How much Chlorine is too much?

[Watermom]

Yep! That's right. Patience. And, keep testing it and redosing it with bleach back up to shock level until you can go through the night without losing more than 1 ppm of chlorine. Isn't it amazing what can happen when you get that cl level high enough? Keep your pump running. Good job.

[PBLsQuad450]

Hi all. GREAT site. Man, been taking care of a pool most of my life and then this... A whole new day! I am spending so much time reading and learning. Have the basics down, or so I thought.

At what level would you be comfortable swimming in this? 15ppm is high right? I am about there with cya @ 100. Evil stuff. I want to get off it.

[aylad]

Welcome to the forum, PBLsQuad450.

AT a CYA of 30, I would swim in it as long as it was below 10 ppm or so, although I'd probably wear an old suit just in case of fading. I intentionally run my CYA high (80-90) because my pool is an odd situation, and in that case I have no problem getting in it at 10-12 ppm. Just depends on your CYA level.

Janet