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    Quote Originally Posted by aylad
    I keep mine at 80-90. I live in a HOT climate, my pool is full sun all day, and I have a large swimmer load on a daily basis. If I try to keep mine lower, there's no way to keep up with the chlorine demand without taking a chance on an algae bloom.

    Janet
    Ditto. I pull a bucket of pool water, set the Cl level with bleach, and test it during the day. On a moderately high UV day (8), I use 3.5ppm Cl at 80ppm CYA. I then calculate what cell output level is needed for various run times to generate that amount of Cl.

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    Running at 30 now. Save the pucks for going away. Try to keep below 50.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bleach=Chlorine?
    Running at 30 now. Save the pucks for going away. Try to keep below 50.
    Same here....
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