words of encouragment!

[ILHoz]

Third day into conversion. Water is still green and soupy most of the junk that was floating is gone. My pool is a 24' AG 13500 gal. Our Baq levels were at 50 when we started. In hindsight probably should have waited for baq levels to go down before we started. So far have added 20 gallons of CL.
We are having a real hard time keeping CL levels up. Should I just keep adding CL to keep levels 10-15?
Thanks
Leslie

[VOLDADDY]

You need to keep your FC level at 15 a minimum of 3 x a day, the more the better. I added when I got up first thing in the morning, when I got home from work, and before bed. Also, you should run your filter 24/7 and backwash often, keeping an eye on your pressure. It takes a lot of bleach to convert, so keep plugging away. The reason you are having problems keeping your chlorine levels up is because it is being used by the Baquacil. You need to keep adding bleach until you can keep a FC level of 15 PPM overnight. Hang in there, as it will be worth it in the end. Good luck!

[ILHoz]

Can I cause damage to my liner from keeping my FC levels at 15 ? In another post on this sight it said for vinyl liners to only get my FC levels to 10. I don't want to cause even more problems. My kids hate me already, this has been the hottest week here in Illinois mid 90's all week and we can't use our pool!
Thanks to everyone for all the help.
Leslie

[sevver]

Tell your kids that they are lucky, I live in Illinois, and I just popped my left eye, I cannot use the pool for who knows how long. They will be able to use it soon.

[bcb1]

You should be able to run the cl level up to 15ppm (on a short term basis, such as your baquacil conversion) with no long-lasting problems. I would not recommend doing it on a long term basis, but for the several days of a baquacil conversion, many (if not most) of us have had our cl levels in the 10-15ppm range.

My liner was virtually new when I did my conversion (shortly after I installed my pool). This is my 3rd summer with chlorine, and the liner is still a nice, dark blue. I normally keep my FC level at the 3-5ppm range.

The only place that is faded is where I dumped in too much cal hypo when I was doing the conversion, and it sat on the pool bottom for about a day. Oops! No harm done, but it's bleached in that area.

[prh129]

As far as the 15 ppm level, as soon as you bring the chlorine level up to 15 ppm, it will start to get consumed and will drop soon so it isn't until you're done that you will actually hold at 15 ppm therefore the liner effects should be minimal. It will improve the conversion time though so keep it up!

Peter

[ILHoz]

Hi All,
The only test kit I can find only measures CL to 3. What is the process to check levels up to 10-15.

I know this involves dilutingmy pool water with distilled water and multipling your numbers, however I do not know how much distilled water or what I multiply my numbers by.

Leslie