Pool is chlorine locked. What to do?

[Texas Tracker]

Sand or cartage filter? Do you vacuum In backwash mode? Sounds like you might be checking the levels to often and adding chemicals before the pump has time to circulate what you added. Chunk the test strips in the trash

[SabreKiller]

Sand or cartage filter? Do you vacuum In backwash mode? Sounds like you might be checking the levels to often and adding chemicals before the pump has time to circulate what you added. Chunk the test strips in the trash

It's a sand filter and we vacuum in waste mode I believe.

[El General]

It's a sand filter and we vacuum in waste mode I believe.

You are taking water out of the pool and refilling everytime? That is where your chlorine is going.

[Take Dead Aim]

The soda ash must have worked a little because my wife just stuck a test strip in and it changed color a little. I'm thinking she should add some more soda ash.

You ask for advise and many on here have given great advise. You have yet to use any ofnthat advise and are still shooting in the dark. Get a real test kit and be done with it.

[coogfan]

Cyanuric acid

Yep I think that is the problem.

[catslayer]

I figured way to much stabilizer... Chlorine is there but locked

[SabreKiller]

You ask for advise and many on here have given great advise. You have yet to use any ofnthat advise and are still shooting in the dark. Get a real test kit and be done with it.

One of those suggestions was to add soda. Or did you miss that? I've got the test kit.

[Take Dead Aim]

One of those suggestions was to add soda. Or did you miss that? I've got the test kit.

My point was until you have the results from a good test kit you were shooting in the dark.

[LFD2037]

One of those suggestions was to add soda. Or did you miss that? I've got the test kit.

Which test kit?

[JTCowpoke]

One of those suggestions was to add soda. Or did you miss that? I've got the test kit.

Some people on here are giving good advise, others are just taking shots in the dark giving suggestions.

Give us the results of your PH, Free Chlorine, Total Chlorine, and CYA. Once you give specific numbers for those we can tell you exactly what to do. Throw the test strips away and get an actual test kit.

[El General]

Which test kit?

Any one that uses drops.

Though, I have cleaned hundreds of pools hundreds of times and never had a problem with the strips.

[bps3040]

Get a Taylor. You need to know cyanuric acid test for sure. Otherwise you are pizzing in the wind

[twobittxn]

You can order a Taylor 2005 test kit from a number of different places. That really is your best bet. LFD recommended the 2006 in an earlier post and it would do just as well. It's more precise and accurate on the chlorine test, but your typical home owner doesn't need that.

[dfkoon]

Just got out of my pool. Felt great. Hope the OP got his water tested and corrected by now.

[Thumper]

Pool is chlorine locked. What to do?.

Call a locksmith of course...........


Can't believe I beat Chew on this one.....lol