How to Chlorinate Your Pool - Trouble Free Pool
Dec 10, 2023 · Liquid Chlorine. Household bleach and liquid pool chlorine are the two common sources. They are identical in every aspect except strength, household bleach is typically 6%. Pool chlorine typically sold at pool stores is usually around 12%. Avoid bleach that states splashless, scented, or any type of fabric enhancers (i.e. polymers).
CYA - Further Reading - Trouble Free Pool
Nov 22, 2024 · This makes the pool water much less harsh for the swimmer's exposure to active chlorine compounds (hypochlorite and hypochlorous acid). It is important to stress this point—the cyanuric acid concentration determines the amount of active chlorine (hypochlorous acid + hypochlorite ion) available in pool water.
Perform the Overnight FC Loss Test (OCLT) - Trouble Free Pool
Jan 18, 2019 · If your FC is 3 ppm or higher, do not add any more chlorine to your pool. If your FC is less than 3 ppm, add enough liquid chlorine to achieve 3 ppm FC, wait 30 minutes, then retest with the FAS-DPD test. The next morning, ideally before there is any direct sunlight on the pool, perform the FAS-DPD test again and record your daytime results.
SLAM - Shock Level and Maintain - Trouble Free Pool
Sep 25, 2023 · In the first few days of a SLAM, testing and adding chlorine more frequently can be beneficial to closely maintain SLAM FC level. We recommend 3 times daily at a minimum: morning, noon, and night. If your schedule permits, you may test and add chlorine more often. SLAMing an outdoor pool is most effective when CYA is around 30 to 40.
PoolMath - Trouble Free Pool
PoolMath - Trouble Free Pool
Warning About Walmart Liquid Chlorine | Trouble Free Pool
Jun 19, 2017 · I have been managing our pool's chemistry for almost 17 years and I started using the SLAM/Bleach method about eight years ago. This spring, I noticed that my local Walmart had started selling Pool Essentials (brand) Liquid Chlorine (10% Sodium Hypochlorite) for a really good price. I decided to try it and was delighted with the results.
Negatives of using bleach? And bleach vs. liquid chlorine?
Jul 26, 2010 · For every 10 ppm Free Chlorine (FC) added by ANY source or chlorine, it will also add 8.2 ppm salt when the chlorine gets used up since it gets converted to chloride (which is salt). In addition, bleach, chlorinating liquid, lithium hypochlorite and chlorine gas all add an additional 8.2 ppm salt upon addition whereas Trichlor and Dichlor do ...
Convert Your Baqua Pool to Chlorine - Trouble Free Pool
Jan 18, 2019 · There are a few main advantages of keeping a chlorine pool instead of a Baqua pool. First, keeping a Baqua pool is expensive. Just the maintenance products will cost much more per month than using bleach, or even other ‘pool store’ forms of chlorine.
No chlorine registering in my pool - Trouble Free Pool
May 15, 2010 · If you want to see how much chlorine it will take in your pool before chlorine starts to hold, take a 2 gallon bucket of pool water and add 6% bleach to it where 1/4 teaspoon will be 10 ppm FC. Add the chlorine, mix, and test in an hour. If the chlorine has mostly been used up, then add some more, mix, retest in an hour.
Chlorine Storage Temperature (Heat) Impact - Trouble Free Pool
May 5, 2019 · The most new plain pool liquid chlorine I have ever seen in a store is over a month old on the pallet (often 2-3 months old once it gets to the shelf) and from what I've seen from local distribution points (Leslie Pools, Ace Hardware, Home Depot, Walmart, etc.) they don't seem to store/ship it locally in climate control (it's almost always ...