Re: Any reason to add CYA with more salt?
And that's actually what I've been doing, BigDave. For my salt system, the manufacturer's ideal range is between 3.0 and 3.5 (it functions between 2.0 and 4.0). When I see the salt reading on the unit is 3.0, I dump a 40lb bag of salt in the pool, and it bumps it up to about 3.4 (the readings can vary, but that's about right). At that time, I do generally check CYA and it may be under 50, so I'll add CYA to bump it up, hopefully, to around 80. I haven't ever done the math to figure out how much CYA I'd need to add to make a +10 movement in the CYA reading, but since I just added a 40lb bag of salt, I'll try to add 1.5lbs of CYA, roughly (I don't measure, just go my product level in the 5lbs container it comes in).
South Florida - 16,000g Diamond Brite pool, 700g spa & waterfall, Jandy 1400 AquaPure SWCG, Jandy variable-speed 1.5H pump, Jandy 60 DE filter, Jandy heat pump - using Taylor K-2006 kit
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