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Crystal Clear Pools
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Why Your Pool Isn't Holding Chlorine
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Free Chlorine vs Total Chlorine in Swimming Pools. This is a step by step guide on how to treat chlorine/chloramines in swimming pools.
The Truth About Phosphates
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Phosphate Treatment for Pools. A quick guide to phosphate treatment. Myths & Facts. Crystal Clear Pools
The Myths Surrounding Salt Water Pools
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The Truth about Saltwater Generators for swimming pools.
Hi there, is potassium Monopersulfate a standalone product or does it come mixed with other ingredients combined thank you
Hello Sir, this is absolutely fascinating. Is there any downside to using oxidizer? Thank you.
What causes the chloramine levels to rise and how do I prevent it? I recently converted to saltwater and never had this problem when my pool was freshwater.
I have been racking my brain trying to get chlorine levels above 1.0. My 8,617 gallon pool water is crystal clear, and there is no chlorine smell. pH is 7.4, alkalinity is 80, and cya is 45. Free chlorine is 0.37 and total chlorine is 0.47. In the past week I have added 7 pounds of powder shock and three gallons of liquid shock. I cannot get chlorine to rise. I don’t fit the definition of this video as my chlorine never gets above 1.0. I have stumped every local pool supply store in San Antonio. Also my pump runs 24/7.
What about phosphate s?
Please help. I added chlorine 8 gallons one night and the next day 0. No free or total chlorine.
Hi! My CC is 12 and FC is 3. How many gallons of chlorine for a 20,000 gal pool? My kids haven’t swam yet this summer.😢 Thanks!
so if I have High CYA this would all be moot?
Wow. Thank you very much for the helpful information. I’ve not heard of the term total chlorination from any of the professionals yet.
I own a saltwater pool and bought a new salt cell last year. The salt level reads 3200 for a 30,000 gallon pool. For the past 2 years, I have been adding 1-2 gallons of liquid shock each week because my pool does not hold free chlorine. I had my water tested at a local pool store and they told me I should be adding 3 gallons of liquid shock each week. I added 3 tubs of conditioner to see if that would help hold free chlorine and by the end of the week, 0. Another local store told me my salt generator is not working and needs replaced. If my salt level reads 3200, I assumed the cell and generator are working. If the generator is not working, does the cell still produce salt?
Hi, I’m not sure if you can help me I’ve followed your video and so far have added 12lbs of oxidizer. My numbers are total-7 Free 3.2 and combined 3.8 so my question is do I add more oxidizer? I have a 30k gallon salt water pool and have my chlorinator all the way up to 90. Hope you can help me thanks
New numbers today are total 4.8 free 1.8 and cc 3
👏🏽 bravo👏🏽
I have zero chlorine and total chlorine, everything else good but never showing anything after 5 hours of shock. also water looks fine
Just because the water looks good does not mean it is balanced. How much chlorine did you add and what are your total and free chlorine readings now? You only need to add an oxidizer when the total chlorine is 2ppm or more greater then free chlorine.
@@crystalclearpools5591 4 lbs. 18k pool. it showed traces on both only maybe it's the filter cartridges maybe time to replace pressure keeps going up after I clean, need to clean them 3 x a summer
@@crystalclearpools5591 4 lbs for a 18k pool it shows traces only do you think the filter cartridges? need to clean them 3x a summer time for replacements?
Yes
Could you use a fountain or an aerator to help release chloromines instead of using a chemical oxidizer?
Ugh...Sure wish you would have gotten an answer/response!! Did you happen to find out the answer to your question elsewhere?
This guy is the BEST
What oxidizer do you recommend using?
Hello please help me My total chlorine is 5 and my free Chlorine is 0 So that’s 50 ppm needed? Which means what? So confused
I shocked it but I think I need to breakpoint it so
Can I keep my chlorinater off let the combined chlorine of 5 burn off and then free chlorine and combined chlorine are 0 and then shock it to get free chlorine?
@@sampaolini3377Hey if you have 5 total chlorine and zero free chlorine then you need too add non chlorine shock oxidiser to wake up the chloramines which help free chlorine sanitise . Since you have zero free chlorines I would wait 24 hours re test levels and add chlorine (if needed) Teaspoon at a time. Or like you said you need to shock with chlorine at 50ppm but that is a lot of chlorine and if you don’t do it right you will add to your total chlorine problem. Your chlorine product will tell you how much to put in to shock the water to reach 50ppm, but I would use a non chlorine shock in your case. Hope that makes sense. Or leave the lid off and let the sun burn off all chlorine and start again. Hope this helps
This is the best explanation I have heard regarding low free chlorine. I was finally able to fix my problem. Thank you so much for sharing!
Tank you very much for your teaching
My pool is green color how do I get it clear.
