I added 4lbs of CYA last Friday and have kept the pump running through this morning. I expect that the 4lbs of CYA will bring it up to about 45PPM but I did not want to add too much because I am aware of the issues if you get too much. If I understand it right 4lb of CYA will raise the levels 30PPM in 10,000 gal. I suspect that I will need to add another aproxamentally 4lb to bring the level up to 60PPM. Am I thinking right? I have also reduced the Salt generator from 70% to 60%. I was planning to test again tonight but we have finally gotten some rain so I imagine that levels are off a little at this point. As far as following what the Plaster Company has recommended that is exactly what I am continuing to do so that they cannot put it back on us. Will bringing the PH and ALK down remove the scale as they have said? This site is awesome, I have learned a lot from reading all of your posts. Thank you all very much.
Bring your CYA up to the maximum, which for your Jandy unit is 75 ppm (and given the amount of precision in the CYA test I would suggest brining it up to 80 ppm).
Drop your TA to 70-80 ppm (70 ppm is better). (Lower TA means slower pH rise from outgassing of CO2)
Once this is done adjust the FC level in the pool to 4-5 ppm by adjusting cell output and/or pump run time.
Maintain your pH at 7.6 and not lower (the lower you put the pH the faster it rises) and drop it back to 7.6 when it climbs over 7.8.
Finally, consider adding borates to 50 ppm since this will introduce a secondary borate/boric acid pH buffer system that will work in compliment to the bicarbonate/carbonic acid buffer system we call TA and will maintain the pH around 7.6-7.7 for much longer than without the borates.
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