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    Default How much bleach (or liquid chlorine) per day is typical?

    How much liquid chlorine usage is "typical" for folks in the hot and humid southeast in the summer months.

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    Default Re: How much bleach (or liquid chlorine) per day is typical?

    There's no general answer to that.
    • The PRIMARY, NORMAL loss of chlorine is due to sunlight, so loss is a function of hours of sun vs pool surface area: big pools lose more! Also, having correct stabilizer and chlorine levels matters a LOT. Your stabilizer should be 30 - 80 ppm (higher levels can be compensate for) and your clear water (no current problems) chlorine level should be 5% of the stabilizer level.

    • The BIGGEST loss is from runaway algae, and can be 20 ppm per day or even higher.

    • A LARGE loss of chlorine results from 'people goo' -- sweat, spit, snot, pee, poop -- with urine typically consuming a LOT of chlorine.

    Also, pool store chlorine can be 'stale' so that a bottle of "10% chlorine" may REALLY be 5% or even lower. Here's a better option for many people; Pool-Essentials-Chlorinating-Liquid carried by many Walmart stores. (MOST pool chemicals by Walmart are NOT recommended; this is an exception, and their bleach is likely to be 'fresher' than a pool store's).

    All that said, IF you do everything right, via the BBB method, THEN daily chlorine consumption will typically range from 1 - 3 ppm, depending on how much people USE the pool.

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    Default Re: Chlorine how much?

    My daily chlorine losses run from 1-3ppm, depending on the season.

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