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Generally you should shock about every 7 to 10 days. To find out exactly when you need to shock, and how much, you need to check your combined chlorine levels. Shocking will beore necessary when bather loads are high, or a lot of debris is present. I also recommend shocking if the pool is cloudy or has algae, as both are usually caused by low chlorine..... Best advise I can give to any pool owner is to test your chlorine regularly. Once a week is not enough, especially in the summer months. You can usually get away without shocking as often in off months. Also shock if the chlorine feels and smells high, but the test shows it is not. This means chlorimines are present which need to be superchlorinated out.
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Listen very carefully. Yes, shocking does reduce the amount of bacteria in your pool, but, the main reason you should shock is to get rid of the chloramines.
Get a Good Taylor DPD, or "pink test" and learn how to take the chlorine and combined chlorine, or chloramines test. Get the swirl down, don't shake, rattle, or roll it, but swirl.
This will tell you when your pool needs to be shocked. If it's just a couple of people each week swimming, your pool should not have to be shocked at all.
Only when the chloramines are above .8 should you need to shock. Read that again, and again, and again.
If it's an outdoor pool, you already have an unlimited supply of fresh air and exhaust.
Rule #1 Only shock when your pool needs it, not because it's some day of the week or some chemical company says it's time to shock
Rule #2 Remember Rule #1
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TUEsday.
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yes
How much shock does it take to treat a 16x32 pool?
If you do not want to do complex calculations, you can use non-chlorine shock which is Potassium Monopersulfate. It comes in one pound packages. Throw in 1 lb every two weeks if it is a lightly used pool, 2LB every two weeks if it is a heavier used pool. 3LB if you regularly pee in the pool.
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The New York Stock Exchange closed for two days in a row during the Great Blizzard of 1888 and during Hurricane Sandy of 2012.
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depends how thick your hair is !!
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Yes, if the anesthesiologist says it is ok.
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two or three days a week
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Sure.
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Yes, you can use the sponge as often as you have sex.
How do you clean a pool that is almost empty and has black water and the filter is not working?
SHOCK!! Its a powder you can buy at a pool store or chemical store.. its chlorine in powder form, you just dump it in your pool stir it up a bit, wait a day or two, and the pool should be clean.
How much chlorine granules for 2529 gallons of water?
one pound of cal hypo, granule chlorine, will treat 10,000 gallons of pool water. So use 1/4 pound to shock, two or three times that if pool goes green. If pool has a vinyl liner use sodium hypochloride, liquid shock, instead of granules.
How many times do you shock your pool?
Assuming here your primary sanitizer is chlorine, you need to shock a pool at least once a week, maybe more often in very warm climates. It is normally 1 lb per 10,000 gallons. The best shock or oxidizer is 78% calcium hypochlorite. You can get this at any professional pool store that sales the brand Poolife. They are the only one that carries it. There are also other percentages out there, 73%, 68%, 62%, 54%, and 47%. Just pay attention to the ingredients and the concentraton of the cal hypo. The higher the %, the better the product. If you choose to use the lesser concentration, you are going to need almost double what you would use if higher concentration. Its actually more cost effective to purchase the higher concentration.AnswerThe amount of shock depends on how big your pool is. You can determine this by reading the back of the chemical package. I usually shock the pool once a week, but keep chlorine tabs in the float. Answerif you use slow dissolving tabs normally you want to shock about once a week. check bottle for dosage
