How Do You Keep Chlorine Levels Up In A Pool?
Pools use chlorine to kill algae, bacteria, and other organisms that live in the water to keep them clean. The chlorine acts to displace oxygen from the water molecules, and it’s actually oxygen that kills the unwanted organisms that try to grow there. It’s important to keep the chlorine levels high enough to keep the pool sanitary. Use test strips to test the water at least two to three times a week, and test daily, if possible. The test strips should show your chlorine levels as being somewhere between three and five parts per million (ppm) and your cyanuric acid levels are between 25 and 50 ppm. Read the test strip package’s directions to determine how to interpret the results. Ensure that your chlorine dispenser has chlorine in it, if you add chlorine directly to the pool, either in tablet or granular form, depending on what it uses. Ensure that your saltwater chlorine generator, if that’s how you chlorinate your pool, is set to a high enough voltage to generate sufficient chlorine
