I opened my pool last week, and in just a few days, it started going green. Before I ran any tests, I dumped in a lot of chlorine, and I now have FC at 22. What tests can I run with the chlorine so high? I've seen on this website that pH won't be valid. How about cyanuric acid or alkilinity?
What tests are valid with high chlorine?
- Thread starter ewinter
- Start date
- May 3, 2014
- 62,768
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
CYA is not effected. The TA may turn different colors.
See Extended Test Directions - Trouble Free Pool
See Extended Test Directions - Trouble Free Pool
Only the pH test is invalid at high FC. The TA and CH tests can be the wrong color (though that's unlikely at only 22 ppm) but if that were to happen you'd just look for it to change from one color to another, whatever those colors might be. They would still be accurate.