Hi,
I just bought a house with an existing outdoor pool in Gilbert, AZ. This is my first pool and I've been reading up on how to care for it. I closed on 11/9 but just moved in and started to check the pool with my new Taylor 2600C. The first time I tested with a 25mL sample size and I added about 100 drops of reagent before I stopped, figuring I did something wrong. i tried again with a 10mL sample size and it went from pink to clear after 38 drops, giving me TC of 19. CC was zero. I tested again and the results were the same, 38 drops in 10mL.
The previous owner has been gone from this house for over a month and the pool hasn't been touched. I am struggling to understand how my chlorine is still this high, even if he shocked it for the sale. I'll test it again in a couple days and see if it is moving at all.
The pool had a floatie chlorinator, which today had just a few crumbs in it. So it appears to have had tabs in it but they are now gone. There is also an in-deck chlorinator that had what I am guessing is chlorine tabs. The "thing" in the bucket looked like a tinker toy - two wheels connected with a plastic axle between them. I can't take a good picture at the moment but I'm hoping this makes sense to someone.
The pool water is perfectly clear and it's too cold to swim in for now, so there aren't any issues that are known to me. I've read that high levels of chlorine can damage the equipment and pool itself but I haven't seen a definitive number on this.
Any thoughts here?
I just bought a house with an existing outdoor pool in Gilbert, AZ. This is my first pool and I've been reading up on how to care for it. I closed on 11/9 but just moved in and started to check the pool with my new Taylor 2600C. The first time I tested with a 25mL sample size and I added about 100 drops of reagent before I stopped, figuring I did something wrong. i tried again with a 10mL sample size and it went from pink to clear after 38 drops, giving me TC of 19. CC was zero. I tested again and the results were the same, 38 drops in 10mL.
The previous owner has been gone from this house for over a month and the pool hasn't been touched. I am struggling to understand how my chlorine is still this high, even if he shocked it for the sale. I'll test it again in a couple days and see if it is moving at all.
The pool had a floatie chlorinator, which today had just a few crumbs in it. So it appears to have had tabs in it but they are now gone. There is also an in-deck chlorinator that had what I am guessing is chlorine tabs. The "thing" in the bucket looked like a tinker toy - two wheels connected with a plastic axle between them. I can't take a good picture at the moment but I'm hoping this makes sense to someone.
The pool water is perfectly clear and it's too cold to swim in for now, so there aren't any issues that are known to me. I've read that high levels of chlorine can damage the equipment and pool itself but I haven't seen a definitive number on this.
Any thoughts here?