We recently had a lot of rain. I wasn't paying attention and pool turned cloudy white under the solar cover. I tested (with strips) and showed no chlorine. I put in a gallon 12.5% chlorine and checked several hours later. Still no chlorine registering. Put in 2 gallons. Tested later and showed 3ppm total and 0 free chlorine. Put in 2 more gallons, next day showing none. Went to pool store. Per their strip/computer suggestions, adjusted PH, alk, and calcium up a little bit. They recommended 3 lbs powdered 73% chlorine. Put that in tested next morning. Still no chlorine registering on the strips. Put in more powdered. Later, still no chlorine level on test strip. Called them and they suggest that I may have too much chlorine and it is bleaching the reagents on the strip. So that evening I used my TFTest kit and did chlorine drop test. Tests at .5 chlorine with 3ppm combined.
Pool store suggested being patient a couple of days and not adding anything, but it is middle of summer and I have a cloudy unswimmable pool.
That's a lot of chlorine I put in, I know, but is it possible it's skewing both the strips and the liquid test and is really high, or am I still low on chlorine level from whatever the rain put in the pool and made it cloudy? Haven't ever had this issue before (13 years, same pool).
Thanks!
Pool store suggested being patient a couple of days and not adding anything, but it is middle of summer and I have a cloudy unswimmable pool.
That's a lot of chlorine I put in, I know, but is it possible it's skewing both the strips and the liquid test and is really high, or am I still low on chlorine level from whatever the rain put in the pool and made it cloudy? Haven't ever had this issue before (13 years, same pool).
Thanks!
