Question on Walmart test kit

[no1ford]

So The Walmart Test Truly Only Goes Up To 5ppm, Correct?

[CToon]

Yup , it only goes to 5...but you can still use it with your pool .

The important thing is knowing where you're at and how much bleach you need to use. For example , lets say your at 3 ppm , if you add enough bleach to go up 2ppm , get you to 5.. if you are at 4 , going up 2 would put you at 6.. over the limit of the kit , but using educated guess , you'd know its there

I couldnt even begin to do any of that without MWsmiths Bleach Calculator . if you dont already have it ...

http://home.earthlink.net/%7Emwsmith...achCalc262.exe

[no1ford]

Thanks and to think all this time I thought my chlorine was high enough! No wonder I was having problems.

I may seem super dense although I cannot figure out the bleach calc. It is in litres! I have an 18 x 48 pool with a cya of 30. I just dump an educated guess in every night! It would be great to actually have an exact amount. Can anyone help?

[CToon]

In the upper left corner , click on More Calcs , go to settings , you can put in the values for pool volume and bleach stength , click imperial (u.s. gallons) , save & close..

[no1ford]

Thanks!!