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Easy Swimming Pool Water
Chemistry Instructions

Daily Pool
Operation
- Pool Filter should run at least 8 to 10 hours per day (24 hours per day is best). Set your pool timer or remember to run the pool manually if you don’t have a timer. If you are not running your pool 24 hours per day, it is best to have it running during the daylight hours (instead of night).
- Make sure your skimmer baskets are empty and clear of leaves or other debris.
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Chlorine must be added to the pool daily in one of the following ways:
- Best method is to use a
Chlorine
Floater with
Slow Dissolving Chlorine Tabs inside it. Keep
Floater in pool at all times and refill it weekly or as needed.
- Next best method is to use an Automatic
Chlorinator. Make sure the unit is full and that the dial is set to a level that gives you a good daily chlorine reading depending on how long you run your system.
- Next best method is to place 3 Inch
Slow Dissolving Stabilized Chlorine Tablets in the
skimmers once per week (4-6 tablets are normal for 16x32 pool).
- Next best method is to manually add
Granular
Chlorine to pool skimmer every day. Don’t forget !!!
- All methods of adding chlorine to
the pool have their positive and negative aspects. All
in all, the simply floating chlorine floater is a time
tested method and ensures that you ALWAYS have a good
chlorine level. Sometimes simplest is the best.

Weekly Pool
Maintenance
- Completely backwash filter (see How
to Backwash a DE Filter or How
to Backwash a Sand Filter).
- Test water for Chlorine, pH and Alkalinity.
- Adjust pH and Alkalinity as needed.
- Add
Chlorine to pool (see
Daily
Pool Operation).
- Vacuum pool floor and walls if needed.
-
Shock pool and add
Algaecide.
- Check and adjust water level as needed. Water should be half way up the skimmers.

Basic Water Chemistry Terms
- CHLORINE - Is acting as the main sanitizer to kill algae and bacteria in the pool water. The level should be between 2.0 and 3.0 on your test kit. During hot weather, high readings are better.
- pH - Is the level of how acidic the pool water is. You must maintain a good
pH level or your chlorine will not work effectively. The level should be between 7.2 and 7.6.
- ALKALINITY - Is a pH stabilizer. It helps to keep the
pH within the proper levels so that the chlorine can work effectively. It reduces
pH “bounce”. The level should be between 100 - 150.
- STABILIZER - Also known as Cyanuric Acid, this chemical forms a protective bond around the chlorine, making it more resistant to being burned off by the sun. Makes chlorine tablets last longer. Stabilizer levels should be checked and adjusted each season. Also, pools should be stabilized whenever a large amount of fresh water has been added. The level should be 35 ppm and is adjusted by adding
Stabilizer / Conditioner
(Cyanuric Acid).
- REMEMBER - Good water chemistry can only be achieved when all four of these chemical levels are kept constant. Good Alkalinity helps keep the
pH in the right range so that the chlorine can do its job properly. Stabilizer keeps more of the chlorine in the water instead of being wasted !
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