greenish and cloudy

[PoolDoc]

If it's still orange, brush first. If there's no algae stirred up, you can began letting levels drop back to 'dark yellow'. You'll want to hold there, until you get the K-2006, and we can find out what your pool water condition is.

[ganny76]

Just because i was bored i went and checked the chlorine. Its darker yellow then the test will read, but not much. I swept and there is still some algae, but not near as much. Chlorinator is still turned off.

[ganny76]

I went ahead and poured 4 gallons of bleach in tonight. Swept. Fingures crossed for tomorrow. How long before the kids can swim. They are dying. Lol

[ganny76]

Pool is clear with no algae, but test is still orange. Is it safe for kids?

[Watermom]

Orange is probably about 20ppm chlorine which is pretty high. I just skimmed back over your thread but didn't see a CYA reading. Do you have one?

EDIT -- Ganny --- read the Best Guess Chlorine Chart in my signature below.

[ganny76]

Thanks Watermom. I dont have my good test im yet. All i can check is chl and ph. I did the 1/2 dilluted with tap water and it came out yellow. Slightly darker then the test had.

[PoolDoc]

Pool is clear with no algae, but test is still orange. Is it safe for kids?

It's safe for kids . . . but not expensive swim suits. You must have some stabilizer -- otherwise you'd lose all the chlorine in 1/2 day's sunshine, so it may not be a problem even for swimsuits.

My older son swam for a month, 2 - 3 hours per day in a pool with zero stabilizer (indoors) and 20 - 30 ppm chlorine because their ORP controller was mis-calibrated. I finally had to threaten to call the health department to get them to fix it. It killed two of his swim suits, and turned his hair ash colored (from brown) but otherwise didn't hurt him.

[ganny76]

Thanks again everyone!!!!

[ganny76]

New problem, off subject, i had turned my swcg off while i did the bleach. Today when i turned the power back on, the display is now acting up. Doesnt show salt content or water temp. Shows a few things, but others are blank.