Your info helped me completely. Thank you so much
I'm having a Major problem with cloudy water in my pool. My pool center's analysis of my water says I have 1 ppm of Combined Chorine. I want to use the Oxidizer you mentioned. They have a Non Chlorine Shock Oxidizer and I need to know, is this what I should use, also how many ounces of the stuff do I need to use to get rid of the CC in my pool? Please help me as this cloudy water is driving me crazy. My pool center CANNOT GET RID OF MY CLOUDY WATER. I thought they are supposed to know all about pools but they are not helping me at all. Thank You and I look forward to your response.
Very good informative video. This information in golden, very clear to understand, and very well presented. This definitely helped me to understand this situation and how to take care of it much better for my pool. Thank You
Thank you
This is very informative, would it be okay to add more than what is calculated?
FC and CC are consistently low or no for month of June. Even after 24 hours of the Salt chlorine generator set at 90%. The SWCG was installed in May. I get readings each week from the pool store and we keep shocking it, but I am thinking this video is describing my problem???? Our pool is about 6200 gallons. Since it's so small should I just go with the SLAM or do you still recommend the oxidizer?
Darn, this video is golden. I wish I knew how to properly get rid of combined chlorine when I bought the house 10 years ago. I don't wanna know how much frustration, time, and money I could've saved. Thanks!
Finally a good straight forward explanation on this!
Sun! Chlorine killer! Eats it up! Add Chlorine in the early morning and later after sun has gone down.
Why are your hands held together in such a odd and robotic inhuman manner?
Thanks for this very informative video. I'm curious, where did the multiplier of 10 come from? I mean why 10? Why not 8 or 12 for example?
I have to assume that comes from a chemist. It takes 10x to break down the chloramines so they can be oxidized. More is ok,less is not enough.
After putting in the oxidizer, when you should put chlorine back in the pool?
It usually takes a couple of days after adding an oxidizer to get an accurate reading. Once you have gotten rid of the bad chlorine you can add chlorine without the concern that you are adding more bad chlorine to the pool.
I have been getting the same low chlorine readings since we opened the pool a month ago. Per Leslie's store advice added 19 lbs of Chlor Brite, have been adding more, but to no avail. Last week readings are: Free: 0.22 or 0.48 / Total: 1.01 or 4). Readings for Alkalinity, Acyd, TDS, are in norm, except Phosphates a bit high but I am getting rid of them now. Today's chlorine reading are: Free 0.39 / Total 0.73 for at 35.000 gall pool. The pool is not holding chlorine. What could I do better? Any suggestions? Thanks a lot for your vide, very informative and well prepared, in the meantime will consider your suggestions.
The pool does need to be shocked to remove the small amount of chloramines. Make sure you have at least 40ppm of stabilizer and that the phosphates are removed.
Awesome, hoping to try this out! anyone recommend a good non chlorine oxidizer?
how do i calculate how much shock i need for my pool to attain however much ppm is required to reach breakpoint chlorination?
You need to know how many gallons your pool is. if it is a rectangle, multiply the length x width x average depth x 7.5. That will give you total gallons so you can follow the instructions on the chlorine product you are using.
My pool doesn't hold chlorine... at all. No matter how much chlorine I add, it doesn't increase free chlorine, nor total chlorine. That one has been driving me mad for the last 2 years and no one seems to know how or why.
I will assume you have stabilizer of at least 40ppm? If yes, The most likely issue is your pool has phosphates,anything over 1000ppm of phosphates will use up the chlorine very quickly. The other option is your pool has nitrates over 10ppm. phosphates can be treated and removed but if you have nitrates water must be remooved.
@@crystalclearpools5591 Thanks for the advice, I'll see how I can check for phosphates and nitrates. Free chlorines holds on for the night (going from more than 10ppm to around 3) and do not last the day despite several consecutive shock treatments. During the process, I overshot my stabilizer levels so I need to dilute the pool.
Have you checked for phosphates? Is your stabilizer level at least 40ppm (70ppm if a salt pool)? If both of those answers are yes, check for nitrates. If the nitrates are over 10ppm that could be your problem. Unfortunately the only way to remove nitrates is to remove water from the pool.
Free chlorine is 0.23 Total chlorine is 4.35 CYA is 10 PH is 7. Pool store recommended 1 lb soda ash, 3/4 gallon of conditioner and non chlorine oxidizer shock. Do you agree
In this case you will definitely need an oxidizer to remove the bad chlorine, you also need to raise CYA and your ph needs to be raised as well.
The pool has a high level of chloramines, you definitely need to add an oxidizer. You also need to raise the stabilizer level to at least 40ppm.
I read about stabilized chlorine but do companies list the cynaric acid or do they list as other/ inactive ingredients?
Most companies do not list cyanuric acid as an ingredient. Basically all chlorine tablets contain stabilizer/cyn acid and sodium dichloro,granulated chlorine, also contains stabilizer.
