Dumb mistake - dumber question

[Gracy101]

Hi - hosted our first swimming happy hour yesterday after 3 days of terrible rains. Lots of friends, good food and drinks! After the party, my Cl was down to 3.0 and Ph had crept up to 8.0+ (new pool/LOTS of rain over 3 days).

After the party, I was not myself apparently :o and I misread the bleach calculator. Added a jug of acid - I'm ok there. But in trying to bring my Cl up from 3 ppm to 6 ppm, using what's left of chlorine from when I was "pool stored" I input 10.5% as variable. I should have used approx 1 qt chlorine, instead used 1 gallon (DUMB MISTAKE!) This morning, numbers are:

FC 11
CC 0
Ph 7.2
Alk 60
CYA 50
CH 350

Not really shock level at my CYA level per Ben's chart, just high Cl. Is there a downside to not "truly shocking"? Can that create a problem? (DUMB ? #1)

More importantly to my kids - can they swim? (DUMB ? #2)

[CarlD]

You are FINE! Nothing to worry about...just put the kids in older suits, not their newest ones.

That's about all you need to concern yourself with.

[Gracy101]

Thank you sir.

[waste]

As Carl said, no problem. If you want to bring the cl down a little quicker, let the kids out to run and play and tell them that it's ok this weekend not to rinse off before using the pool.

[CarlD]

...tell them that it's ok this weekend not to rinse off before using the pool.

BLECCCHHHH!!!!!:eek: :eek: :eek: