EcoSmarte Pool System Manual page 17

CLOUDY WATER
If your water appears cloudy, or like milk, the cause is most likely associ-
ated with the ionization descaling in your pool pipes. This process is nor-
mal, and will eventually cease. Consider this: with whatever sanitation
chemical you were previously using, the calcium carbonate has been
allowed to scale and build-up inside your pool pipes, heater, filter, and
other pool equipment. The ECOsmarte Pool System will alter the form of
calcium, and activate a descaling process which will remove the build-up
inside your pipes, heater, filter and other pool equipment. The process is
safe to you and beneficial to your pool equipment. Generally a cloudy
pool as a result of descaling will last from 1 to 3 weeks, however the con-
dition may show itself periodically until all scaling has been removed. To
speed up the removal process, you should:
(1) Clean filter media thoroughly, sand filter & DE owners should break
down filter each spring, soaking grids is critical, twice yearly.
(2) Test pH and Copper ppm and adjust as needed.
(3) Oxidize water for two cycles per day.
(4) Test water for phosphates.
ECOsmarte recommends the above procedure. If a cloudy condition per-
sists beyond three weeks the filter media may be inadequate. Waiting for
pressure rise remove the minute calcium particles and aid your filter in its
removal. Glass Pack® (see inside front cover). Replacement media for
sand filters. (Sand must be changed every 3 years minimum.) Glass
Pack® should last five years.
ALGAE BLOOM
The ECOsmarte Pool System requires a pH between 6.8 and 7.2. If an
algae bloom appears it is usually because the pH drifted above 7.2, or
the copper residual is below 0.4. The active algaecide in the water is the
copper ion. Measure your copper levels and adjust as needed (between
0.4 and 0.7 ppm). The ECOsmarte Pool System does not "vaporize"
organic matter. The System will render inert simple organisms, like algae.
Adequate filtration is necessary to run a crystal-clear pool. If an algae
bloom occurs, there are a few things you can do to speed up the removal
of algae.
(1) Clean filter media thoroughly,
(2) Measure pH and Copper ppm and adjust as needed,
(3) Brush algae toward main drain daily,
(4) Backwash media when filter pressure rises 6-10 lbs.
Too much backwashing can cause algae to form or cloudy water.
Test water for phosphates.
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