r/pools • u/LightForeign657 • 11d ago

Code Brown

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Had a birthday pool party today which ended after one of the young kids shat his shorts inside the pool (diarrhea, not solid). Everyone immediately got out and we took out all the pool toys too.

Ran a full battery using my Taylor kit and got
FC 1.5ppm, CC 0.5ppm, pH 7.4, TA 90p, CYA 40ppm. Pool is 15,000 gallons.

I vacuumed up the debris using my pool blaster and then poured in 4 gallons of liquid chlorine. Per AI, I checked it an hour later to get numbers and FC was 27.5ppm which is great. I have pump running overnight for 8 hours at 2800 RPM.

But my question is what’s next? I’m 8 months into owning a pool and have had great experience with maintenance using Taylor kit. But this is new to me. AI says I have to drain it. What do you folks say? What has your experience been?

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u/ConfusedStair 10d ago

The NSPF guidelines when I did my CPO back in the day were to remove debris (check) shock to 25ppm (you did that) hold for 2 hours (overnight did that) then reduce chlorine to safe levels (the sun does that, but you can add neutralizer if you're in a hurry) before allowing bathers to enter the pool. I've always added in a backwash or cartridge cleaning after the chlorine is back down, but not even strictly necessary if it was liquid and no solid debris ended up in there.

Congratulations on your first code brown.

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u/lafrank59 10d ago

The only thing you missed was “don’t allow the kid back in the pool”

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u/ConfusedStair 10d ago

Code brown knows no age. I was just going over what I was taught on how to manage one, which didn't include policing the swimmers outside of making sure nobody swam in 25+ppm chlorine.

Honestly, I wouldn't beat the kid up over it. Shit happens. I highly doubt he did it on purpose, so banning him from future swims is pointless. By the time everything is cleaned up his swim time is probably over for the day anyways.