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    Default Re: what makes eyes sting in the pool?

    Quote Originally Posted by pairadocs
    ph 7.5
    no recent algaecide in more than a month
    no clarifiers
    TC = 1-2
    FC = .5-1
    tested with taylor drop test kit this am
    tot alk = 150 ppm

    thanks for the investigation

    it just seems that this year my pool is more stingy than last year, and I had to add 30- 40 gallons of bleach last month to remedy the brown smelly pool water that i uncovered in the beginning of the season.

    despite my low chlorine levels, the pool smells rather bleachy, not too strong, but not mild either, moderately bleach smelly, which surprises me with my low CL levels.

    rjf
    You provided the answer right here....stinging eyes and chlorine smell. You have chloramines in the water (probably still left over from the "brown smelly pool water") and you need to raise your chlorine level to shock levels (and keep them there until there is NO CC!) based on your CYA (stabilizer) level to burn them off! It's called breakpoint chlorination, To see how high you have to raise your FC to be effective based on your CYA levels see this thread.
    http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthread.php?t=365
    Last edited by waterbear; 06-18-2006 at 08:59 PM.
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