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POOL OPENING TIME DON'T BE A SUCKER
#1
Posted May 21 2014 - 12:56 PM

Yes your pool is green it should be you do not have enough salt. Don't add all that shock to your pool yet give it a couple of days for the salt and chlorine generator/reactor to make it own shock. But if you are in a rush by all means shock it. Get the filter filtering. Now just drink a beer or two and let the pool be for a couple of days If you see no change get the water tested again. you may need to add some shock, but not the 50lbs they wanted you to buy on day one. More money in your pocket for more beer and ammo.
Do not start adjusting your hardness, PH, and whatnot till you have your salt stable and where you want it to be or you will be wasting money and add the stuff you didn't want to be swimming in in the first place cause that why you brought a salt water pool. If you see no change in the color of the water you may need more salt but since the water is cold and salt a crystal your salt may just be sitting in a pile on the pool floor so you will need to stir it up.
Remember pool stores make their money in the beginning of the season not the middle.
Why did I post this you ask? My wife went to a pool store cause she wanted to pool up and running they tried to sell her 40 40lb bags of salt $400, 70lbs of some other crap $90, 59lb of PH up $75, and $50 worth of shock so for $650 I could jump in my pool on Saturday but wait its only 50 degrees. She called me before she said yes and I told her to walk out. I went to the guy I've been using for 6 years and out the door for $100 now what can I do with that extra $550 oh pay off some bills or buy more beer.
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#2
Posted May 21 2014 - 01:39 PM
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#4
Posted May 21 2014 - 02:00 PM

Lowes sells coarse "solar salt" for less than $5.00
A 40lb bag that works exactly the same
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#5
Posted May 21 2014 - 02:03 PM
Yep I was lazy and did feel like going to Lowes or HDAlso don't believe them when they tell you that their salt is better than any others, salt is salt!
Lowes sells coarse "solar salt" for less than $5.00
A 40lb bag that works exactly the same
#7
Posted May 21 2014 - 02:06 PM
but do you want to be swimming in that stuff. I my have to add a small bag of shock or two but not more then that.troublefreepool.com - I've been using bleach, baking soda and muriatic acid for years. Crystal clear and no more pool store BS.
Edited by zzrguy, May 21 2014 - 02:08 PM.
#8
Posted May 21 2014 - 02:13 PM
troublefreepool.com - I've been using bleach, baking soda and muriatic acid for years. Crystal clear and no more pool store BS.
I do the same. Best website and method for a pool.
#9
Posted May 21 2014 - 02:17 PM
but do you want to be swimming in that stuff. I my have to add a small bag of shock or two but not more then that.
The active ingredient in bleach is the same in a jug of pool chlorine. The difference is the amount.
A gallon of bleach 8.25%. A gallon of pool shock 11%
#10
Posted May 21 2014 - 02:28 PM
The active ingredient in bleach is the same in a jug of pool chlorine. The difference is the amount.
A gallon of bleach 8.25%. A gallon of pool shock 11%
Regular gallon of bleach is 5.25% sodium hypochlorite. Some have higher concentrations though.
#11
Posted May 21 2014 - 02:47 PM

#12
Posted May 22 2014 - 07:25 AM

That was that hole point of switching. So why do they keep trying to sell us chemical?Since I switched to a salt generator I have not needed any other chemicals.
Why cause they are steeling from us all or are incompetent.
#13
Posted May 22 2014 - 07:29 AM
I am at $100 so far and that is for Salt I don't expect to spend more then 200 for the year.
#14
Posted May 23 2014 - 10:37 PM
Read the pool school section on troublefreepool.com
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Edited by acamato, May 23 2014 - 10:41 PM.
#15
Posted May 23 2014 - 10:59 PM

#16
Posted May 23 2014 - 11:50 PM
How's it looking. My pool is clearing up but my salt cell is at the end of is reported life span so it maybe not make as much chlorine as needed. But I found that I can get the cell from the manufacturer for less then anywhere else by over $200. I'll give it three more days and have the water check. The cover come all the way off on Sunday and the sun helps kill more of the algee.My pool has been open for a week now. I did pretty much what you had said.
#17
Posted May 24 2014 - 06:14 AM
Are you able to pull the cell and de-scale it? I haven't had to, but I've read up on others having problems and simple soak in vinigar (I think) de-scales it and extends it's life span.How's it looking. My pool is clearing up but my salt cell is at the end of is reported life span so it maybe not make as much chlorine as needed. But I found that I can get the cell from the manufacturer for less then anywhere else by over $200. I'll give it three more days and have the water check. The cover come all the way off on Sunday and the sun helps kill more of the algee.
#18
Posted May 24 2014 - 06:15 AM

#19
Posted May 24 2014 - 07:26 AM

How's it looking. My pool is clearing up but my salt cell is at the end of is reported life span so it maybe not make as much chlorine as needed. But I found that I can get the cell from the manufacturer for less then anywhere else by over $200. I'll give it three more days and have the water check. The cover come all the way off on Sunday and the sun helps kill more of the algee.
Sun is what makes algae grow. No light=no algae.
#20
Posted May 24 2014 - 10:04 AM
I used the stuff from the pool store it diluted acid once again being lazy and cheap $10. You cap one end fill it with the stuff let soak for 30min and reinstall.Are you able to pull the cell and de-scale it? I haven't had to, but I've read up on others having problems and simple soak in vinigar (I think) de-scales it and extends it's life span.
Sun is what makes algae grow. No light=no algae.
Yes but the sun heats the pool and will kill off some of the algee too.
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