my first chemistry numbers

[Dizzle]

Went down to home depot and rented a pump. I drained an impressive amount of water out of the pool. I then filled it up. it was about a 24 hour process. I cleaned the filters and installed a weir.
I feel good!
I just took my second set of chem numbers
FC = 1.6
cc = 0
PH = 7.6
TA = 120 ppm
CYA = 50 ppm

CYA is still a little on the high side, but I think I will have to deal with it. No more stabilized chlorine. Its all about the clorox from here on out. I will now do some reading to figure out how to lower TA a little. I am still not clear on how much bleach to add to get my FC levels up, I guess i will just add a couple of gallons and check it often.
I must say I do like the taylor test kit, it is very easy to use and makes me feel Pro.

thanks everyone-The Dizzle

[aylad]

Hi Dizzle,

A CYA of 50 is going to be MUCH easier to deal with than it was, so you'll find that all your hard work was worth it!! So now you need to up your chlorine just a tad, because with a CYA of 50 you want to keep your chlorine between 3 and 6 ppm at all times. I'm referencing this table that we use as a guideline for chlorine amounts for algae-free pools..... (better known as Ben's Best Guess Table)

Stabilizer . . . . . . Min. FC . . . . Max FC . . . 'Shock' FC
=> 0 ppm . . . . . . . 1 ppm . . . . . 3 ppm . . . . 10 ppm
=> 10 - 20 ppm . . . . 2 ppm . . . . . 5 ppm . . . . 12 ppm
=> 30 - 50 ppm . . . . 3 ppm . . . . . 6 ppm . . . . 15 ppm
=> 60 - 90 ppm . . . . 5 ppm . . . . . 10 ppm . . .. 20 ppm
=> 100 - 200 ppm . . . 8 ppm . . . . . 15 ppm . . .. 25 ppm

Note that since you're on the high end of the 30-50 range, I would encourage you to try to target the next higher chlorine ranges, just to make sure--meaning I wouldn't let mine drop below 5 ppm, and would probably target 5-8 ppm for daily chlorination. In an 11,500 gallon pool, each 3 1/2 cups of 6% bleach will raise your chlorine by 1 ppm, so you can use that as a guideline to figure out how much you need to add each day.

Your alk isn't too bad at 120, so I wouldn't worry too much about adjusting it unless you're finding that your pH won't stay stable. If you need to adjust it, you can find the process stickied at the top of the "Alkalinity and calcium" part of the forum.

Janet