I have been fighting no chlorine all year, all my levels are in range. The pool is crystal clear no algae my pool company can’t figure it out we have tested for ammonia, nitrates, nitrites etc no phosphate’s either. Any suggestions would be helpful thanks it’s 29500 gallons chlorine pool.
No Chlorine
- Thread starter Bryanth76
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Hey Bryan and Welcome !!!
How are you testing ?
How often are you testing ?
What is it testing ?
In range is a broad term that could mean a million things.
How are you testing ?
How often are you testing ?
What is it testing ?
In range is a broad term that could mean a million things.
Welcome to TFP.
Specifically we need to know the following
CYA level
FC level
pH level
Is this a gunite pool? Vinyl or Fiberglass?
Specifically we need to know the following
CYA level
FC level
pH level
Is this a gunite pool? Vinyl or Fiberglass?
We need more information, to get you going. We CAN solve your problem! This site is all volunteer, so any money spent will be directly on what is most effective, and least expensive. - not to this site/organization.
1. Get a GOOD test kit. Pool store testing is virtually always wrong, leading to costly products and errors in "how much". If you have a problem, you will be testing often, it also saves trips to the store. Swimming Pool Test Kits Compared
2. Update your signature line, with information about your pool and equipment. Helps us a lot in keeping track, and not asking you over and over. Create Your Signature - Further Reading
3. Download and use PoolMath on your phone - it records your test results, and calculates how much of what, to add.
Free, but the $8/yr version will keep a running history, that we can see here automatically (if you want), so you don't have to type results or post screen shots. PoolMath
Even though we don't trust pool store results, and may not make recommendations based on them, what numbers are you seeing, and can you give more history about the problem? A picture of your pool would help with the context.
1. Get a GOOD test kit. Pool store testing is virtually always wrong, leading to costly products and errors in "how much". If you have a problem, you will be testing often, it also saves trips to the store. Swimming Pool Test Kits Compared
2. Update your signature line, with information about your pool and equipment. Helps us a lot in keeping track, and not asking you over and over. Create Your Signature - Further Reading
3. Download and use PoolMath on your phone - it records your test results, and calculates how much of what, to add.
Free, but the $8/yr version will keep a running history, that we can see here automatically (if you want), so you don't have to type results or post screen shots. PoolMath
Even though we don't trust pool store results, and may not make recommendations based on them, what numbers are you seeing, and can you give more history about the problem? A picture of your pool would help with the context.
pool store uses Taylor Kit plus the electronic and testing for cya,ph,alk, chlorine, ammonia, phosphate
ph-7.6
cya-35
alk-80
fc-0
What have you been using to add chlorine? Liquid, tablets, powders? Any examples of how much and when, and the readings before and after?
So weekly tests ?
The sun comes out everyday, even behind the clouds and burns off FC. You need reliable home testing and use it often.
Test Kits Compared
Thats the #1 reason that brings folks to TFP. Whether its test strips or the pool store, 'just test weekly and shock it every now and then' equates to what we call 'dump and pray'.
Get yourself a reliable kit. We'll show you how to do it on the cheap and easy.
Get yourself a reliable kit. We'll show you how to do it on the cheap and easy.
liquid and powders plus tablets. I put 2 lbs of shock weekly and 1 gallon of liquid just to add some chlorine my pool store can’t figure it out
Thats about 10ppm a week and its already high UV demand by you. You'll lose up to 4ppm a day soon and you're adding 10ppm a week.
They dont even understand the basics of the basics and are leading you astray. Everybody has their own limits how long they keep banging their head against the wall.
They dont even understand the basics of the basics and are leading you astray. Everybody has their own limits how long they keep banging their head against the wall.
Your pool store is stupid then.
Your pool is going to use 2-4 PPM of Chlorine EVERY DAY. Probably more if your CYA is as low as 35. Mine uses 3-4 a day in Mid-Michigan...
In a ~ 30,000 gallon pool, '2 pounds of shock and a gallon of liquid' would come out to (at best) about 9ppm. So, assuming your pool ONLY lost 2ppm FC a day, you'd lose 14 in a week, so the last 2.5 days you basically have no FC. Which is exactly what your tests are telling you. You have no FC because you aren't adding enough to offset the losses.
The solution (which the pool store wont like...)
1) Order yourself a good test kit - some examples are listed Test Kits Compared
2) Add a gallon of 12.5% Liquid Chlorine every day until the test kit arrives
3) Once the kit arrives, perform a full set of tests, and an Overnight Chlorine Loss Test
4) Post all the results here and the brain trust will give you more specific direction
5) Review Pool Care Basics
6) Don't trust the pool store again.
What's funny is if they are simply ignorant to basic water chemistry, all those swamps are very profitable.
But if they DO know basics water chemistry and do how they do, all those swamps are very profitable.
Thats weatherman level 'I get paid to screw up' right there.
See, that makes me mad tho.
Great, so basically they are trading on a false pretense of expertise - how is this not fraud ?
In this case, it would be deliberately misleading the customer to enable more sales. That HAS to be fraudulent...
In the weatherman's defense, they have way more variables to deal with than the pool store.
So based on the consensus the primary reason your FC is zero at the end of every week is that your daily loss due to UV and any bather load and other organics is HIGHER then your starting FC level.
A pool is like a pet dog, you need to feed each day. It needs chlorine daily to offset the daily loss.
@SJPoe action plan is spot on.