Re: Starting from scratch (new water)
OK finally got new liner and the plan is to install this weekend... wish me luck.
For fun, I did a water test on the hose water just to see what kind of results I got:
pH: just below 7.8
FC: 0
TA: 140
Calcium (for fun just to do it): 20
CYA: 0
Do you think this is fairly representative of the results I will get in the pool with a fresh liner or will the vinyl affect the results?
I bought 20 bags of Morton Salt and if I remember correctly when I converted to salt it took 18 bags to get to ~3500ppm
To get CYA to a modest level of 50ppm I'll need 11 lbs of CYA. Or should I go higher than 50? (my swcg recommends 40-100ppm)
If the pH/alkalinity results are about the same in the actual pool should I even worry with those right away or just focus on shock/sanitize.
I know you all recommend getting some bleach in there right away until I get the salt dissolved and start up the SWCG. I was planning to pre-dilute it in a bucket before pouring it in. On the old liner I just poured it straight into the water! :-)
Side note, my pump seal was leaking REALLY BAD and the bearing were grinding. New motor on the way. I wanted to replace that first so I don't end up with downtime with a new start up. Sucks though my pool is super green and I was really hoping to have it fairly clean so I could change the filter sand and flush it out real good before moving to new water. I guess I'm just going to have to try my best to back flush whatever left over crud is in there and change the sand later. I really didn;t want to introduce old algae into the new pool but I may be just SOL haha.
Thanks!
-stephen
26,500g inground vinyl liner (new liner installed June 2013)
Hayward 1.5 HP Super Pump - Hayward sand filter (sand changed in spring 2009)
Compu Pool CPSC36 SWCG - Polaris 380 cleaner
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