Adjust TA when chlorine very, very high?

[dawndenise]

Final update: Pool cleared and came back to its nice color on Day 9, although a bit of whitish haze around the drain persisted. Kept CL levels up for another day and by Day 11 began to let the pool come down to its normal levels.

This morning's readings (would be Day 13, if still counting) are FC 15.5, CC 0, pH 7.5+, TA 70. SWG at 35%, salt level 4000-4100 (due to mega bleach additions), pump back on 10hrs.

Things learned:

1.) Shock the pool to whatever level it takes at the first sign something is not quite right with your pool - trust your instincts.

2.) Keep a good supply of testing reagents on hand. Testing FC at 30-48 3x/day can use up a whole lot of drops!!!

3.) Don't use scummy hoses to top off your pool or clean your cartridge filter.

4.) Keep one shock level of bleach, or cal hypo, or whatever, on hand so you can take action on a problem immediately.

5.) Seriously think about adding some polyquat 60 in August or early September.

The PS234S was indispensible! Can't even imagine how I could have managed this outbreak with the shot glass method (nothing against the method, but doing a reading with 1 part pool water and 5-9 parts distilled water would have been just too inaccurate).

Thank you Richard for your advice and encouragement. Thanks to the others who posted on other threads/forums where I posted other questions before I knew what I was dealing with.

Missed probably 1-2 days of swimming during this, as the temps have been cooler. Pool was at 68 degrees this AM but we have 3 days forecasted to be in the 90's with overnight lows in the 60's, so may be able to squeeze in a few more dips and laps. Should help to lower that CL reading just a bit, too.