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jasonknox
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Post subject: Chlorine loss per day  Posted: May 25th, 2011, 9:40 am |
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Joined: May 4th, 2010, 7:49 pm Posts: 239 Location: SW Georgia
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Bama Rambler wrote: Do you have a good test kit?
Post a set of test results and how you got them.
We have a 24' pool and use about a quart a day with 50 ppm CYA. You should use a little more than that.
If your CYA is a little low you would use more, but from your statement you're using about normal. Bama What loss per day is your demand figured on? If I have done my math right it looks like 1ppm. 12*12*3.14*4*7.5 = 13,565 gal. or 1.7 million oz. 1 quart of 6% has 1.92 oz. of chloine. I seem to lose 2 to 3 ppm per day.
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JasonLion
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Post subject: Re: Chlorine loss per day  Posted: May 25th, 2011, 9:48 am |
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Joined: May 7th, 2007, 3:03 pm Posts: 23689 Location: Silver Spring, MD
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Using 1 to 2 ppm of chlorine a day is fairly typical. Bama appears to be using just over 1 ppm.
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jasonknox
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Post subject: Re: Chlorine loss per day  Posted: May 25th, 2011, 10:03 am |
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woodyp wrote: I feel like the black sheep of the bunch losing 3-4 ppm per day with a pool in full sun and CYA of 50-60. You and me both I figure my loss at 2 to 3 ppm with a CYA the same as your range.
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JasonLion
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Post subject: Re: Chlorine loss per day  Posted: May 25th, 2011, 10:47 am |
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If you are losing more than 2 ppm and you don't have any overnight FC loss, you should think about raising your CYA level just a little.
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phyllis
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Post subject: Re: Chlorine loss per day  Posted: May 25th, 2011, 11:03 am |
Joined: May 28th, 2009, 8:56 am Posts: 52 Location: AR
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Ok guys... you are way over my head!!! I have never calculated any ppm... don't even know what it is!!!! lol
I did do the OCTL and had my FC go from 13 to 11 this morning.
My numbers now: FC = 15.5 CC = 0
My numbers from this morning: Here are my numbers:
FC - 11 CC - 0 pH - 7.5 TA - 150 CH - 150 CYA - 30
Last edited by phyllis on May 25th, 2011, 11:40 am, edited 1 time in total.
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jasonknox
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Post subject: Re: Chlorine loss per day  Posted: May 25th, 2011, 3:05 pm |
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Bama Rambler wrote: I probably lose close to 2 ppm per day. Also I have an additional effector. I use a solar cover almost 100% of the time when someone isn't in the pool. Granted, it's clear, so I still lose some FC from UV, but it helps a little. Thanks for the clarification Bama my pool has no cover and I have already been leaning toward increasing the CYA as Jason suggested, I am just waiting until my next backwash to add any.
_________________ 35K IG Vinyl 20 x 40 self built pool, Hayward Pro Series High-Rate Sand Filter 31" 98gal/min, Hayward TriStar 1.85hp, Hayward 400btu heater, BBB method w/Hypo, Jazz light w/matching fiber optic rope lighting around coping w/syncronized color wheels. Concrete Paver deck. The Poolcleaner 4-wheel suction cleaner.
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