Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/22/2016 4:00 PM, Califbill wrote:
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On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:44:28 -0400 (EDT), fire man
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I am watching Henc's pool again after he went back to Europe. It was
greener than Kermit the frog the other day. I am still not convinced.
I bumped up the cell current after I got it cleaned up.
Its green Algae season. Use shock, algae killer, and scrub walls.
I brushed it and fixed the broken pool cleaner.
I looked at converting to salt, and looked like it was as least or more
expensive than chlorine. Replace a couple hundred buck cell every few
years, and lots of electricity. You also might check for phosphate level.
Lots of leafs raise up the phosphate and encourage algae bloom. I use
liquid in the winter and tabs rest of year. Using liquid reduces the
conditioner which the tabs add. Mine was cloudy , but acid was low, and
1000 phosphate level. Or phosphate may be just a way for Leslie to sell
more expensive additives.
I guess it depends on where you live. We've had three straight chlorine
pools, two in Florida and one in MA. All three required constant
monitoring and "adjustments". The salt based pool we put in the last
house was almost maintenance free once it was up, running and
stabilized. It takes a bit up here because when you first take the pool
cover off the water isn't green ... it's black. But, after shocking it,
cleaning it, adding some algecide, salt and some stabilizer that's about
it for the rest of the summer. Once a month we took a sample down to
the pool supply place just to be sure. Never had to add anything other
than maybe another bag or two of salt late in the summer.
Maybe location. We leave the pool uncovered in the winter. Even the rain
overfilling, does not cause a problem. Water goes somewhere. But we are
10' higher than the house behind us. I use a tablet floater, and acid is
added occasionally.