Hey all:
At this pointing the summer, I'm usually using my SWG to maintain my pool, but my circuit board is busted right now, so I'm using 12.5% bleach while we try to get that fixed.
Everything was fine the last few weeks; I was able to keep my FC around 3-4. After a heavy swimmer load last Friday, I loaded up my pool with enough bleach to reach 6 FC, then shut the cover. Checked it yesterday (four days later) and the pool is cloudy and I read 0 FC. I haven't seen it go that fast before, especially when covered and no swimmers. But I figure what the heck. So I added enough bleach to raise the level from 0 to 4. Check it this morning. Still 0 chlorine. So I add another gallon of bleach. Check it an hour later. Still 0 chlorine. I just added another gallon. According to Pool Math, I should be near 12 FC right now, but I can't get it to hold.
So here's my question: How does one maintain a pool with bleach? I assume what I'm dealing with here means I let the pool lie fallow too long. How often should I test when we aren't in the pool? As noted in my signature, we have an automatic cover, so we don't usually lose much FC to sunlight. Water temp is between 76-78. The SWG is nice (when it's working) because once I get the pool balanced, I don't have to do much, if anything. I normally only test when we are swimming.
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Edited to add: Just retested the water, 1 hour after adding the last gallon of bleach. FC is 3, CC is 6. �� I've never seen my CC be that high; the most I've ever seen it is 1. What does the fact that my CC is higher than my FC mean?
Thanks,
Kelly
At this pointing the summer, I'm usually using my SWG to maintain my pool, but my circuit board is busted right now, so I'm using 12.5% bleach while we try to get that fixed.
Everything was fine the last few weeks; I was able to keep my FC around 3-4. After a heavy swimmer load last Friday, I loaded up my pool with enough bleach to reach 6 FC, then shut the cover. Checked it yesterday (four days later) and the pool is cloudy and I read 0 FC. I haven't seen it go that fast before, especially when covered and no swimmers. But I figure what the heck. So I added enough bleach to raise the level from 0 to 4. Check it this morning. Still 0 chlorine. So I add another gallon of bleach. Check it an hour later. Still 0 chlorine. I just added another gallon. According to Pool Math, I should be near 12 FC right now, but I can't get it to hold.
So here's my question: How does one maintain a pool with bleach? I assume what I'm dealing with here means I let the pool lie fallow too long. How often should I test when we aren't in the pool? As noted in my signature, we have an automatic cover, so we don't usually lose much FC to sunlight. Water temp is between 76-78. The SWG is nice (when it's working) because once I get the pool balanced, I don't have to do much, if anything. I normally only test when we are swimming.
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Edited to add: Just retested the water, 1 hour after adding the last gallon of bleach. FC is 3, CC is 6. �� I've never seen my CC be that high; the most I've ever seen it is 1. What does the fact that my CC is higher than my FC mean?
Thanks,
Kelly
If the pool is covered and no one is using it, do I still need to test daily? Every other day? What are the best practices? I haven't used bleach-only to maintain before, and I'd like to avoid having to SLAM every other week.
