thekabuki
05-19-2013, 03:58 PM
Have a in ground gunite pool 30,000 gallons, that we've owned for 15 years. Just opened the pool last week, it was pretty clear with just some leaf debris. Only thing we've done so far was add 4 gallons of liquid chlorine and have had the filter running with the chlorine tablets via a chlorinator with 1" tablets.
Went to the pool store to pick up regular maintenance chemicals & have water tested and was told we have chlorine lock and the only way to cure is to drain it halfway down & refill with fresh water & then bunch more chemicals. Looking online, there seems to be a big debate on whether chlorine lock is even a legitimate thing?
Here are the readings:
Free Chlorine: 9.51
Total Chlorine: 9.51
Combined Chlorine: 0
PH : 7.4
Total Alkalinity (Adjusted): 16
Total alkalinity (Input) : 81
Cyanuric Acid: 195
Phosphates: 0
Total dissolved solids: 500
Copper: 0
Iron: 0
Manganese: 0
Nitrates: 0
Saturation Index: .01
Any ideas? Advice? Looking on here, everyone sure seems to know their stuff...was hoping someone could help me out. Thank you!
Went to the pool store to pick up regular maintenance chemicals & have water tested and was told we have chlorine lock and the only way to cure is to drain it halfway down & refill with fresh water & then bunch more chemicals. Looking online, there seems to be a big debate on whether chlorine lock is even a legitimate thing?
Here are the readings:
Free Chlorine: 9.51
Total Chlorine: 9.51
Combined Chlorine: 0
PH : 7.4
Total Alkalinity (Adjusted): 16
Total alkalinity (Input) : 81
Cyanuric Acid: 195
Phosphates: 0
Total dissolved solids: 500
Copper: 0
Iron: 0
Manganese: 0
Nitrates: 0
Saturation Index: .01
Any ideas? Advice? Looking on here, everyone sure seems to know their stuff...was hoping someone could help me out. Thank you!