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I have 2 sons who are lifeguards at our local city recreation center pool. The other day, the pool was shut down because the FC level was above 5. (They tell me it was 10 because the automatic chlorinator was left running the previous night). The day after the shut down, the pool was...

FC at 5:45pm was 12.2. CC=0.6. Is there a maximum safe level of FC? (In other words, if the FC is above _____ , then I should not be in the pool?)

I may choose to restart the slam..... after the 4th of July This morning my CYA is around 55. TA=110. FC=19 and CC=0.6. I've kept the FC up to as high as 27 yesterday, but the CC has remained at 0.6 for the past 60 hours. I intend to let the FC drift down and start using the pool for the...

At 7:30pm, after a rain storm, the FC=16.6 and the CC=0.6. Still not below 0.5, so I added 2/3 a bottle of bleach. I'm hoping that the CC will be down to 0.5 or lower sometime this evening, and then I can try for the OCLT in the morning. Question: If CC comes down to 0.5 or lower, and I...

jon, if I have an FC=21 and use the 25ml test, it would take 105 drops of the reagent. How many drops of the reagent are in an ounce?

5 hours later, my FC=21 and CC=1.0. I'm not doing the 25ml sample of water with the FC so high. The CC has been between 0.8 and 1.0 for the past 46 hours. Does it always take so long to get rid of that last thousand parts per million of combined chlorine? Should I add another 11 ounces of...

My CYA is now 55 (half way between 50 and 60). The FC=12, and CC=0.8. TA=110. I've adjusted my target shock level to 22, and added another bottle of bleach.

I was changing the filter cartridge and "backwashing" last night. When I was done, I needed to add a little city tap water to the pool to bring it back up to level. How will this affect my slam process?

OK. So this morning the FC=14.5 and the CC=1.0, and I poured another bottle into the pool. This evening the FC=19 and CC=1.0. Another 1/2 bottle of bleach with that. I'm wondering about all the trees in my yard, with all of the debris that falls into the pool. Would this cause the CC to be...

I picked up some R-0871 from Leslies pools in Bensalem PA

At 7am this morning, the FC=13.5 and CC=1.5. I dosed another bottle of bleach. At 5:30pm the FC=14.5 and CC=1.0. I dosed 113 oz of bleach. I may not be able to measure the chlorine again until I get more R-0871 reagent. I hope to pick some up tomorrow afternoon. It would have been nice to...

AT 7:30pm the FC=20.5, and CC=1.5. I added 1/3 a bottle of bleach. That makes 34.33 bottles of bleach in 75.5 hours, in case anyone is wondering. With tax that comes to $100.80 in bleach alone.

At 6:30pm the FC=24.5 and the CC=1.5. I've finally reached the shock level!!!!!:D .....what do I do now?:confused:

At 5:40pm the FC=5. I dropped another 1.75 bottles of bleach.

This morning at 7:30am the FC=2.5. I added another 2.25 bottles of bleach. To answer James W..... None of the bottles that I poured into the pool said anything about acid. I'm off to work.