wilcfr
07-10-2008, 09:57 PM
We now have a salt chlorinator on our pool. To make it work properly you have to have the proper level of CA in the pool to stabilize the chlorine being generated. We can't seem to get any CA to show in our pool. We have a 38000 gallon gunnite pool and have added 17 pounds of stabilizer and it still shows 0ppm. Any suggests as how to correct this problem would be helpful.
pH 7.1
Alk 130
total Cl 1.5ppm
free Cl 0.5ppm
Hardness 600ppm
The pool is crystal clear, smells great and has no algae. The chlorinator is a Jandy set at 100% right now. It has been set at 55% and 75% with the same Cl results of .5 and 1.5. We added 8 gallons of liquid chlorine on two separate days because of heavy use with no movement in the Cl numbers. We use Hach kits for testing the Cl, Alk and hardness and a hand held pH meter for pH. We are presently testing the CA with a test strip as we await a Taylor test kit. Our local Leslie's tester show 0ppm when he test for CA also.
Thanks
pH 7.1
Alk 130
total Cl 1.5ppm
free Cl 0.5ppm
Hardness 600ppm
The pool is crystal clear, smells great and has no algae. The chlorinator is a Jandy set at 100% right now. It has been set at 55% and 75% with the same Cl results of .5 and 1.5. We added 8 gallons of liquid chlorine on two separate days because of heavy use with no movement in the Cl numbers. We use Hach kits for testing the Cl, Alk and hardness and a hand held pH meter for pH. We are presently testing the CA with a test strip as we await a Taylor test kit. Our local Leslie's tester show 0ppm when he test for CA also.
Thanks