Can't get chlorine down!

[Poolsean]

As the weather cools off, there is little activity that is consuming the chlorine. Like Dave said, enjoy your pool and go swimming with the froggies.. They don't bite

[tenax]

yep, you should feel good about that..i superchlorinated with bleach to get ready before i start using my new autopilot..the reading is still 20 ppm and i haven't put bleach in since sunday night i think it is. (6 gallons over the course of the day) my cya is 60-80 and the weather has really cooled off since the weekend...

[poolbee]

OK, I won't worry! I was under the assumption that the CL should be under 5. I know there has been big discussions about all that; I'm hoping not to get them going again!

Thanks!

[tenax]

thanks to CYA, i figure it's going to be about a week from when i superchlorinated for my CL to go down enough to bother switching on my shiny new autopilot..wahhhhhh!

[Poolsean]

poolbee, 5ppm is fine, and yes, you can afford to allow it to lower down to 3ppm if you so desire.

[tenax]

just for reference, PB...my chlorine a week after superchlorinating is still at 12ppm. so much for hoping to start my autopilot by tomorrow

[poolbee]

Tenax,

The last time I superchlorinated it took over a week for it to go from 15 I think it was, to 6. Then it has stayed between 6-7 for about 2 weeks. I turned off the chlorinator completely and when I checked yesterday it was down to 5 finally.
I have only shocked 2 other times, and with bleach, and had no problem. This last time I used some cal-hypo my builder left me.
I know I will get replies saying it makes no difference(already have on another post), but I'll never use that again. Success with bleach-no reason to change.