Owner`s manual

Club Piscine Super Fitness - Above Ground Swimming Pool - Owner’s Manual (03/2012) 30
4. Appendix : Water Problems (continued)
PROBLEM CAUSE WHY SOLUTION
Stains on liner
• Calcium deposits • Water too hard • Check water hardness.
• Dead leaves • Dirt left on liner
too long
• Give water a shock treatment.
Wait 2 hours. Brush off cover.
If stains persist, scrub with a
nylon stocking filled with granular
chlorine and rinse immediately.
Irritated eyes
and itchy skin
• Incorrect pH • Adjust pH to between
7.2 and 7.6.
• Chloramines (See
“Odour of chlorine”)
Odour of
chlorine
• Not enough chlorine.
The cause is not
insufficient chlorine,
but insufficient free
available chlorine.
• Adjust pH and give water
a shock treatment.
Repeat if needed.
Scaling
• High pH • Lower pH.
• High total alkalinity • Lower alkalinity.
• High calcium
hardness
• Elevated hardness levels may
require draining some water from
the pool. You could also use a
scale remover and iron.
Metal fittings
corroding
• Low pH • Increase pH.
• Low total alkalinity • Increase total alkalinity.
• Low calcium hardness • Increase calcium hardness.
Dirt Ring
• Accumulation of
human seborrhoea
and dirt
• Remove with a cleaning product
for vinyl. Read and follow
instructions on the label.
• If dirt remains, scrub with a
nylon stocking filled with granular
chlorine and rinse immediately.