- Feb 28, 2022
- 4
- Pool Size
- 15011
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Jandy Aquapure 1400
Hey all,
First of all I need to thank this site, and everyone on it, for giving me the confidence to jump right in and decide to take care of our pool myself after the pool builder turned the keys over to us. At first I was pretty intimidated, but everyone here had broken everything down in a way that you can really understand and work with. In short, I am no longer afraid of my Taylor K2006 test kit
Anyway, here are the readings I got this morning. We live in GA, and we just got done with about 2 days straight of rain, and I have a few questions, and want to verify I am on the right path):
Salt: 3,200 ppm
CYA: 60
FC: .6 - Added about 2qts of 10%
CC: 0
pH: Higher than the top reading (Took 5 drops to knock it down to 7.4) - Added a little over 2 quarts of Muriatic Acid
TA: 80
CH: 270 - Added 1lb of CC (All I had left, need more)
Questions:
1) pH - It is always off the charts when I test. Two things that I have read:
2) FC - I'm still learning about the SWG, and what my needs/settings should be. Our pump runs from 8am - 6pm daily, Pool builder set the SWG at 50%, and said that should be fine. If I use the Pool Math App though (and if I am using it correctly) and input the following under Effects of Adding:
Pool Volume - 15k Gal
Chem Additions - SWG
24 Hour SWG Output - 1.25
What would you like to Calc? - Pump Run Time
SWG% - 73
Free Chlorine Generated - 3 ppm
Effects says - "10 hours pump run time"
Am I doing this right? Try bumping the SWG% up to 70-75% based on my pump running for 10 hours a day?
Thanks, and appreciate any suggestions/comments/corrections -
Paul
First of all I need to thank this site, and everyone on it, for giving me the confidence to jump right in and decide to take care of our pool myself after the pool builder turned the keys over to us. At first I was pretty intimidated, but everyone here had broken everything down in a way that you can really understand and work with. In short, I am no longer afraid of my Taylor K2006 test kit
Anyway, here are the readings I got this morning. We live in GA, and we just got done with about 2 days straight of rain, and I have a few questions, and want to verify I am on the right path):
Salt: 3,200 ppm
CYA: 60
FC: .6 - Added about 2qts of 10%
CC: 0
pH: Higher than the top reading (Took 5 drops to knock it down to 7.4) - Added a little over 2 quarts of Muriatic Acid
TA: 80
CH: 270 - Added 1lb of CC (All I had left, need more)
Questions:
1) pH - It is always off the charts when I test. Two things that I have read:
- New plaster can raise pH (Pool was finished in January)
- Aerating raises pH (We have a sheer decent)
2) FC - I'm still learning about the SWG, and what my needs/settings should be. Our pump runs from 8am - 6pm daily, Pool builder set the SWG at 50%, and said that should be fine. If I use the Pool Math App though (and if I am using it correctly) and input the following under Effects of Adding:
Pool Volume - 15k Gal
Chem Additions - SWG
24 Hour SWG Output - 1.25
What would you like to Calc? - Pump Run Time
SWG% - 73
Free Chlorine Generated - 3 ppm
Effects says - "10 hours pump run time"
Am I doing this right? Try bumping the SWG% up to 70-75% based on my pump running for 10 hours a day?
Thanks, and appreciate any suggestions/comments/corrections -
Paul