Re: FAQ: Common Spring Startup Errors

[vanhout]

The 200 ppm estimate might not turn out to be too far from correct. I've used over 70 gallons of 6% chlorine, which in my pool is 116 ppm. That's in 16 days.

If it happens ever again I think I would partially drain and refill. I'm on a well, and it would take a long time to fill 8 or 10k gallons off the softener.

[vanhout]

Still fighting. Water is still cloudy. Not bad, but not perfect. It ate 6 ppm of CL in 24 hours with CYA of 50, it wasn't that sunny.

[Watermom]

Keep hitting it with bleach.

[vanhout]

Pool is now clear, but it's still eating a lot of chlorine. I had it to 14 ppm yesterday evening, this evening it was 5ppm.

Think I should just keep feeding it chlorine?

[Watermom]

Yes. With a cya of 50, you shouldn't be losing chlorine so fast unless you are possible still fighting something in the water. Keep up the bleach for a bit longer.