Newbie to Above Ground Pools

[PoolDoc]

. . . membership updated.

Probably the most common vacs used on small pools are the battery vacs: http://pool9.net/cleaning/

Again, the most common heating for small pools are plastic roll-out solar panels, but the results from those are variable.

[smithksor]

OK, I did my first pool test with the Taylor K-2006 kit, here are the results....I know I need to change something, but not sure what.

FC = 5 ppm
CC = 0.2 ppm
PH = 7.0
Base Demand = 3 drops to bring up
Alkalinity = 40 ppm
Hardness = 30 ppm
CYA = never got cloudy, I'm assuming that means I need to do something

The little wheel that Taylor has says that the saturation index is at 2.0

As always, I greatly appreciate your help.

[Watermom]

Are you using the SS Recipe and dichlor? It takes a few days before you will have used enough dichlor to be able to get a CYA reading. So, don't run the CYA test again for another week or so or else you'll just be wasting your reagent.

Your pH is too low. You'll need to add some Borax to bump it us some. (Dosing info for Borax and for the dichlor are in the recipe.) You may also want to bump your alk up by using a little baking soda. Probably somewhere around 1-1/2 lbs should be about right. Instead of adding it all at once, maybe in several small doses.

CH is only a concern for AG pools when it is high, so don't worry about testing that. Yours is fine.

One more thing ----- just use a 10mL sample when you test the chlorine instead of the 25mL one as it will make your reagents last longer. You'll multiple the drop count by 0.5 instead of 0.2.

Hope this helps. Let us know if you have more questions.

(Disregard the book and wheel that comes with the kit. The kit is great, those ...... not so much.)

[smithksor]

Fantastic! Thank you so much for the info.

[PoolDoc]

SS Recipe => http://pool9.net/ssr/