Hi Everyone - I opened my pool about a week ago and it was a swamp - I kept the water at shock level for a several days. Using a Taylor K-2006 kit I tested my chlorine today and the Free Chlorine is 16 PPM and Combined Chlorine was zero. I'm pretty certain that I did the test correctly - My question.... Is it safe to jump in the pool to cool off ? I have some trichlor pucks in the chlorinator but have it set to 1. I don't like turning it to zero without removing the pucks as I feel like it ruins the o-ring in the cover.

I was thinking I just need to wait for the free chlorine to come down naturally ? Maybe add fresh water when possible. Any thoughts? Thanks