How much chlorine for a 10,000 litre pool?
The dose for a 10,000 litre pool, worked out from the same chemistry the DoseMyPool app runs. Pick the free chlorine rise you need and read off the product you actually own.
To raise free chlorine by 2 ppm in 10,000 litres
Change the volume or the readings and it recalculates.
Dose table for 10,000 litres
| Free chlorine rise (ppm) | Liquid chlorine 12.5% | Bleach 8.25% | Cal-hypo 73% | Dichlor 56% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | 40 mL | 55 mL | 6.8 g | 8.9 g |
| 1 | 80 mL | 111 mL | 13.7 g | 17.9 g |
| 1.5 | 120 mL | 166 mL | 21 g | 27 g |
| 2 | 160 mL | 222 mL | 27 g | 36 g |
| 2.5 | 200 mL | 277 mL | 34 g | 45 g |
| 3 | 240 mL | 333 mL | 41 g | 54 g |
| 4 | 320 mL | 443 mL | 55 g | 71 g |
| 5 | 400 mL | 554 mL | 68 g | 89 g |
What changes with the product you pick
Chlorine dose scales with volume and with the rise you want, and nothing else. Two of these products change more than the chlorine: cal-hypo adds calcium hardness, which a plaster pool in hard water does not need, and dichlor adds roughly 0.9 ppm of cyanuric acid for every 1 ppm of chlorine, so it drives stabiliser up fast if you use it all season. Liquid chlorine and bleach leave salt behind and nothing else.
Dosing a 10,000 litre pool
At 10,000 litres the doses are small enough that guesswork shows up in the reading. Measure with a jug rather than a bottle cap, and add half, circulate, then re-test. Overshooting a pool this size takes seconds and undoing it takes days.
Safety
- Add chlorine with the pump running, and dose in the evening so a full day of sun does not burn off what you just paid for.
- Wait for one full turnover before testing and adding more.
- Never mix with acid or other chemicals. Add separately.
- Don’t swim until FC is back in range.
Frequently asked questions
How much liquid chlorine does a 10,000 litre pool need?
160 mL of 12.5% liquid chlorine raises free chlorine by 2 ppm in 10,000 litres. The dose is directly proportional, so half the rise is half the amount.
How much chlorine should a 10,000 litre pool hold?
Target free chlorine is a percentage of your cyanuric acid, not a fixed number. At 40 ppm CYA aim for roughly 3 ppm, and never let it fall below 2.
Can I use household bleach instead?
Yes. It is the same chemical at a lower strength, so you pour more of it, and the table above shows both. Check the label for the percentage, because supermarket bleach varies.
How this is worked out
Every number here comes from the same engine as the DoseMyPool app and the calculator above, run at 10,000 litres. Amounts are estimates: product strengths vary, so follow the label on the bottle you own. See the full method
Other chemicals for 10,000 litres
Other pool volumes
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