How much bleach for 7000 gallon pool?

[Budlight592]

Guess I need to try this BBB method and was curious how much bleach to add for a 7000 gallon pool. Or I guess ratio of gallon to ppm.

[aylad]

In 7K gallons, each 2 cups of 6% bleach you add will raise your FC by 1 ppm.

[Budlight592]

Thanks I have looked everywhere for dosage information for my size pool. Think I am going to take all the stuff out of the frog system and use BBB and pray for good results.

[Spensar]

Thanks I have looked everywhere for dosage information for my size pool. Think I am going to take all the stuff out of the frog system and use BBB and pray for good results.

Great little app to do that.

http://www.poolforum.com/zxq/BleachCalc262.exe

[jwhouse]

use BBB and pray for good results.

I don't think you'll have to pray for good results. I can tell you from experience that if you follow the methods here and use the best guess chlorine chart here, you will have good results. I have not had one single problem this pool season and the only things that have been in my pool have been some trichlor for CYA and wal mart brand 6% bleach.

[PoolDoc]

Thanks I have looked everywhere for dosage information for my size pool.

You have a PF of 19, so 1 gallon of PLAIN 6% bleach will add about 9 ppm of chlorine to your pool. A pound of undiluted dichor (55% available chlorine) will add about 10 ppm of chlorine and about 9 ppm of stabilizer.

[Budlight592]

Can't remember but what is the PF stand for. Also the frog system is all but gone now.

[aylad]

PF is a "pool factor"--a tool that Pooldoc uses to estimate effects on water with given amounts of chemicals...

[Budlight592]

I see thanks. Also I see he shows me at 6.2K gallons and not 7k like I figured. So far since start up everything has been working great. Water is crystal clear and everyone that comes over says how nice it looks. I will have to admit I was a lot worried about this BBB method and still might be just a little but seems to work so far. Not really having to does every day either.

[aylad]

Pool care doesn't have to be a lot of work and really expensive....if you'll just stay on top of your testing, adjust your chems as needed and don't get lazy about it, then your pool should remain crystal clear.

Enjoy your pool!