Chlorease help

[PatL34]

Tricia,

Welcome to the forum.

What exactly is the buildup? Is it scale or something else?

A complete set of numbers would help us to help you.

Pat

[Tattoomom]

The buildup is white cakey/chalky stuff.

I'll get you some numbers tomorrow!

Tricia

[Tattoomom]

OK, got numbers last weekend, just getting a chance to post them.

Total Chlorine:2.5
PH:7.6
Total Alkalinity:150
Total Hardness:340
Stabilizer:40
Phosphates:0


Is there anything wrong here? Why is the Chlorease staying caked up with white stuff?

Tricia

[waterbear]

Would it be possible to get a calcium hardness reading? It would be a bit more valuable. I would suggest lowering your TA down to around 100 ppm. this should help with the scale buildup. Also, never let your pH go above 7.6. It might be better to keep it around 7.4 all the time.

[Poolsean]

I don't believe that the Chlorease is a self cleaning system, at least reading through the owners manual does not mention a self cleaning feature. This means you're at the mercy of maintaining balanced water, according to the saturation index. If not, you'll experience the scaling condition that you have. As Waterbear recommended, lower your Total Alkalinity to about 100 ppm, and maintain a lower pH to extend the period between manual acid washing of your cell.

[Tattoomom]

This may be a completely retarted question BUT how do you lower your TA and Ph? I'm clueless!

Thanks!
Tricia

[Poolsean]

Muriatic Acid and aeration. There are several posts on how to do this.
Basically, lower your pH to about 7.2, then reposition your return jets to the surface of the water so that it "churns" the water, thus aerating the water, which will lower your Total Alkalinity. However, you'll need to maintain a lower pH for the aeration to lower the alkalinity.

Hope this helps.