Need help with my Free Chlorine

[Charlie_R]

For the most meaningful testing, you need to buy the Taylor K-2006 pool test kit. Strips are notorious for being extremely inaccurate. Wile you are waiting for the K-2006, go to your local Wal-mart and get the HTH 6-way kit.

Without proper testing, you can't know what your stabilizer (CYA - cyanuric acid) level is, you won't know how much FC (free chlorine) you need to maintain.

For the experts here to be able to help you, they will need a full set of numbers obtained from a proper kit, but until you have one, the 6-way will get you started.

Please don't rely on pool store advice, most often their "advice" is tuned to selling you expensive chemical soup.

Check the stickies in this section http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/forumdi...ater-Chemistry for a lot of the info you will need to keep you pool in great shape.

I'm sure the experts here will be able to expand on what little I'm able to help with, it may take a bit of time though. In the mean time, read up on what you can do.

In spite of what my signature says, I DO have the K-2006. It is the BEST investment I've ever made in pool care!