Salutations

[MrFrugal]

Well I think my fight may have come to an abrupt and depressing end. After I back washing I cut the pump off to switch it back to filter flipped the switch & nothing happened. I am thinking my pump may have just died however I can't replace it right now. So thanks for all the help & once it is replaced I will fight another day.

[Watermom]

Sorry you are having pump issues. You might want to start a new thread in the 'Pool Equipment and Operations' section of the forum to see if anybody can give you any advice about your pump. Good luck.

[MrFrugal]

Not sure what was the cause but my pump decided go take a brief sabatical. I left it off for the night and I was going to quit fighting but something told me to add somemore bleach & try the pump this morning. I flipped thw switch & it started up. So I shall keep up my bleach assualt. If my cya is virtually nonexisitent will that cause my chlorine levels to drop quicker then if they were up around 20-30 ppm.

[Watermom]

If you have hardly any CYA, then, yes, you will lose your chlorine fast to the sun. You really want your CYA to be around 40-50ppm. Glad the pump decided to wake up!

[MrFrugal]

Sorry I really don't mean to bug but I was trying to find a post on raising CYA levels but I was unable to locate one. What do i need to add to increase CYA.l

[Watermom]

Are you only using bleach? If so, then you can just add some CYA separately. But, you'll want to wait until your green pool is cleared up before adding it. (Is it any better, by the way?)

Go ahead and buy a 5 lb. container of CYA. It may be labeled as conditioner or stabilizer. Check the ingredients. If it says cyanuric or isocyanuric acid, it is the right stuff. You may not need all 5 lbs., though. Have you used any trichlor pucks this year or dichlor powder?

[MrFrugal]

Its not perfect but I can see the bottom of the pool for the first time in a long time. At this time the only thing I'm adding to the pool is bleach. I'm just having difficulty keeping the chlorine levels up. I'm thinking this is caused by a number of factors, including algae, heat & lack of CYA. I really wish it was the weekend so I could allot more time to it but I'm going to keep on keeping on.