Opened pool and problems...

[chumpy36]

I tested 15 minutes after application of the bleach and The chlorine reading was well off the scale of my test kit that ends at 5ppm.

At 10pm tonight, it had gone down to about 6ppm (a guess - maybe 7) based on the color.

Should I pour more bleach in? I have 10 more gallons. I've used 10

Thanks

Jason

[PoolDoc]

Just wait till tomorrow.

Ben

[chumpy36]

And should I smack it with all ten gallons I have left?

thanks

[Watermom]

Do you have new numbers?

[chumpy36]

Do you have new numbers?

I tested Chlorine this morning with my normal kit and came up with about 5ppm FAC. Combined is way off the scale. I wasn't sure what to do this morning and I didn't want the chlorine to go too low so I hit it with the rest of the 10 gals I had this morning.

Will test again in the morning when I get back to the house.

Thanks

[PoolDoc]

Just get into the "add bleach in the PM, test in the AM" routine, till your FC is nearly equal your TC (ie, your combined chlorine is less than 1 ppm, when your free chlorine is greater than 5 ppm).

Don't try to hurry things up with a 'super' dose of chlorine.

Don't start adding other stuff, unless the pH gets way off. You can probably test pH accurately in the evening BEFORE you add more chlorine -- but when the chlorine is more than 5 ppm, your pH test is not necessarily accurate.

Just take your time, and stay on course.

Good luck,

Ben

[chumpy36]

Just get into the "add bleach in the PM, test in the AM" routine, till your FC is nearly equal your TC (ie, your combined chlorine is less than 1 ppm, when your free chlorine is greater than 5 ppm).

Don't try to hurry things up with a 'super' dose of chlorine.

Don't start adding other stuff, unless the pH gets way off. You can probably test pH accurately in the evening BEFORE you add more chlorine -- but when the chlorine is more than 5 ppm, your pH test is not necessarily accurate.

Just take your time, and stay on course.

Good luck,

Ben

So practically speaking with my test kit (Taylor deluxe something or other) I need to test and get the FAC reading (This is a pinkish color) then add the 5 drops of the third chemical (the first test involves two chemicals) and look for only a change UP of only 1ppm as long as I'm above 5ppm?

Looks like I'm gonna be making alot of trips to walsmart. I've gone through 20 gals of bleach so far and there's only been a slight improvement but I'll keep at it.

Thanks for the help...