Tested chlorine this morning before leaving for work.
IT immed turned bright orange! Ooops. Am I correct in thinking that the orange color means the chlorine is really high? (prob 10-15?)
All I have in it is a gallon of bleach and 160lbs of salt so far. Nothing else. The SW generator has not been turned on yet at all.
If I leave the stabilizer out I assume the chlorine level will drop without to much delay. We'll see.

Is it possible that it is so high it could be hurting my liner?

Oh btw... I tested the pool twice (same result - both turned orange) and tested my tap water once just to be sure so I am pretty sure the test was not inaccurate.