use of liquid chlorine in AG vinyl lined pool

[BigDave]

...yesterday after vacuming i decided to leave the poll and vacume in the pool with the vacume head upside down on the floor. i left the poll to lay against the side. also, i left the vacume on the opposite side of the pool as the return is facing the flow of water, i figured this may help pull water from the bottom of the pool through the filter...

I love it - homemade main drain.

[Darkside]

it worked like a charm BigDave! i ran this set up over night two nights in a row after vacuming and it cut the cloudiness in half! ive been running the pump on low since my pump is a monster on high... but seems to be clearing up on low just fine.

we got ALOT of rain the past few days. we got so much rain yesterday ( couple inches at least ) that the water level was above the top of the skimmer .rather than drain off water i left it alone. i thought for a second.... i realized that with the water below the top of the skimmer im only pulling water from the top 2 inches or so DUH. with the water over the top of the skimmer i noticed much more water flowing into the skimmer. its as if the water WANTS to go through the skimmer rather that be pulled through the skimmer. so this is a way to move MUCH more water through the skimmer/filter vs running the pump on high and blowing all the dead algae etc through the filter and back into the pool. this seems to have improved the clarity even more since yesterday. my wife was impressed this morning at how well the pool and water look.

i hope all this makes sense. at the rate im going i expect to be crystal clear in another 2-3 days tops!

when we started geeting all the rain i got a bit nervous as rain has caused me problems in the past, mainly throwing off my chemistry by diluting the water. testing with strips wasnt helping the situation. now with a proper test kit the rain IMO is a non issue from here on out! tested just a bit ago and the numbers are as follows...

FC 12.5
CC 0
PH 7.4
TA IS 110

everything is where i want it to be. the only concern i have is TA is up about 10ppm from a week ago. is there a reason my TA is creeping up? im guessing a TA of 110 is OK for now, but what happens if it keeps trending up? from what im reading swimming and splashing will bring this down right? dont wanna use chemicals/acid if i dont need to to lower it.

a huge thanks for everyones help! you guys rock!

[aylad]

A TA of 110 is fine. If it keeps trending up, you might find that your pH doesn't stay as stable. If that happens, the steps to lower it are listed here http://www.poolsolutions.com/gd/lowe...p-by-step.html

[Darkside]

my PH is staying pretty much right around 7.4/7.5 i havnt added borax in at least a few days and so it seems to be pretty stable for now. thanks!

[Darkside]

we used the pool for a few hours this morning! all i needed to do to get it ready was do a final vacume to clean up the dead beetle bodies. the water felt great even with an FC of 17ppm ( tested this morning ) and PH at 7.4/7.5, my wife is usually sensative to chemicals and such and i got zero complaintes about the water quality from her other than she felt it was a little cold at first. no red burning eyes or anything!

thanks again PF!

[PoolDoc]

Glad it's worked out for you!