Finished renovation first test numbers are in!

[okcnewbie]

My pool has been open for less than a week and here are the latest results; haven't actually tested CYA yet
Pool renovation post is here; http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthr...-install/page2

FC 4
PH 7.2
TA 150
CH ?
CYA 10 maybe

So far I've only added bleach, 2 lbs of Borax, 2 lbs of stabilizer. I'm using the Taylor 2006. Didn't want to test CYA until I'm around 30 or so. One time I tested and had CC of about 2.5. Used about 2 gallons of 8.25 and the next morning the CC was gone if I remember right. I started charting today. My wife doesn't believe bleach should be going into a pool so I can't afford to screw this up. ; )

[Watermom]

Ask her if she would be more comfortable if you used pool store liquid chlorine. Most likely she'll say yes. Then, you can tell her that bleach is 8.25% sodium hypochlorite. Pool store liquid chlorine is either 10 or 12.5% sodium hypochlorite. So, if the pool store stuff doesn't hurt the pool, why would the bleach?

2 lbs of stabilizer would have only added approximately 12ppm of CYA. Not enough and also not enough to be measurable. Around 50ish ppm is good for most pools. So, you'll want to add another 6 lbs or so.

[okcnewbie]

Thank you so much watermom. I added the other 2 lbs of CYA today. I'll pick up 4 lbs more tomorrow.
Is it typical for a newly filled pool (city water) to have such a high TA? I'm trying to just keep a really close watch over the chlorine and PH right now.

[Watermom]

As long as your pH is not bouncing around and you don't have high CH, then a TA of 150 is not an issue in a vinyl pool. Go ahead and run the CH test one time to see what you get.

Did you tell your wife about the pool store liquid chlorine and bleach both being sodium hypo?

[okcnewbie]

Watermom - I did tell my wife about the liquid chlorine at the pool store. I also told her that the pool chlorine is even stronger. I also told her that if she smells chlorine that I've probably not done a good job keeping enough chlorine in the pool. I also mentioned that I know if I add 64oz of 8.25 % I'll go from 2 to 4 ppm (roughly) of chlorine. In the past with the automatic chlorinator we often were higher than i wanted. I think she is coming around.
I'll run the TA and CH tests today.
Thanks again

[okcnewbie]

Just ran CH for the first time;
FC 2.5
CC .5ish only slightly changed color but adding a drop made it clearer.
CH 100
TA 150
CYA estimate around 20

[Watermom]

Those numbers look pretty good and will look even better when you bring the CYA up a little as I know you are currently in the process of doing. Keep your chlorine in line with the CYA/Chlorine chart and you'll be good to go. With low CH and pH, I wouldn't worry about the TA.

http://pool9.net/cl-cya/