How much FC is "too much" ?

[Polar_Bus]

This year I have the mindset that I am going to maintain as high a level of FC's so as to not cause harm to my swimmer guests. Right now my FC is 5, and my kids swam for severall hours this past memorial day. I can smell "chlorine", near the pool, but my kids had no problems at all. No red eye, or irritation. Is FC of 5 too high? OK ? how about FC of 6? Thanks!

Rich

 

[reebok]

it depends on your cya. see chart:
pool-school/chlorine_cya_chart_shock
and if it's a bad smell it may be cc's which are bad. do you have a test kit? can you test for cc's? your other numbers would be helpful also.

 

[frustratedpoolmom]

Chlorine smell is almost always from elevated CC's. Ideally you want your CC to read 0, anything over .5 you should shock the pool. As stated above, your appropriate FC level is dictated by your CYA level.

If you don't have a good test kit, you should order one of the recommended kits. Read the article in Pool School that compares them.

 

[Polar_Bus]

Chlorine smell is almost always from elevated CC's. Ideally you want your CC to read 0, anything over .5 you should shock the pool. As stated above, your appropriate FC level is dictated by your CYA level.

If you don't have a good test kit, you should order one of the recommended kits. Read the article in Pool School that compares them.

I have a TF100 kit , and my CYA is 50

 

[JasonLion]

With CYA at 50, FC between 4 and 8 is completely normal and I am willing to swim at FC levels up to 16. Many public pools run at much higher effective chlorine levels, because they don't use any CYA.

 

[Polar_Bus]

OK great , Thank you !