Swimming season on the horizon...2008

[steveinaz]

This will be our 2nd season with the pool, I'm pretty excited. This winter was uneventful---I don't close my pool because I'm in Southern Arizona. The water did get down to 42 degrees during the coldest times. I simply turned my SWCG down to 5% output, running about 6hrs a day across 3-2hr intervals. At the close of the swimming season, I had to add about 25lbs of salt, largely due to grandkids splash-out, and 2 partial drains from monsoon rain falls.

I added some CYA last weekend, I had maybe 10ppm indicated. The SWCG is slowly being raised (20% output), and the water temp is up to 63 degrees. The water remained crystal clear all winter--no issues to speak of. My numbers last week:

FC 8ppm (tested 3/22/08)
CC 0
PH 7.4
CYA 70ppm (tested 3/22/08)
CH (I think my reagent is bad, can't get a reading)
TA 120ppm (tested 3/22/08)
Salt 2600ppm (tested 3/22/08)

This weekend I'll do a full range of tests for a baseline this year. Let's get this party started!