You are the best - we’ve been in our house 6 years now and I was about ready to just drain the pool and get rid of it those first few summers until I found Swim University. You make things concise and easy to understand, it’s so nice! It gets confusing when chemicals have so many different names, I love how you had a bag of stabilizer in the video when you talked about CYA - its little things like that that help so much!
My issue was that I just forgot to add baking soda for months and my alkalinity was way too low, after I did that, 2 days later it was crystal clear again
Ive found a cya level of 60 is the best during summer as it drops to 40-50 then re up to 60. People say cya only drops due to draining. I highly disagree. Unless 50 plus pools all have leaks lmao cya definitely goes down. Only in the winter time I see it stable. Tabs will help keep it stable in the summer but even then it drops.
How come you find 60 optimal? Do you have a swg? I do and find 30 is enough. How high do you keep your free chlorine level? As a rule of thumb it should be at least 7.5% of the CYA so in your case around 4. Which is i.m.o. a high level for equipment and swimmers. With cya at 30 you only need a free chlorine level around 2 and still loose only 2% of free chlorine per hour. My swg runs about 6 hours per day in summertime (water temp 30 degrees celsius) and about 3 hours in wintertime (around 15 degrees). Now I am curious hearing your experience. I do have to add CYA about twice per year as it does go down. I am not using tablets.
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You are the best - we’ve been in our house 6 years now and I was about ready to just drain the pool and get rid of it those first few summers until I found Swim University. You make things concise and easy to understand, it’s so nice! It gets confusing when chemicals have so many different names, I love how you had a bag of stabilizer in the video when you talked about CYA - its little things like that that help so much!
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Excellent video. Very clear and concise.
Thanks for all your advice and info.
Great advice, thanks!
Thanks Matt, where's your flowery shirt, almost didn't recognize you.Gord
Good question! lol
My issue was that I just forgot to add baking soda for months and my alkalinity was way too low, after I did that, 2 days later it was crystal clear again
Good fix!
I’m gonna upgrade my pump
Ive found a cya level of 60 is the best during summer as it drops to 40-50 then re up to 60. People say cya only drops due to draining. I highly disagree. Unless 50 plus pools all have leaks lmao cya definitely goes down. Only in the winter time I see it stable. Tabs will help keep it stable in the summer but even then it drops.
How come you find 60 optimal? Do you have a swg? I do and find 30 is enough. How high do you keep your free chlorine level? As a rule of thumb it should be at least 7.5% of the CYA so in your case around 4. Which is i.m.o. a high level for equipment and swimmers. With cya at 30 you only need a free chlorine level around 2 and still loose only 2% of free chlorine per hour. My swg runs about 6 hours per day in summertime (water temp 30 degrees celsius) and about 3 hours in wintertime (around 15 degrees). Now I am curious hearing your experience. I do have to add CYA about twice per year as it does go down. I am not using tablets.
That's weird. I have my CYA at 40 with a swg and it just stays there. How are you testing for CYA?
Interesting. What kind of climate are you in?
My sand filter shows 40-45 psi pressure on a 8ft (45000) pool, after I back wash it it goes down to 30-35, is this too high?