Ok, then that probably puts us around the 3-4ppm/day due to UV, which would be a little over 0.1ppm, so based off calculations, we'd probably need the SWG running at 100% for 5 hours to get the FC to 3ppm...which I'm guessing that we could safely be swimming in a little over 3 hours, since the FC should be over 2ppm.
Saltwater startup...add chlorine or just use salt?
- Thread starter AFJz
- Start date
- Jul 21, 2013
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- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
You swim in lakes and rivers with no FC or CYA and bath in your tap water. With a municipal water fill your water is sanitary to start.
You can start swimming whenever you want. The FC being generated will sanitize the water during the day as the FC increases. Within a few hours you will have sufficient chlorine working.
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You can start swimming whenever you want. The FC being generated will sanitize the water during the day as the FC increases. Within a few hours you will have sufficient chlorine working.
The Free Chlorine and Cyanuric Acid Relationship
Managing your cyanuric acid and Free Chlorine levels is key to stabilizing your pool. Learn how these two items affect each other.
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See, that all makes sense in my mind, but I can also typically see pretty well in that river/lake water and tap water, but when I saw our pool turn cloudy green within 2 days this last time, it made me question just how quickly it started to grow algae and potentially other stuff I couldn’t see. This was before we had equipment or many chemicals in the pool.You swim in lakes and rivers with no FC or CYA and bath in your tap water. With a municipal water fill your water is sanitary to start.
You can start swimming whenever you want. The FC being generated will sanitize the water during the day as the FC increases. Within a few hours you will have sufficient chlorine working.
The Free Chlorine and Cyanuric Acid Relationship
Managing your cyanuric acid and Free Chlorine levels is key to stabilizing your pool. Learn how these two items affect each other.
You're in TX and all, but evenso your days are getting shorter and the sun gets a skootch lower in the sky everyday.
The UV loss across the season more or less fits a bell curve. There are the occasional heat waves or cool spells but it usually follows the plan.
Start off expecting a higher loss so you don't get short changed, but it will likely be lower right now.