I rinsed out my cartridges yesterday. Was surprised to find so many pebbles/plaster, but that's too be expected. Guess the Zodiac Barracuda that I am borrowing did vacuum up quite a bit of stuff. Forgot to mention that in the evening of Day 4 when the Zodiac was at work, my pump was on at 2000 RPM for adequate flow and for the Zodiac as well, I was brushing at the same time. Hooking up the Zodiac, the water level in the pump basket is always a little lower. However, perhaps with my vigorous brushing and this higher RPM setting for the Zodiac (when I was trying it out end of Oct. I found that 1660 RPM was adequate enough for water flow and the Zodiac to perform), I later went out that evening about 1.5 hr later to check on the pool, I heard this loud squealing from the pump area. Well, apparently it was running dry. No good. Long story short, I now have a replacement shaft seal and some O-rings coming from INYO pools. This was out of the ordinary, but now on my agenda to replace the shaft seal. Anyway, pump is running but louder.
Yesterday at approx 1600 I added 49 oz (by volume per Pool Math) split b/w the 2 cut pieces of stocking material (wife was happy to clean out 1 item from her clothes) and placed it in the skimmer. The stocking material worked very well in the skimmer to allow it to dissolve well. Pump is running at 1500 RPM.
Also, last evening at 1900 added 20 oz chlorine to bring to 1 ppm.
Today, Day 6 at 1015:
FC: 0
CC: 0
pH: 7.3-7.4
TA: 80
CH: 200
CYA: not testing until about 1 week or so out
h2o temp: 54
Added 30 oz CYA (the rest of the 79 oz) split b/w two pieces of stocking into the skimmer. Goal to bring to CYA to 30. Added 40 oz chlorine to bring to 2. Brushed.