Cloudy Water & CL Going Going Gone

[GraceByDesign]

........... There are many posts on this forum that relate to burning eyes and other ill effects when swimming at high CL levels. ........

I think perhaps what you saw related to CC, or combined chloramines. These are the baddies, not the free chlorine.

[Jakebear]

So when I take the FC up to 20 ppm ----- How long do I keep it that high??

I still don't understand how swimming at 20 ppm can be OK --- If it bleaches your suit it can't be good for the various exposed organs, the skin being the biggest and most exposed. I think I understand the relationship of the CYA and the effectiveness of FC but it is not like it's (the CL) not there.

Also I do not have any CC so again how does this figure into the need to shock equation.

[Simmons99]

Also I do not have any CC so again how does this figure into the need to shock equation.

You are using chlorine overnight? If so - it is because you have something alive in your pool that is using the chlorine. Right now it has not grown to a level that looks bad, but it will continue to grow and use chlorine until you kill it with high chlorine levels.

[Jakebear]

OK and thanks to all ----- BUT

How long do I maintain the FC at 20 ppm?????

I've been searching this site since my last post and have not found that information.

[mbar]

I would suggest taking it up to 20ppms until your water clears up, or you hold it overnight. It probably won't take long, because you have not shown any combined chlorine. You can tell it is all dead because your water will be clear, and there will be dead stuff on the bottom of the pool. Once the water is clear, or you don't use any chlorine overnight, you can let the chlorine fall back down to normal levels for your cya.

[Jakebear]

OK --- Here goes nothin' --- NO swimming tomorrow though -- I still don't buy it's healthy!!!

[mbar]

Read this post:

http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthr...hlight=dangers

Read them all, especially the one by Pool Doc

[duraleigh]

Hi, Jake,

Our family swims all the time at shock level. It has actually improved my son's grades. He's (we call him "three-hands") at the top of his class in Computer Science....his keyboard proficiency is astounding.

Seriously, no one should do anything they're not comfortable with but the ppm of chlorine in pools is amazingly low. When you wash your clothes and add Clorox, the chlorine ppm in the machine approaches 200ppm as nearly as I can figure.

[KurtV]

I think you've gotten sound advice from Marie (mbar) and Dave (duraliegh) on shocking your water because of the high overnight chlorine consumption you're experiencing, but I wouldn't overlook the cal-hypo as the possible cause of your cloudy water. Cal-hypo can cause cloudy water temporarily and because you've been adding it regularly, it could well be the culprit here (for the cloudy water only, not for the chlorine consumption). Try bleach as your chlorine source instead and see if the cloudiness problem is ameliorated or eliminated.

[duraleigh]

Hmmm. Good catch, Kurt....that's a good thought.