I think you mean that you ordered a Taylor K-2006 kit, right? I hope it gets to you quickly. With a CYA of 80, you are going to have to run higher than normal chlorine levels and thus will need the ability to measure higher than an OTO kit can. If you have not done so already, take a look at the Best Guess Chlorine Chart in my signature below for information about the connection between CYA levels and needed chlorine levels.
You are right that you should stop using the chlorinator and just use an unstabilized form of chlorine. With such a large volume pool, it is going to be pretty inconvenient for you to have to deal with the number of bleach bottles you are going to have to buy. You might see if there is a pool store that sells liquid chlorine. It, too, is sodium hypochlorite but just is more concentrated like maybe 12%.
But, for now ------- in a 37,500 gallon pool, each gallon of 8.25% bleach will add only 2.2ppm of chlorine. Use that as a reference to help you figure out doses of bleach to add. With a CYA of 80, your chlorine must stay between 5-10 all the time. So, adding only one bottle per day is not keeping your chlorine high enough and is putting you at risk of an algae bloom.
Until your test kit arrives, you can force your OTO kit to read higher than 5 by using dilution. This is not super accurate but will be better than nothing until your K-2006 is there. If you go to our sister website, www.poolsolutions.com and click on 'guides,' you will find one about 'Testing without a good kit" that will help you.
Each evening, test your water using the dilution method and add enough bleach to take your chlorine level back up to 10.
Hope this helps. Welcome to the Pool Forum!
Bookmarks