How much bleach for 7000 gallon pool?

[Budlight592]

Guess I need to try this BBB method and was curious how much bleach to add for a 7000 gallon pool. Or I guess ratio of gallon to ppm.

[aylad]

In 7K gallons, each 2 cups of 6% bleach you add will raise your FC by 1 ppm.

[Budlight592]

Thanks I have looked everywhere for dosage information for my size pool. Think I am going to take all the stuff out of the frog system and use BBB and pray for good results.

[Spensar]

Thanks I have looked everywhere for dosage information for my size pool. Think I am going to take all the stuff out of the frog system and use BBB and pray for good results.

Great little app to do that.

http://www.poolforum.com/zxq/BleachCalc262.exe

[jwhouse]

use BBB and pray for good results.

I don't think you'll have to pray for good results. I can tell you from experience that if you follow the methods here and use the best guess chlorine chart here (http://poolsolutions.com/gd/best-guess-swimming-pool-chlorine-chart.html), you will have good results. I have not had one single problem this pool season and the only things that have been in my pool have been some trichlor for CYA and wal mart brand 6% bleach.

[PoolDoc]

Thanks I have looked everywhere for dosage information for my size pool.

You have a PF of 19, so 1 gallon of PLAIN 6% bleach will add about 9 ppm of chlorine to your pool. A pound of undiluted dichor (55% available chlorine) will add about 10 ppm of chlorine and about 9 ppm of stabilizer.

[Budlight592]

Can't remember but what is the PF stand for. Also the frog system is all but gone now.

[aylad]

PF is a "pool factor"--a tool that Pooldoc uses to estimate effects on water with given amounts of chemicals...

[Budlight592]

I see thanks. Also I see he shows me at 6.2K gallons and not 7k like I figured. So far since start up everything has been working great. Water is crystal clear and everyone that comes over says how nice it looks. I will have to admit I was a lot worried about this BBB method and still might be just a little but seems to work so far. Not really having to does every day either.

[aylad]

Pool care doesn't have to be a lot of work and really expensive....if you'll just stay on top of your testing, adjust your chems as needed and don't get lazy about it, then your pool should remain crystal clear.

Enjoy your pool! :cool:

[Budlight592]

Wrong section but since you and I have discussed how close we live to each other I was thinking soaler cover and clear to put on soon and do you use a cover for the winter. Also do you drain your pump and filter for the winter or let them run year around. It hardly ever get below freezing here.

[aylad]

I don't own a pool cover, but I don't have any trees in the back yard, either. The only leaves that blow in are from my neighbor's trees, but it's nothing a leaf rake won't handle. I don't drain pump/filter, either--I leave everything connected and running. I maintain my pool chems throughout the winter, but once the water gets cold, it requires very few doses of bleach to do so. I run my pump overnight on nights when the air temp is below 30 degrees, and cut any other run time to a couple of hours/day, not getting upset if I miss a day or two.

This way my pool stays clean and clear all winter, and when the water warms up, the only "start up" I have to do is turn the pump on and go swimming :cool:

One thing you need to consider is the potential for kids/animals to get into the water. My kids are old enough that I don't have to worry about it, and my dog is an inside dog so that's not a problem either. We have a tall privacy fence around the yard to eliminate the possibility of neighborhood kids getting in accidentally, as well. I would definitely remove your steps, and then decide whether you need to cover the pool or not.