Hello. I have a 12,000 gallon in ground salt water pool. PH, alkalinity & CYA are perfect as is my salt reading according to the pool store that tested my water. Also no Phosphates. I opened it about 2 weeks ago. My salt cell is 9 yrs old but tested it in bucket of pool water and it’s providing a lot of chlorine gas. I also installed a new cell and after 2 days still no chlorine readings. On my panel there’s no indicator lights aside from generating. I’ve prob added about 8 lbs of shock over 2 weeks. Last time I did I added 2 lbs and ran filter for 30 hrs. Still no chlorine on test strip. Free & total chlorine I mean. Water is crystal clear however. Any ideas
Is your stabilizer level at least 70ppm? If it is below that the chlorine will be burned off very quickly by the suns ultra violet rays. if your stabilizer level is good, I suggest you have the water checked for nitrates. If th nitrate level is 10ppm or higher, that is likely the problem. The only way to remove nitrates is to remove water. I hope that helps.
@@crystalclearpools5591 I had it checked. I just needed to add about 5 lbs of shock. Weird how I never had this problem in years past. My stabilizer and Ph and alkalinity was all good. Thanks
Going to get our water tested tomorrow but I have a feeling that we are in a chlorine lock. While going through this process and adding oxidizer, are we supposed to stop adding chlorine? We have the frog system and have not registered a chlorine reading since opening the pool a few weeks ago. Some comments below have said to let the chlorine dissipate- does this mean I should not be adding any chlorine at all and just do oxidizer until free = total?
you do want to add chlorine during this process but be aware,that chlorine will turn into chloramines rather quickly. It will help at the initial application to keep the pool from turning green but that is a short term solution. getting rid of the chloramines is your priority.
How do you know how much oxidizer to add? Is it the same formula as determing the chlorine breakpoint? The pool store told me I need to add 15 pounds of shock to break the lock. I'm scared to do this with my brand new pool and liner. My free chlorine is 1.06, my total chlorine is 8.72, CYA is 64, ph is 7.7 and alkalinity is 129. Thanks so much.
you have more then 7ppm of bad chlorine,which is alot.Definitely do not add 15 pounds of shock,thats not nearly enough unless your pool is very small.How many gallons is your pool?
@@crystalclearpools5591 Sorry for the delay. It is 17,000 gallons. Thank you!!
APPROX 1.7 Pounds of chlorine would be needed to achieve 1ppm of chlorine.To reach breakpoint chlorination to oxidize 7ppm of chloramines would take over 100 pounds of chlorine and if you didnt add quite enough the issue would multiply exponentially! You may want to consider draining half the pool,or as much water as you can remove without risking the integrity of the liner, refilling and then repeat. The cost of water will be much less then the cost of the chemicals needed. If you were to try to treat chemically I would add 25# of an oxidizer,wait 48 hours to retest and then continue adding oxidizer.
I added almost 10 gallons of shock for a 20k gallon pool and my total chlorine remained high and the free chlorine was 0. I finally just let the total chlorine dissipate to 0 then shocked it. Worked perfectly!
I am happy to hear that. Most people don't have the time or patience to do that.
Is this what they call chlorine lockout
Though that is not actually an "official" term, it is what that means.
Lets say I shock with 5lbs and I should have shocked with 10Lbs. The next day I get no Free Chloring reading. Where did all the Chlorine go?
in Lamens terms, it is used up almost immediately and turns into bad chlorine,adding to the issue
Hi.tnx for your video. I have a spa that can't hold chlorine. I think the chloramin is too high. But I don't have test kit. If I add too much chlorine powder what happend? I can't calculate the enough powder.
sorry for the delayed response,best thing to do is bring a water sample to a local store. you also may want to consider using bromine instead of chlorine in your spa. bromine is effective in a wider range of ph, which is helpful in a spa, and unlike chlorine when bromine is used up the bromous acid can be regenerated
After 2 decades of maintaining the same residential pool I’ve noticed a seasonal pattern that follows the weather changes (and correlates with bather load as well). I need to test up to 3x per week in summer (peak bather load), 2x per week in late spring and early fall. Then just once a week in late fall and through the winter. I live in South Florida where the pool is “open” year round but no heater installed. Summer has long heat waves and frequent thunderstorms. Mild winters but pool too cool to swim or grow algae. The pool consumes tons of chemicals in midsummer when the water temperature is in the high 80’s and practically no chemicals during the winter when it stays close to 70F (and no swimmers). Hope that experience helps somebody
Great video very informative. The way you explained made it easy to understand. I watched several videos this one by far is the best.
thank you for your comment
Hi Great video I have a 32,000 gallon pool. Would you be able to tell me how much liquid shock or chlorine granules I have to add to get to chlorination break point?
so sorry for the delayed response, there would be no way to answer that without precise readings
@@crystalclearpools5591 What readings do you need to have?
free chlorine,total chlorine,stabilizer, and phosphates if possible would be helpful to answer your question. ph and the total alkalinity would be useful as well.
@@crystalclearpools5591 Thank you
I just put my pool up last week. It's 6,600 gallons. We have dumped so much chlorine and tried shocking and conditioner into the pool, and it is still showing no chlorine. All of the other levels are good, just no chlorine. What should we do?
so sorry for the delayed response, if your still having an issue make sure you have at least 40ppm of stabilizer in the water.(also called conditioner)