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Sometimes too much chlorine gets into the pool - often by accidentally overdosing with chlorine or after shock dosing to get
rid of algae. It is not recommended to swim in water with more than 3 parts per million chlorine. Chlorine remover
(sodium thiosulphate) will remove that chlorine so you can swim straight away. Be careful not to overdose chlorine remover
or you will have to add lots of chlorine to remove the chlorine remover. That is good for chemical suppliers profits but not for
your pocket....
First carefully test the pool water to get an accurate chlorine level (see testing for high levels of chlorine). Work out how
much you need from the chart below :
Amount of dechlorinator required to dechlorinate various volumes of pool water in grams:
| Pool Volume | | Chlorine Reading parts per million |
| Cubic meters | Gallons | | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| 227 | 50,000 | | 550 | 1100 | 2200 | 2750 | 5500 | 11000 |
| 182 | 40,000 | | 450 | 900 | 1800 | 2250 | 4500 | 9000 |
| 137 | 30,000 | | 350 | 700 | 1400 | 1750 | 3500 | 7000 |
| 91 | 20,000 | | 225 | 450 | 900 | 1125 | 2250 | 4500 |
| 45 | 10,000 | | 110 | 225 | 450 | 560 | 1125 | 2250 |
| 23 | 5,000 | | 55 | 110 | 225 | 280 | 560 | 1125 |
| 9 | 2,000 | | 25 | 45 | 90 | 115 | 225 | 450 |
| 4.5 | 1,000 | | 15 | 25 | 45 | 60 | 115 | 225 |
To use dissolve correct amount of dechlorinator from above table in a plastic bucket of warm water. Distribute evenly through the water. Allow pool water to turn over twice before further analysis.
CAUTION: Underdose rather then overdose
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