new BBB believer -- cloudy water

[mcPool]

Just wanted to re-emphasize what had been said about testing multiple times per day.

The sun & temp in Lexington SC is going to eat your CL. This is especially true the higher the level. So it very important to test the CL, and add to it many times during the day. Otherwise, you will have an intra-day yo-yo effect.

It is not uncommon for my pool to loose 2-3 ppm of CL in one day. I am in N. GA, just about the same lattitude as you are in SC, so our sun factor is similar. And that is when my CL is in the 3-6 range! I recently had the beginnings of algee/haze in the pool, because I went 2 days w/o testing/adding CL (oops). I brought the CL up to around 13-14 (kit (taylor 1471) only reads up to 10. Basing the 13-14 on the fact it was at 10, and I added 2 more jugs). Anyway, next mid day, it was back to 9. Put 2 more in around noon, and it was down to 7 the next day at noon. Perfect, as I had a party that afternoon. But that means it lost 2ppm, plus the entire 2 jug addition!

Just showing that CL will go away quickly! my cya is 50, so with your 90-100, yours may last a bit longer, but still - test-test-test.

[day1]

Since your cya is 90, you're going to be putting alot of chlorine in the pool in the next week. I'd just do a partial drain/refill to lower cya. It should be more cost effective unless you have water restrictions locally and could get fined! If you could get your cya down in the 30-40 range, you'd only need 3-5ppm residual, not 15. Also, you won't have to babysit the pool for a week... much easier in my opinion.