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    Chlorine level won't rise after shocking

    Thanks for the help everyone. I'll make sure to get my specs on my signature. That test kit can't come soon enough:)
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    Chlorine level won't rise after shocking

    I understand the process. I added a total of 8 gallons overall and then I left the SWG running at 100% to maintain the levels. Using the calculator on this site, it indicated 6 gallons and 1 quart of liquid chlorine 12.5% concentration will get me to a FC shock level of 24. When I checked the...
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    Chlorine level won't rise after shocking

    The T-Cell-15 handles pools up to 40,000 gallons and we're at 35,000, and we've had this problem prior to installing the salt system. I am going to try slamming the pool again, but I'll have to get different test. The pool store only carried the high level chlorine test strips which only...
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    Chlorine level won't rise after shocking

    SWG at 100% but only 1% FC reading a Merged by Moderator. Keep your questions together for continuity of story. At this point you have been told the same thing in both threads ... which was just a waste of my typing. jblizzle Hi, I have been having issues maintaining a chlorine level. Both FC...
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    Chlorine level won't rise after shocking

    That's okay. I only used the lithium after accidentally using a cheaper version of the granular shock and I'm still cleaning up residue at the bottom of the pool from that junk. Every time anyone swims it clouds up my pool and the vacuum just moves it around instead of actually sucking it up...
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    Chlorine level won't rise after shocking

    I understand the situation with the phosphates, but I also know that they are food for algae and if I have algae, I wanted to go ahead and make sure that was removed before spending time shocking the pool. I started with liquid chlorine and added 8 gallons and it was gone the next day also...
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    Chlorine level won't rise after shocking

    Okay, here is where I am. I SLAMMED the pool last week, keeping the level at 25ppm. It stabilized overnight and maintained normal chlorine levels for about 3 days. Do to some issues with skin irritation, we converted to a SWG from Hayward 3 days ago. At the time I discussed the chlorine...
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    Chlorine level won't rise after shocking

    Okay. I'll give it a try Thanks for the help
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    Chlorine level won't rise after shocking

    My test kit is a taylor K-1005
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    Chlorine level won't rise after shocking

    Thanks for the information. After posting this I took water samples to two different pool stores and they ran it through the computer. Both came up with similar readings which are different than my Taylor Test kit, so it changes the dynamics a bit. Here is what the computer came up with: PH...
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    Chlorine level won't rise after shocking

    Hi. My pool has been eating through chlorine for the past month and I'm not sure what might be causing the issue. Here are my pool specs: size: 20x40 8.5 ft deep inground pool. 35000 gallons filter: hayward sand filter heater: hayward automatic chlorinator UV filtration unit Avg Temp: 90...