Just starting with the TFPC method and have a question, do you guys buy bleach by the truckload? My pool is 35k gallons, vinyl and I did my first SLAM to get it clear and algae free and it was 8+ gallons of bleach.
Bleach by the truckload?
- Thread starter PhillipMSchwartz
- Start date
- May 3, 2014
- 58,516
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Welcome to the forum!
That is very little bleach if you did a SLAM on that size pool.
Most pools consume 2-4 ppm FC per day when algae free.
I suggest you read ABC's of Pool Water Chemistry.
That is very little bleach if you did a SLAM on that size pool.
Most pools consume 2-4 ppm FC per day when algae free.
I suggest you read ABC's of Pool Water Chemistry.
- Jul 21, 2013
- 52,882
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Welcome to TFP Phil.
8 gallons is nothing to fix a water problem. Recently someone here reported using over 200 gallons of 6% bleach to fix a difficult water problem. Every pool is different.
8 gallons is nothing to fix a water problem. Recently someone here reported using over 200 gallons of 6% bleach to fix a difficult water problem. Every pool is different.
So, you guys keep sheds filled with cases of bleach? No worries, just wanted to make sure that I wasn't misunderstanding. I used the Taylor K2006 for the first time and FC was 12.8 and CC was 1.2. Pool wasn't all that bad, the 8 gallons cleared it up pretty quickly. I still have a Pentair offline chlorinator using pucks that I will use up before going all bleach. Closing the pool in a few weeks.
- Jul 21, 2013
- 52,882
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Nope, many of use use a SWG and have not had to deal with algae in many years.
I suggest you read ABCs of Pool Water Chemistry and adopt TFPC Methods when you open your pool next season.
You can use 10ml of pool water to test for FC rather than 25ml as the K-2006 first suggests in the instructions. 10ml makes every drop .5ppm which is plenty precise for TFP methods. Saves reagents :~}
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