And an owner who has no idea what he's doing.
I read through the SWCG fact. Unfortunately I don't really know anything about owning a regular pool, and the FAQ is (obviously) directed at people who already know the basics.
I started this pool up about a month ago, from empty. The Intellichlor generator got chlorine readings with my little tester after about a day and a half and 340 lbs of salt. However, the Intellichlor still said add so after one more bag I had it up to "GOOD." The PH also looked reasonable at the time so I thought, hey good start.
I used the pool a few times in the first two weeks but havn't used it much since. I havn't really seen any algae, just a little dirt builds up from time to time from the dust and dirt in the air and my backyard.
BTW I live in Lemoore, CA. We are just south of Fresno where it is very dry, no rain, and average temps are 60 at night and 95 mid-day.
After my pump stopped working and poolforum helped me fix the problem and get it recharged I got the brilliant idea of trying to run it as little as possible. I went about 4 days (while I was out of town) with the pump off. Then ran it between 2-6 hours each day since.
So about a month later when I went to check the water levels... sure enough way off. The chlorine seems to be very low, there's almost no color in the tester, 0.6 CL at the most. Is this because I did not use stabilizer? And if so... what is stabilizer and how do I measure it? Or is it because I havn't been running the pump, which generates the chlorine?? As for the PH, its bright in color and above 8.2... so very high. I know I need to use muriatic acid to adjust this and can do so once I get the chlorine issue figured out.
So more salt? Or no salt, just stabilizer? Then acid for PH?
Figured it'll take any of you about 1 minute to answer all of the above... it has already taken me an hour and a half of searching for the right answer..! Thanks in advance.
Paul
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