water situation, remains fairly stable. Since CYA levels are ceiled to the top unit i.e if the black dot becomes unnoticeable when the level is between 50 & 60, the result is set to 60, there may be graduation reduction happening but not impacting the result yet. CH's test end point is tricky because it is to notice the switch from red to blue but it becomes purplish first before becoming proper blue and so I always hand to record a range of values and not exact number.
I ran the pump during the day to visually identify water leaks but no visible clues except for the attached photos but from the looks of it, they cannot contribute to 6 gallons of waste per hour.
Thoughts? What can be my next steps? Thank you for your time!
