aqua rite issue or no

I have the aqua rite with the 40000 gallon cell. My pool is 24000 gallons.

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I added my info to the chart.

I took the solar cover off this morning--was on for 3-4 days as we were away. Cover was really dirty....grimy....for what its worth.

Pool was cloudy. Numbers were ok with a free/total chlorine of 3.4. Added bleach and left for work.

Current numbers after work:
temp 84
free/total chlorine 6.4
combined chlorine 0
pH 7.4 alk 130 (usually 110)
cya 60
calcium 240

test with a taylor of course....i started lurking here when we got the pool 4 yrs ago. First time I haven't had crystal clear water.

pool size about 24k gallons, vinyl, swcg, DE filter.

Just added 3.3 gallons of bleach which should bump total chlorine close to 16. Looks clearer after work (now 645pm) then this am.

Is the cloudiness dead algae or something else??

90 degrees in upstate ny and its the one week each summer we tend to have guests so I'm hoping to straighten it out.

Any thoughts on the cloudiness.....

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Had a cloudy pool so pushed up the output from 37 to 50%. Usually that gives me a significant chlorine bump.

It didn't this time so I added bleach to shock the pool. My combined chlorine is 0 and the total/free is at 6.4 (was 3.4 when I discovered the cloudiness--used bleach to get the increase)). Just shocked up to about 16.

Cell/unit is 14 months old.....is the cell not working or is this a question of increased chlorine consumption (does algae or a filthy solar cover cause this). CYA level 60.

Any thoughts????

Thanks in advance

Tony

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Your best bet would be to test your chlorine levels in the evening after sundown, and test again in the morning before the sun hits the pool (don't run the SWCG during that time) . If you lose 1 ppm of chlorine or less in that time, then you don't have algae or anything else in your pool consuming your chlorine, and we can look to other causes for the cloudiness. If you lose more than 1 ppm of chlorine, then you have an algae bloom trying to happen, or some other water problem that is creating a chlorine demand. In that case, turn off the SWCG, shock the pool with bleach to 20 ppm (that level is based on your CYA of 60 ppm), and then hold it there by testing/adding more chlorine as needed to maintain that 20 ppm until the cloudy clears up, and until you can go all night without losing more than 1 ppm of chlorine.

Shocked....water is now crystal clear.

Chlorine level last night and again this morning 9.4.

Ive had the swcg off the last few days.

Was going to test at sundown again tonight and then turn it back on....and then look for a chlorine bump by morning

Sound reasonable?

T

Sounds like a plan to me..... :)

If you are trying to determine if you are losing chlorine overnight during the 'overnight' test, then you need to leave the SWCG off overnight. Otherwise, you won't be able to tell how much you are losing since the SWCG will be adding it overnight.

I did the original overnight test with the swcg off--no chlorine drop off.

I did it last night with it on to make sure my cell was functioning.

Tony

Sounds like you're good to go, once the pool's all cleared up.