Intex pool startup

[Watermom]

Thank you for the reply!

You are very welcome

I'll go ahead and order the Taylor kit but in the meantime will get the HTH kit from wal mart to hold me over and post results later this evening.

................and I'll unplug the copper producer when I get home.

All good decisions!

[jcwr56]

So here are the results using the HTH kit....Water was tested between 6:50 and 7pm tonight. No one was in the pool since it was filled and the filter was running for 24 hours.

CL is less than .5
BR is less than 1
Ph is 8.2
ALK is 350 ppm
Hardness is 350 PPM
CYA is still clear at the 30 mark. (The mixture was clear when mixing the two regents together)

[aylad]

You won't have a reading for CYA unless you've added it to the pool. You do need to add some, though, whether you add it in in the form of straight CYA or whether you turn off the SWCG for awhile and just use trichlor pucks or dichlor powder, both of which will raise your chlorine, lower your pH, and raise your CYA. Most SWCGs require a high level of CYA to extend the cell life--check your owner's manual for what amount your unit requires.

You can ignore the bromine scale--this is a chlorine pool, so you won't have any bromine. Your pH, alk, and calcium are high. You can lower your pH and alk by using muriatic acid and the steps listed in the sticky under the "alkalinity and calcium" part of the forum (you'll have to log out and read it that way until your registration is upgraded--right now you wouldn't be able to follow a link there). You want your pH to be around 7.2-7.6. The alk will come down with the pH when you add the acid--the explanation is in the sticky.

[jcwr56]

Thank you,

I did take a look for initial CYA amounts and will pick some up later today.

So I have a two fold process, adding CYA and adding muriatic acid. Is there a proper order I want to do this in since both will cause a lowering of the pH?

[PoolDoc]

CYA will not affect your pH very quickly. Don't worry about adding both at the same time, but do NOT allow them to come into direct contact with each other.