Scroll slowly: the day moves with you. See how the sun, swimmers and the night change the water, and what to do at each moment.
The water has had a quiet night with no swimmers: a good time to test chlorine and pH before the day begins. Testing regularly, not only when the water already looks bad, is the habit that prevents the most problems.
Heat and sun really do consume chlorine, more than most people think. Cyanuric acid protects it from the sun, but too much does the opposite: it leaves the water without real protection.
Cyanuric acid: how much is too much → · When will my chlorine run out? →
Sunscreen, cosmetics and sweat: a sudden load of swimmers can use up the available chlorine within hours. And at shared pools, with swimmers in the water, adding chemicals by hand is no longer an option.
Grease and creams float and end up marking the waterline. And that strong “chlorine” smell isn’t too much chlorine: it’s chloramines, and it gets worse after busy days.
What the chlorine smell means → · The dirt line around the edge →
A good moment to top up what the day used. And if you have a thermal cover, on it goes: properly fitted, it can cut evaporation by up to 95-98%.
Scheduling filtration to match, where possible, the cheapest electricity periods lowers the bill without changing any equipment. Filtration hours follow the season: more in summer, fewer as temperatures drop.
The scene and the chlorine gauge are illustrative: they show the trend through the day, not real values. To know how your water is, you have to test it.
In season we test and adjust chlorine and pH, clean and check the equipment on every visit. Ask for a no-obligation quote.
