Hi all! We've been having a good first summer with our pool thanks to the help and advice of the folks here along with some great swimming weather. Chlorine levels have been pretty good, and I've been working since our installer finished up on getting testing levels where they should be. CYA is still lower than I'd like, but I've been cautiously increasing over the last month. One thing I haven't done much with is the salt level. The installer put it in when we started up, and the SWG has been giving us green lights since. I had purchased the Taylor Sodium Chloride test kit when I bought the TF-100, but after trying it once and not thinking I did it right, I hadn't done it since.
Last week we had a couple of days of heavy rain, during which the pool was covered, followed by a good weekend of swimming. Sunday night, however, the iChlor salt level light was showing red. To make sure I was adding the correct amount as needed, I tried my test kit again. I got a result this time, 3800ppm, which from what I'm reading is a pretty optimal level. FC levels also showed low, so I added some liquid shock at that time before closing it up for the night and trying to figure out what to do next. After an incredibly busy day and night yesterday and getting home today, I tested again. It came out at 4000ppm this time.
The iChlor still has a low salt light, but the cell light is green. After reading through the manual some more tonight, I figured out diagnostic mode, and the salinity level it is reading is 2851. Do I trust what the iChlor is showing me or go by the chemical test? Could there be something else causing the iChlor to read wrong? Something needing cleaned after the initial startup of the pool? If it's as simple as going with that number and adding salt, that's great, but I wanted to run it past the experts before I did something. Thanks!
Last week we had a couple of days of heavy rain, during which the pool was covered, followed by a good weekend of swimming. Sunday night, however, the iChlor salt level light was showing red. To make sure I was adding the correct amount as needed, I tried my test kit again. I got a result this time, 3800ppm, which from what I'm reading is a pretty optimal level. FC levels also showed low, so I added some liquid shock at that time before closing it up for the night and trying to figure out what to do next. After an incredibly busy day and night yesterday and getting home today, I tested again. It came out at 4000ppm this time.
The iChlor still has a low salt light, but the cell light is green. After reading through the manual some more tonight, I figured out diagnostic mode, and the salinity level it is reading is 2851. Do I trust what the iChlor is showing me or go by the chemical test? Could there be something else causing the iChlor to read wrong? Something needing cleaned after the initial startup of the pool? If it's as simple as going with that number and adding salt, that's great, but I wanted to run it past the experts before I did something. Thanks!
