Newbie - with cloudy pool

[Dad2handz]

Tested the water today and these are the results:
Chlorine 0.5
PH 8.2
Alk 110 ppm

Chlorine levels have never really shown much but we were told that's because it is a salt water pool? Thanks!

[PoolDoc]

1. "Salt" or Salt Water Chlorine Generators (SWCG) are just a METHOD of delivering chlorine to a pool. You *should* have the same chlorine levels as with any other method of delivery.

2. The most critical test results, for an outdoor pool, are chlorine, pH, and stabilizer. You need a K2006 so you can *accurately* test for those. 'Guess-strips' don't count, especially with respect to stabilizer.

3. I never got the pictures: poolforum@gmail.com

[Dad2handz]

PoolDoc...please let me know if you got my pictures that were emailed? I sent them twice to your email address listed above. Thanks!

[PoolDoc]

[PoolDoc]

I got the photos, but misplaced them -- for some reason, Gmail has stopped flagging emails with attachments.

I didn't post the photo of the filter label; it wasn't large enough or focused well enough to be able to read the label . . . so what model Hayward is it?

The other photo is of the pump MOTOR, not the actual pump, which is the wet end. You have an uprate 2 HP motor, which is the same as a full rate 1.5 HP motor. Assuming you have a 24" filter, your pump is probably much too large. But you'll need to send a photo of the pump, before I can tell for sure.

[Dad2handz]

I will get a picture of the filter label tonight when I get off work. When the installer tried a smaller pump, it did not circulate the water in my pool well enough which is why they went to a bigger pump. (Did I have someone totally clueless install this pool?)

[PoolDoc]

What do you mean, "it did not circulate the water in my pool well enough"?

[Dad2handz]

I sent another picture of my filter a couple of days ago to your email address. Thanks. My water is clear at this point. Just need to get it vacuumed this weekend and the walls cleaned. The walls seem to have a gritty, dingy film covering them almost like sandpaper. Going to try to figure out what that is...any ideas? I will also retest water tonight and post new results.