Too much chlorine

[my4boys2002]

it's a 15ft round pool calc has it at 5,300 gallons.
Ph 8.2
TA not sure
CYA 40
Chlorine when I used the nightly test it was orange, when I did the drop test it was 16ppm.
I added some PH down to decrease my ph levels

[waterbear]

High chlorine levels interfere with the pH test and make it read high when it is not. There is a chance that your pH might be on the low side once the chlorine levels drop. Recheck the pH once the chlorine is below 10 ppm.
In the future do not try to test or adjust pH when the chlorine is high.