New Pool owner water chemistry

[sammm]

I run a high CYA pool, as mentioned before. I live in Louisiana, and have no shade at all on my pool.

Thanks for the info Janet, I appreciate it. Living in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, I know all about sunshine and heat. My pool is on the east side of my house and only sees shade in the late afternoon.
I'll monitor my chlorine usage and see how it goes. With your CYA being between 80-90ppm, do you keep your FC between 5-10ppm (using the Best Guess CYA Chart) ?

[aylad]

Thanks for the info Janet, I appreciate it. Living in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, I know all about sunshine and heat. My pool is on the east side of my house and only sees shade in the late afternoon.
I'll monitor my chlorine usage and see how it goes. With your CYA being between 80-90ppm, do you keep your FC between 5-10ppm (using the Best Guess CYA Chart) ?

Your weather conditions are very similar to mine, as we are about 2-3 hours apart in distance (although I think you get more rain than we do). I chlorinate up to the 8-10 range, but I don't let it fall below 5 before I add more. Usually is every 3 days or so, barring anything out of the ordinary in the pool.

Janet