Gone swimmin

[Keymaster]

This might bare some interest to some, but not all ;D Today the pool was closed, It is one of my daily jobs to go check the chemicals in one of or both of the School districts pools. This pool is the one I normally check every day, it is 60 years old and keep in mind it is only my job to check chemicals and fix boilers , pumps and such not to clean pool decks. Well, I had to install the starter blocks for lap races and no one was there and I sure wanted to do the dip But I refrained, Thank gawd as my supervisor came strolling in just as I was looking for a pair of trunks.



Heres a picture of the German made boilers that heat the pool water, the building heat and the shower water. We installed those two summers ago and believe you me that was not a treat ;D There are two so you always have a back up incase one shuts down and when you have to do maintenance on on the other still is running ;) They also switch back and forth on run time so the hourly run time stays within 300 hours of each other. Lead and Lag :)



Heres a picture of the 20 horsepower, three phase 277 volt pump. It pulls 650 gallons a minute from the surge pit and pumps the water back into the pool. you can see I pull about 30 band aids a day out of it by the stuff on the floor :)



Heres a picture of the chlorinator, I put about 12 pounds of Calcium Hypochlorite (chlorine) in this sucker a day, Its good on the lungs and I even wear a gas mask :)



Heres a picture of the pool filters, Last summer I had to change the sand in them and change all the Latterals and stuff so i was actually standing inside them and could not see out, Im 6'-3". I opted to go green and replaced the sand with recycled glass that looks just like sand but light green, supposed to last longer than sand. Below the filters under the grate is the surge pit, this pit serves as a overflow resevour for when 100 people jump in the pool the water goes there and is stored until they get out then the pump gets it all back in the pool real quick



The Dive Tank is 12' deep. The entire county fire department comes hear to train for scuba diving and search and rescue.



I hope you had fun at the pool ;)

[hal4uk]

Nice!

If the boss man minds you taking a little dip once in a while...
Tell him to...  Well...
Awrighten.

[ccfdmike]

Thanks for the tour!

[mybad]

Interesting what are your pool numbers.

FC
CC
TC
pH
TA
CYA if any it since it is indoors
CH

[squirtthecat]

Grab me a deck chair and a Mai Tai!

[OU812]

COOL!

I've always wondered where all the water went when there was a bunch of people in the pool.

My pool spills out the strainer when there playin vollie ball.  >:(

I shut my pool down last week and its allready startin to look like a lake.  ::)

[Keymaster]

Interesting what are your pool numbers.

FC
CC
TC
pH
TA
CYA if any it since it is indoors
CH

I usually keep the FC around 2.5 to 3.0 and shock when necessary, Ph 7.4, ALK 110 to 120, Calcium @400 and no Cyanuric acid ;)

[squirtthecat]

I was going to link 'CYA' to 'looking for a pair of trunks', but I see what you are talking about now..

Off to my corner now - well away from the deep water.   :D

[ghost9mm]

Good lookin pool...never seen a pool when I went to school...one room school house didn't have enough room...lol

[Tenpoint5]

Good lookin pool...never seen a pool when I went to school...one room school house didn't have enough room...lol

Don't feel bad Gary. Around here we had to run the cattle out of the pool before we got to go swimming.

[mybad]

Interesting what are your pool numbers.

FC
CC
TC
pH
TA
CYA if any it since it is indoors
CH

I usually keep the FC around 2.5 to 3.0 and shock when necessary, Ph 7.4, ALK 110 to 120, Calcium @400 and no Cyanuric acid ;)

Thx the pool is beautiful....nice job!!

[sparky1]

I was going to link 'CYA' to 'looking for a pair of trunks'   :D

we have to wear trunks?  use to surf naked at night in santa cruz (only in the summer).   8)

[Keymaster]

I was going to link 'CYA' to 'looking for a pair of trunks', but I see what you are talking about now..

Off to my corner now - well away from the deep water.   :D

That was a good one, I'll use that on my next certification class, CYA is the known abbreviation for Cyanuric acid ;D

[grnhs]

That's interesting, I work in a municipal water treatment plant.

[Keymaster]

That's interesting, I work in a municipal water treatment plant.

You are under stricter guidelines than myself but i am also checked for water quality by the health department atleast 5 times a year. Knock on wood, I have never been shut down in twenty years ;D