Danville's Pool

[CarlD]

The easiest way to do the dilution is what we jokingly call the "CarlD Patented Shot Glass method"! But it works!

1) Get a gallon of Steam Distilled water--your supermarket or discount drug chain has it.

2) Get a shot glass (a CLEAN one--if you intend to imbibe, do THAT from a different glass, please! )

3) Get something like a Pyrex measuring cup.

4) Add one shot glass of pool water and one shot glass of distilled water.

5) Stir

6) Test THIS in your test block and double the numbers--so if it reads "5" it's really 10ppm.

7) If that's not high enough (and it won't be since you are aiming for 20ppm) you'll add 3 shots of distilled water to your 1 shot of pool water. Then, if your test block reads "5", you'll quadruple it to measure "20"ppm!

Simple!

(Note: The more times you dilute the pool water the less accurate this method becomes. Ultimately, you should get a FAS-DPD Chlorine test kit, like the Taylor K-2006. But, for now, in your emergency situation, dilution is FINE!)

[Watermom]

One question -- how do we know we're aiming for a chlorine level of 20? Unless I missed it, the poster (danville) didn't tell us what his cya level was.

Danville --- we need that cya level to better advise you. BTW -- Welcome to the forum! Glad you found us?

[CarlD]

Hi Lisa,

Go back a few posts. He reported it as 80-90. You have to hunt a little for it.

Carl

[Watermom]

That was a different poster. Danville (post # 17 in this thread) was posting for the very first time. We've got a couple different pools being discussed in this thread.

REMINDER -- This is why we say it is best to start your own thread instead of tacking onto the end of somebody elses. It gets confusing to try and help with more than one pool at a time. This is exactly what happened in this thread.

I'm gonna start a thread for Danville and move his posts and our replies there. Danville please continue in the new thread.

EDIT -- Carl: It is obviously no longer post #17 in this thread. I moved Danville's post and our replies here into a separate thread.