CHLORINATION

Adjusting Swimming Pool Chlorine

Adjust and correct your swimming pool chlorine like an expert by understanding these maintenance tips whether you have an inground, above ground, or salt water swimming pool.

Swimming Pool Care & Chemistry

This article details the specific chart you need for a good pool shock or super-chlorination, the best way to test, and a detailed Cyanuric Acid chart.

Cyanuric Chart

By keeping an eye on your cyanuric acid level, your swimming pool chlorine will do it's job properly and you may not need any extra swimming pool chemicals.

Be sure to get a good Swimming Pool water testing kit. This kind of pool water testing kit does take a little getting used to but the time spent learning how to use it is well worth the effort.

Swimming Pool Water Test Kit

You need to handle all swimming pool chemicals with care and respect

• Always take the proper precaution in dealing with swimming pool chemicals. Remember to read the manufacturer’s labels thoroughly.

• Use heavy duty rubber gloves and goggles and keep all swimming pool chemicals out of the reach of children and pets.

• Never store liquid chemicals above dry chemicals - if your liquid chemical container leaks, it will drip onto your dry chemicals with potentially disasterous consequences.
  

• Calcium Hypochlorite is easier to handle, a bit safer, lighter in weight, easier to store, and 1 pound of granular equals 1 gallon (8lbs.) of liquid.
  
  
  
  

Chart - Superchlorinate Your Pool
(Amount Needed to Reach 10 ppm)

The Best Swimming Pool Water Chemistry

1. What is swimming pool chlorine? Chlorine is nothing more than a sanitizer of your pool. It comes in either a granular or liquid form. If you choose, there are many non-chlorine and bromine sanitizers on the market.

2. When should I test my pool chlorine? Swimming pool chlorine should be tested in either late afternoon or early evening.

3. Where should I test my chlorine? You should test your chlorine in the deep end of the pool or at the furthest place from the swimming pool filter.

4. Why should I test my swimming pool chlorine? Chlorine, as the sanitizer of your pool, needs to be checked on a regular basis (at least once per week). You need to have enough chlorine in the pool to clean the water and destroy any bather waste and/or organic matter. Keeping your pool chlorine level at 1.0ppm-3.0ppm should accomplish this.

5. How do I test my swimming pool chlorine? You need to follow the manufacturer’s instructions if you’re using a dropper system or Test Strips. If using the dropper, simply hold the vial upside down over the water and go straight down about 1 foot. Turn the vial over and come straight back up and follow the dropper directions. If using a Test Strip, get a clean cup and do the same procedure as using a vial.

Once you have your water sample, dip the Test Strip into the water for the reading and compare with the accompanying chart.