Where to start - Water Results

[aLVthing]

Recently purchase a home with a 13700 gallon salt water pool. I'm thinking about taking over pool care from my current pool person. Where should I start in regards to getting it balanced? I'm working on getting PH in check via pool math recommendation. Do I need to lower my chlorine levels? My salt cell generator (pentair Ic40) is currently running at 100%.

Here are my numbers:

 

[wireform]

Your plan is good but make it better by promising yourself not to go to any pool store for water testing.
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FC/CYA Levels
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[aLVthing]

Your plan is good but make it better by promising yourself not to go to any pool store for water testing.
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Will do. I actually have a Taylor kit that arrived today. Will lowering my PH levels to 7.2 bring my total alkalinity down?

 

[wireform]

You cannot make any adjustments with the Leslie test results so post up the Taylor #s.


Which kit did you get ?
Correction:
Don't know what happened here but this isn't what I wanted to say and my link disappeared.
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[JJ_Tex]

+1 on posting up your own results.

Also, IF we were to believe your Leslies results there is nothing that needs immediate adjusting. You didn't buy anything from them did you?

 

[Rancho Cost-a-Lotta]

Will lowering my PH levels to 7.2 bring my total alkalinity down?

In pool math, take a look at the "Effects of Adding" component. It will provide the effects of adding chemicals. Here's an example:



As recommended, wait until your test it arrives before taking any significant action.

 

[aLVthing]

+1 on posting up your own results.

Also, IF we were to believe your Leslies results there is nothing that needs immediate adjusting. You didn't buy anything from them did you?

I did not. Manager that was helping me was trying to push Phosfree on me. When I questioned whether phosphates really matter if my pool is algae free, he said something about it using too much chlorine.

 

[aLVthing]

You cannot make any adjustments with the Leslie test results so post up the Taylor #s.


Which kit did you get ?
Correction:
Don't know what happened here but this isn't what I wanted to say and my link disappeared.
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I got the Taylor Test Kit K-2006C. We'll see how it goes because I am red-blue color deficient