Frustrated & Broke!

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npittman said:
FC - 1.5
TC - 1.2
CC - .08
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How could your get CC of 0.08? The kits tests for FC and then CC in either 0.2 or 0.5 increments depending on the amount of water you use. Then you can add them together to get TC.

From these #s I have no idea what is going on ...
 
npittman said:
I have the kit & have used it to test my levels. This is what I have. We've put 10 - 186oz jusgs of chlorine in during hte last 5 days. Now I have the kit - Chlorine was 0 this morning. Following the pool calc info I added 4 - 186 oz jugs of bleach this morning, just tested and the level was back at 1.5. I added 4 more 186oz jugs to try to get my chlorine up to 14-15. It had looked like it was getting better, but we just keep getting pounded with rain here in South LA, and we are gone every saturday & sunday for baseball tournaments. It's sea green and very cloudy. We brushed & vac this morning. Thank goodness bleach is cheaper. I'm paying $3 for a 186 oz at Walmart, but at this rate it's still costing me a fortune if I'm going to have to add 8 a day.
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When you let your Chlorine levels drop below shock you are wasting bleach. This is especially true when you let it get down to nothing. Picture fighting algae as running up the down escalator. Shock level is the pace you have to keep up to reach the top. Letting your Chlorine drop to 0 is like standing still on the escalator and going back down to where you started.

When you have something eating your Chlorine you have to make frequent additions of Bleach. You have to stay on top of it as much as your free time allows. If circumstances are such that you can't dose the pool as often as necessary then you'll have to overshoot your shock level. With a CYA of 25 you can safely go up to mustard shock levels which is 20 ppm Chlorine.

Once in the morning and once at night might not be enough. I would dose to 20 ppm when the suns off the pool. Then check again in an hour and dose back up to 20. If possible, do it again before bed. First thing in the morning back up to 20. If someone's there in the daytime they should be checking every hour or two and dosing back up to 20. If no one can do that and you can get home for lunch, dose up to 20 again.

Two days of that and you should start to see your Chlorine loss slow down. Let's say you've already added about 20 jugs (about 30 gallons) of bleach. It's not that much when you factor in 27,500 gallons and a 5 or 6 day time span. That comes to 65 ppm which over 5 days is only 13 ppm per day.
 
yeggim said:
When you let your Chlorine levels drop below shock you are wasting bleach. This is especially true when you let it get down to nothing. Picture fighting algae as running up the down escalator. Shock level is the pace you have to keep up to reach the top. Letting your Chlorine drop to 0 is like standing still on the escalator and going back down to where you started.
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WOW! That is one of the best analogy's I've seen! :goodjob: That's exactly what happens! Not pouring bleach as often as you need to is like not taking a step, you're backing up.

npittman -- Just keep adding bleach as often as you can. We all understand that life gets in the way and it only costs you a little more bleach. If you know you're going to be gone, just bring it up to mustard algae shock level and don't worry about it. Bring it back up to shock level when you get back. You start seeing the FC last longer and longer as you go.
 

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When I test for TA my sample turns pink, not red. Is that okay? I've tried it several times. Should I keep adding drops till it turns red? I know it's not supposed to be realy accurate because my FC is 20, but it just rained a lot last night and while I'm shocking I want everything to stay right.

Thanks!
 
You add drops until the color stops changing and then subtract the last drop from the drop count. If it turns pink and doesn't get any darker you are done. And Robbie is correct. During the shock process you only need to be checking the FC.
 
We're going along fine now thanks to everyone who has helped here! I just have a question about the reading the past few days.

FC - 1.5
CC - .5
Ph - 7.8
TA - 100
CYA - 30

Yesterday I tested and the kit read a FC 1. The CYA read 60, so we replaced water and added the jug of chlorine afterwards. We added 182oz of 6% bleach to bring it up to over 4. I tested just now and it's back to FC 1.5. The Ph & TA are the same as yesterday's test. I'm adding 364oz of bleach to bring FC up to 8. Is it because of the extreme heat that the chlorine is going so quickly? I'm in South Louisiana & our temps are 100+ right now.
 
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npittman said:
I added chlorine. Idk what OCLT is.

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Then you must not have read the shocking your pool article in pool school ;) there is a link to a full explanation in that article.

Posted with Tapatalk ... sorry if I sound short ... hate typing on phone ;)
 
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Went back & read it again. Sorry I didn't know the lingo. I have maintained overnight chlorine for weeks with little to no loss. I kept testing it early very morning for a week after the first one came out good.

So, my question is still, what is causing the loss? CC is .5 or less. Is it the sun or something else I read about & can't remember now?

Thanks

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