What is the typical amount of Chlorine to use on a 5500 gallon pool? And how often?
Answers:
You should be putting approximately 1 1/2 pucks every 3 days. If you are using powdered chlorine you must add chlorine each day. The exact quantity of chlorine needed will depend on the following factors: 1) temperature 2) # of bathers 3) Weather 4) Quality of chlorine 5) pH level - but once established (shocked and balanced) the puck schedule is the easiest way to keep things up.
Other answers:
Pools don't follow a schedule. Since they are open vessels and are constantly being bombarded with air borne contanimation (dust, pollen, mold and algae spores, etc.) they never use the same amount of chlorine two days in a row! Then along comes a goor rain and.... Intensity of sun, length of daylight, and water temperature are also big chlorine "users". Wish there were an easy answer for this one, but there are simply too many variables to deal with to follow a schedule.
Pools don't follow a schedule. Since they are open vessels and are constantly being bombarded with air borne contanimation (dust, pollen, mold and algae spores, etc.) they never use the same amount of chlorine two days in a row! Then along comes a goor rain and.... Intensity of sun, length of daylight, and water temperature are also big chlorine "users". Wish there were an easy answer for this one, but there are simply too many variables to deal with to follow a schedule.