Raising Chlorine Levels

[KalamazooPoolBoy]

Im new to BBB method this year and this forum.

How many gallons of bleach to raise chlorine level 1 ppm?

I searched and searched but could not find any posts.

 

[Leebo]

http://www.poolcalculator.com/

 

[JasonLion]

It depends on the size of your pool. As Leebo suggested, the Pool Calculator is a wonderful way to figure out the answer to that kind of question.

 

[Butterfly]

Welcome to the forum

If you aren't able to access the PoolCalculator.com, you can use the ole pen and paper to help you figure doses.
Here's a snippet from pool-school/swimming_pool_definitions_abbreviations found in Pool School:

Bleach

See sodium hypochlorite, below, because that is what bleach is. It comes in 6% strength as Ultra bleach, 5.25% strength as regular bleach, and sometimes as 3% strength for some of the 'cheapie' bargain bleaches. You want to use plain, unscented bleach for your pool, not the scented or thickened kinds! One gallon will raise 10,000 gallons of water approximately the percentage of the bleach in FC (i.e, one gallon of 6% ultra bleach will raise 10,000 gallons approx. 6 ppm FC).

For example, if you have a 20K gallon pool, 1 gallon of 6% bleach will add approx. 3 ppm FC.