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[kimkats]

I am NOT an expert on spas but.............I know someone that found their suits they wore in their spa was not rinsed very well after washing so the residual soap caused foaming in the spa. Just throwing this out there.

Kim

 

[jaykull]

Here is my full weekly tests

Fc 7
Cc no
Ph 7.7
Ta 90
Ch 190
Csi -.23

Should I raise my ta and ch?

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[nlindelldc]

Here is my full weekly tests

Fc 7
Cc no
Ph 7.7
Ta 90
Ch 190
Csi -.23

Should I raise my ta and ch?

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I personally would leave them both right where they are. Sometimes TA can be on the low side (mine is at 70) but your PH will find it's happy place (mine stays at 7.8). Hopefully yours will be similar. It's so funny how every pool is a little bit different in this way

 

[jaykull]

I realized I never posted a pic of my pool. Here it is

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[MarianParoo]

Nice!!!! How are your numbers?

 

[kimkats]

Pretty! I love the spa and scuppers!

Kim

 

[jaykull]

Nice!!!! How are your numbers?

Thnx, here are my latest numbers:

Fc 7
Cc 0
Ph 7.6
Ta 100
Ch 275
Cya 75

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[MarianParoo]

Sweet!

 

[eqbob]

Be aware that with those waterfall returns, the additional aeration will make your pH rise more rapidly. It's not a problem if you know it and compensate for it. As others have said, you will learn your pool. I'm 100 miles northwest of you and love to see and hear the sconces run so I always have my pump schedule at 12 hours per day, winter or summer. Makes my pH rise more rapidly, but well worth the pleasure of the sconces.

 

[jaykull]

Be aware that with those waterfall returns, the additional aeration will make your pH rise more rapidly. It's not a problem if you know it and compensate for it. As others have said, you will learn your pool. I'm 100 miles northwest of you and love to see and hear the sconces run so I always have my pump schedule at 12 hours per day, winter or summer. Makes my pH rise more rapidly, but well worth the pleasure of the sconces.

Those run off a separate pump then the rest of the pool so I only have them running when swimming or taking a picture, but thnx for the heads up.

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[jaykull]

I have been losing 1.5 fc each day, is that normal our should I perform oclt? The weather has been wacky, was in the 80s until Sunday.

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[atttech-2]

If you have been maintaining FC have little or no CC and the water looks like the picture I think you are fine that amount of loss does not sound excessive epically with what sounds like a long swim season and I assume you have been using the spa if not both the spa and pool. That being said no harm in being cautious and practice is always a good thing.

 

[jaykull]

If you have been maintaining FC have little or no CC and the water looks like the picture I think you are fine that amount of loss does not sound excessive epically with what sounds like a long swim season and I assume you have been using the spa if not both the spa and pool. That being said no harm in being cautious and practice is always a good thing.

The only time the fc was below the recommend levels was when the pb was maintaining the pool. They turned it over to me and the fc was at 5 on 12/4.

I have never had any cc. I will go ahead and do an oclt in the next few days.

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[jaykull]

My fc went up 1 this morning before sunrise from my test last night. Could it be because I forgot to turn on the pump last night?

If so, I will do it again tonight but have the pump on all night.

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[MarianParoo]

Did you test at least a half hour after your last addition of the evening? My pool can take as much as 2 in order to fully circulate.

 

[jaykull]

Did you test at least a half hour after your last addition of the evening? My pool can take as much as 2 in order to fully circulate.

It was several hours after adding any chemicals

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[MarianParoo]

So you added chemicals, ran the pump for several hours, then tested. In the morning your FC was 1.0 higher than evening reading, right? Do you have a SWG or a chlorine floater? If not, it sounds like a testing error.

 

[jojoman]

First, you have a nice, beautiful pool there jaykull! With this mild winter so far, my FC has not dropped as fast as I thought it would. I'm trying to get a metal remover into my water, so the FC needs to be low for it to work right. Even down south we get so much less sun in winter that FC loss to the sun in winter is low. Water is hanging just above 60 so keep a good eye on it.

As far as pump run time, with a one speed pump I run it totally at night because freeze protection is going to run it overnight anyway(when it's near freezing). So why not run the whole system if the pump is going to be on anyway. Works for me until I replace the pump with a VS model in the future.

Good luck and congratulations for taking control of your pool and enjoy saving the money you would have spent having others do it for you.

 

[jaykull]

So you added chemicals, ran the pump for several hours, then tested. In the morning your FC was 1.0 higher than evening reading, right? Do you have a SWG or a chlorine floater? If not, it sounds like a testing error.

No swg or floater, im guessing operator error, going to do it again tonight with the pool running

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[MarianParoo]

We'll be here!