jilted
02-23-2012, 01:21 AM
Hello all.
Did my first testing this weekend.
Salt: 2600 ppm
CYA: 50 ppm
Alkalinity: 80 ppm
pH: 7.6
Free Chlorine: 1.5 ppm
Combined Chlorine: 0 ppm
Water is still cold... around 65 F today
I did a good job keeping leaves to a minimum this winter. Also, I ran the pump like once a week on the weekend for at least a good 8 hours. Also, added a big bottle of bleach one a month during the pump run cycle.
Went to Lowes and got 10 bags of salt and some CYA.
I've been doing the panty hose tip on my polaris picking up small particles on the bottom and thats working great. Plus my normal bag has a hole in it haha.
I added 1 bag of salt today because I want to figure out approximately how many ppm's I get per bag.
Water is clear. One issue I have is that I have some brownish stains on the bottom that don't go away with a brush. Is there anything I can do to clean those up? Also a little brownish tint on the stairs. Not real worried about the stains, I am going to replace the liner after this swim season.
What order should I work on things? Salt, CYA? Or CYA, salt?
The compupool swcg manual recommends upwards of 100 ppm CYA. Should I go ahead and start bumping it up now while its still cold or wait till closer to swim time?
The compupool swcg manual also recommends 3500 ppm salt. Same question, should I start bumping it up now as well?
From my test results, should I work on anything else?
Here's a tip I learned today. I bought the salt on Lowes website. When I went to the store they already had it loaded on a cart. That's one less time that I had to move it!
Thanks!
-stephen
Did my first testing this weekend.
Salt: 2600 ppm
CYA: 50 ppm
Alkalinity: 80 ppm
pH: 7.6
Free Chlorine: 1.5 ppm
Combined Chlorine: 0 ppm
Water is still cold... around 65 F today
I did a good job keeping leaves to a minimum this winter. Also, I ran the pump like once a week on the weekend for at least a good 8 hours. Also, added a big bottle of bleach one a month during the pump run cycle.
Went to Lowes and got 10 bags of salt and some CYA.
I've been doing the panty hose tip on my polaris picking up small particles on the bottom and thats working great. Plus my normal bag has a hole in it haha.
I added 1 bag of salt today because I want to figure out approximately how many ppm's I get per bag.
Water is clear. One issue I have is that I have some brownish stains on the bottom that don't go away with a brush. Is there anything I can do to clean those up? Also a little brownish tint on the stairs. Not real worried about the stains, I am going to replace the liner after this swim season.
What order should I work on things? Salt, CYA? Or CYA, salt?
The compupool swcg manual recommends upwards of 100 ppm CYA. Should I go ahead and start bumping it up now while its still cold or wait till closer to swim time?
The compupool swcg manual also recommends 3500 ppm salt. Same question, should I start bumping it up now as well?
From my test results, should I work on anything else?
Here's a tip I learned today. I bought the salt on Lowes website. When I went to the store they already had it loaded on a cart. That's one less time that I had to move it!
Thanks!
-stephen