Hello! I come here often for help, but this is my first time posting.
I am going through what seems to be an insane amount of chlorine - 10+ jumbo tabs each week for a 13,000 gal pool. I put 4 in at a time in the in-line chlorinator and they're gone in 2-3 days. It has been 80-90 deg and sunny nearly all day every day for the past few weeks, so I know that is a factor, but this still seems like too much. CYA is 35 as measured with a Taylor kit. I also use one bag of shock about once weekly (says it treats 13,500 gal), or 3 bags when the combined chlorine gets high. I shock at night and by morning the free chlorine is back to 1 ppm. We swim nearly daily, sometimes have neighbor kids over as well, so the pool does get a lot of use.
This is only my second year with the pool, so I'm still learning. Is this normal when it's hot and sunny out? Do I need to get my CYA closer to 50? Am I missing something?
Thanks!
I am going through what seems to be an insane amount of chlorine - 10+ jumbo tabs each week for a 13,000 gal pool. I put 4 in at a time in the in-line chlorinator and they're gone in 2-3 days. It has been 80-90 deg and sunny nearly all day every day for the past few weeks, so I know that is a factor, but this still seems like too much. CYA is 35 as measured with a Taylor kit. I also use one bag of shock about once weekly (says it treats 13,500 gal), or 3 bags when the combined chlorine gets high. I shock at night and by morning the free chlorine is back to 1 ppm. We swim nearly daily, sometimes have neighbor kids over as well, so the pool does get a lot of use.
This is only my second year with the pool, so I'm still learning. Is this normal when it's hot and sunny out? Do I need to get my CYA closer to 50? Am I missing something?
Thanks!