Bad Reaction To Pool Water - Allergic To Chlorine?
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- Опубліковано 14 лип 2024
- From www.swimmingpoolsteve.com/pag... this video talks about a very common situation where a swimmer has a poor reaction after swimming which they attribute to being a sensitivity to chlorine. While this could be possible, it would be extremely rare and it is recommended that you test the water for pH and combined chlorine (at the bare minimum) to make sure the water is actually within a comfortable and tolerable range for swimmers.
00:00 - Bad reactions to pool water
00:20 - Get a detailed water analysis completed
00::50 - Chlorine allergies are actually quite rare
01:15 - Half of all pools are poorly managed
02:05 - Free chlorine and total chlorine levels
02:50 - pH and sensitivity to pool water changes
04:15 - Pay for in depth water analysis
05:40 - Conclusion and referral to www.SwimmingPoolSteve.com
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Good advice. I get my water tested at a pool store (mostly) weekly but I found a wireless pool monitor useful to help me daily. Not sure what is the best or if they are accurate (perhaps a new video idea Steve!) but I use the IO Pool Eco Monitor. It's lasted 1.5 seasons so far. It measures pH, Chlorine, and temp.
VIDEO IDEA: What to do with your pool if you lose power for several days. I'm going on 3 days without power since Hurricane Beryl and would love some tips on how to keep my pool in good shape until the power comes back on
Good idea: My pool robot covered the skimmer intake and caused the pump to essentially run dry. I didn't notice the entire day until I was tipped off because the pool water was so calm. Probably shaved months of life off the pump. I just glad we didn't go away for the weekend.
I brought water samples to three different pool stores for testing and the results were all different… how is a consumer supposed to know what to do when we can trust the information we’re given?
Get your own Lamotte or Taylor test kit
Ditto to the other comment. Get a high quality test kit and do it yourself.
Because it changes so much, it's a wide range of acceptance really
Let me take this opportunity to reconfirm, I always keep Total Alkalinity 60-80, PH at 7.5-7.8, and Free Chlorine at 3-6. Does all that sound reasonable, tested with Taylor kit by the way. Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge on a regular basis. I am positive you have helped many immensely!!
To answer that Steve needs also to know the CYA level. More CYA requires more chlorine. If CYA is 40, FC of 3 is absolutely risking an algae bloom.
@@generessler6282 CYA 40 and FC 3 would be 7.5% ratio and that is fine. I think even with 5% little chance of algae, but better be on the safe side of 7.5% or a bit more. But definitely, I agree testing CYA is important.
Alkalinity is low. 80-120 ideal. You are losing out on 1-3 days of ph stability. I can add acid and if it shoots up 2/10 ph a day I know the alkalinity is under 80. It won’t hold and it’s just losing money. Free chlorine of 3 is fine but 6 is just wasting money. Ph affects the chlorine. At 7.4 you get 50% hypochlorous acid and 50% hypochlorite ion. 7.6 = 40% and 60%. 7.8 = 30% and 70%. The hypochlorous acid is a more affective cleaner then the hypochlorite ion. 7.2 = 63% and 37%. It’s the better cleaning potential but your probably paying too much in acid to maintain that so it’s not ideal.
Thanks Steve. An interesting thing is that the US EPA says normal rain is pH 5 to 5.5. I guess storing rain to replenish evaporation has limits as a technique.