Where are people so opposed to the idea of bleach?

[court475]

My brother in law has a 24' AG, as do we. As a matter of fact, we were swimming there and they are moving out of state, so we decided we needed a pool of our own! Anyway, they came over tonight to swim for the first time. My sister in law says the water tastes funny. He says the bleach is harder on his eyes. It's like they are just trying to find reasons NOT to see that plain old bleach can be a good thing.

Courtney

[ubalr1]

My brother in law has a 24' AG, as do we. As a matter of fact, we were swimming there and they are moving out of state, so we decided we needed a pool of our own! Anyway, they came over tonight to swim for the first time. My sister in law says the water tastes funny. He says the bleach is harder on his eyes. It's like they are just trying to find reasons NOT to see that plain old bleach can be a good thing.

Courtney

I'm sure the wise ones here on the forum are going to ask to see your pool numbers so they can tell you why your BIL was complaining about his eyes. As for your SIL, why is she drinking pool water in the first place? I've been hearing the same negative comments about bleach. In my opinion it is just a lack of understanding talking. The facts (and chemistry) of liquid bleach speaks for itself.

[court475]

Haha! Well okay, just for the record my #'s today were:
CL 2
CYA 30
Ph 7.5
and struggling with alk of 300.

[CarlD]

Haha! Well okay, just for the record my #'s today were:
CL 2
CYA 30
Ph 7.5
and struggling with alk of 300.

Cl is too low. FC and TC should both be 3 minimum.

CYA is too high (you know this). Go to the alklinity topic and read how to lower it.

EDIT by Watermom -- I think Carl meant to say that your alk was too high, not your cya. Your cya is fine at 30!

EDIT by CarlD -- OOOOOPSSS! My bad! Thanks for the catch, W'Mom!

[court475]

I know the CL was low, added some bleach this evening. I'm working on the Alk using the stickies posted over there, but it's being pretty stubborn.

[gonefishin]

Personally...I can't understand how anyone could make a bad remark about using bleach when treating your pool. It IS pool chlorine at half concentration.

I've even run across people who are sold on liquid (pool) chlorine who swear bleach will ruin your linear and solar cover. ugh!

As for your TA. Follow the advice written in the stickies...and if your unsure of yourself...start your a current thread. I followed the advice, in the stickie threads, for lowering my TA and once I got my ph low enough...it started working like a charm. Just stick with it...be consistent and persistant...and have patience.

happy swimmin',
dan