New Intex owner from Texas

[Rockwall]

Hello again!

Okay, my K-2006 kit is on it's way. I filled up the pool on the 21st, measured on the 22nd the CL @2 and PH @ 7.5 with my hth 3-way kit.

Wasn't able to tend to the pool because of work on the 23rd. Today, the 24th, it measures out at CL @.5 and PH @ 7.5 still.

Digging through some of the recent posts, it was mentioned to start adding a gal of bleach per 10,000 gals of water every night. Would a gallon today, and a half gallon in the following evenings, be okay until I get the full kit in?

I picked up at Wally World a 4lb bag of hth Salt pool care (cyanic acid). The levels it recommends are 4 lbs for 20,000 gallons. Would it be worth adding a pound of it now to help keep the CL or should I wait until I get the 2006?

Also, I've not added any salt to the pool just yet, was wanting to see if I can get this going well and use the SWCG to maintain the CL levels, much like Bob E. is doing above. Very hot and sunny here in Texas.

[PoolDoc]

If you just filled it, by all means go ahead and add the stabilizer -- 1 or 2 lbs in a sock.

If you water is clear, adding 1/2 gallon of plain 6% bleach should do you -- but you can't quit while you wait for the kit. Get a local OTO kit and skip adding bleach ONLY if the PM chlorine level is dark yellow.

[Rockwall]

I'll rig up a 1lb sock tomorrow morning. I have an OTO kit that I am taking the CL and PH measurements with. Water is very clear but the yellow of the test was very, very light, about .5 it read.

I put in a gallon late this afternoon, and will put 1/2 gallon in each evening until I get to dark yellow.

Thanks!

[PoolDoc]

You're welcome.

[Rockwall]

Okay, I have my K-2006 kit in hand now. I've been adding chlorine regulary to my pool to keep it in the strong yellow range. I was using bleach but my wife was very leery of the concept of 'bleach' in the water (even after I explained to her that bleach was basically chlorine and water) but am now using hth Chlorinating granules (calcium hypochlorate).

I followed the directions for the CYA test, but wasn't sure about one thing - how much should the dot "disappear"? It went from black to a light greyish but never really disappeared. Or is that how it should be? I had added 2 lbs of CYA about 10 days ago via the sock in the return stream method.

[PoolDoc]

It has to disappear completely; that is, when you look down, you can't see that there is a black dot there at all.

Tell your wife that bleach adds salt to the pool, which goes nicely with your SWCG (saltwater chlorine generator); but that calcium hypochlorite adds calcium, which tends to kill the plates on a cheap SWCG. Her choice, though.

[Rockwall]

Should I add another pound of CYA via the sock, wait a day or two and then redo the dot test?

[PoolDoc]

If you are going to use an SWCG, bleach and/or cal hypo -- you need more than a pound or two. The general recommendation for SWCG's is CYA=80. On your pool that will take 4 lbs of CYA, or 9 lbs of dichlor chlorinating granules.