New pool owner needs help.

[aylad]

Hi, Shoogles,

Nothing else you really need to do other than get the chlorine back up to your shock level. Hold it there until the CC is zero and you're not losing any chlorine when testing at sundown and again at sunup.

Glad to hear that you're going to get the Taylor kit--believe me, it will make your life so much easier!! I know it's pricey but I guarantee you it will pay for itself several times over, just in this swim season.

As for keeping the pool cool, I bought a cheap fountain from Leslie's and hook it up and run my pump at night rather than during the day, and it seems to cool it down a little. (I'm in Lousiana, so I hear ya about the warm pool--mine at times feels more like a hot tub!) Otherwise, my girls just turn the slide on and let it run while they're in the pool, and it seems to do the best job at cooling the pool.l

Janet

[shoogles]

ok, so I'm still having trouble with this shotglass method and its really making me feel dumb. Shouldn't diluting it with distilled water cause the color to change- you know what I'm saying? I'm asking this because its not. at 1:1 it is 2. At 1:6 it is still 2! What the heck am I doing wrong????

I know it has to be more than 2 or 4! I put 30 and 3/4 cups of bleach in this evening as the sun was setting after getting a FC and CC of 1. I just can't figure it out.

[shoogles]

Ok, so I decided to keep diluting the water until it came down to a level of 1. So this morning st 6:30 am and diluted to 14:1 the level was 1. So I am assuming that 14 is my free chlorine level. A little higher than I wanted to go (12), but its something. Unfortunately, I did not have this stroke of genius last night while testing, so I don't know if I lost any chlorine or not. Either way, I think I'll assume we didn't lose a negligible amount and go ahead and let the chlorine come down. Hopefully it was enough to kill any remnants of algae from our last shock and we will have a nice clear pool until the Taylor kit comes. Thank you all for your help.

[CarlD]

14 is fine.

I find I can cool the pool by running my solar panels full blast at night (they act like giant car radiators then). Also, leaving the cover off helps.

And if you can conjure up a thunderstorm, that can help.

It's simple: Just fill your pool up to its maximum with a hose or wash your car. I did the former last night and woke up to a t-storm!