My pool is in direct sunlight practically from dawn till dusk. Here where I live the temps are holding at about 105-107 F all day. I've been using liquid chlorine for months now and have gotten used to daily doses. Back in the winter I was using roughly 32 oz. per day when I was trying to maintain around 1.5-2 PPM FC. I found out that THOSE numbers were too low considering my CYA level of 35-40 and was told that higher FC was not only recommended but was safer than keeping the FC at 1.5-2.
I've attempted to keep my FC levels at about 4PPM now for about a month and a half and my small algae pockets have started to dissipate. I've also been scrubbing them manually.
My new problem/question that has arisen is this. I am now adding 186 oz.'s of bleach per day and it is still not enough by the end of the day to have maintained a level of 4PPM. As a matter of fact, by the end of the day the FC levels are back down to 1-2 range.
I've been testing in the morning before the sun is high and hot and I read around 4-5 PPM. But after the sun has gone mostly down and but there is still light in the sky I test again and read about 1-2. Sometimes maybe even less than that.
My CYA level again is at about 35-40 using the TF-100 kit that I bought. My questions is......is this amount of chlorine burn off normal and expected given the weather conditions I live in and the fact that the pool has full sun all day? If not normal, where am I wrong. Elevating CYA any higher would just require more chlorine anyway so as to make up for the loss in effectiveness by adding more CYA right?
I've attempted to keep my FC levels at about 4PPM now for about a month and a half and my small algae pockets have started to dissipate. I've also been scrubbing them manually.
My new problem/question that has arisen is this. I am now adding 186 oz.'s of bleach per day and it is still not enough by the end of the day to have maintained a level of 4PPM. As a matter of fact, by the end of the day the FC levels are back down to 1-2 range.
I've been testing in the morning before the sun is high and hot and I read around 4-5 PPM. But after the sun has gone mostly down and but there is still light in the sky I test again and read about 1-2. Sometimes maybe even less than that.
My CYA level again is at about 35-40 using the TF-100 kit that I bought. My questions is......is this amount of chlorine burn off normal and expected given the weather conditions I live in and the fact that the pool has full sun all day? If not normal, where am I wrong. Elevating CYA any higher would just require more chlorine anyway so as to make up for the loss in effectiveness by adding more CYA right?