How To Quickly Lower Your Pools Alkalinity Levels
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Lowering your alkalinity levels is an easy step by step process that I demonstrate in this quick video.
Your alkalinity levels should be kept between 80 - 120 ppm.
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Great video
Very well explained 👍👍
Great video...
Thanks!
You should change your title to how to slowly lower your alkalinity
Pool store told me to use ph down first? Alk 180, ph 7.8, chlor 8..what a mess new salt system pool.
As your pH falls, your alkalinity should fall as well. PH down or muriatic acid should be a good start.
Just a scoop of acid and leave the TA to naturally go down over time - 180 is not ideal but certainly not worth tons of chems and math to adjust UNLESS your like me and like to tinker around -
of course they did - just a bit of acid and re-measure chems the next day -
How long should you wait to swim after adding/balancing the alkalinity level with this muriatic acid?
If you add a quart of acid you can basically swim instantly 2 quarts wait an hour anything over 2 quarts 6 hrs
Borax wow, works on a lot of things! Thanks for the pool water recommended water works👍☠️🤔
Ur pump can definitely b on when doing this
Do you have to dilute it? Also what is the app called I tried searching pool pal? If that’s correct and it didn’t come up
No, you can add it directly and it is fine. The app is Pool Pal, but I am currently only finding it on Android and not Apple. Pool Doctor is another app as well that can help.
After adding the acid, should I turn off my chlorine while pump runs? Or is it safe to have it still chlorine running??
It is still safe for your chlorinator to continue running after adding the acid.
I want to asking Apple phone . Which one ☝️ for Apple app
You really should raise your pH up to about 8.0 and then add your acid. With a alkalinity at 180, you you have a fair distance to go before you’re down to 100. Raising your pH to only 7.6 Will not allow you to add enough acid to bring your alkalinity down that much it will take you a long time.
Have you ever tried just raising your pH with aeration? You can raise pH without adding borax by airation.
Ahhhh the joys and challenges of aeration! I add dry acid and keep pool open overnight to reduce aeration amount.
How can do this aeration to increase ph?
@elyros6155 Hook up a sprinkler to your return jet a fountain
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I made a comment about safety precautions while using this chemical, and it got censored.
Is that a controversial topic?
Not sure, but it never made it to my comment section :)
Thank you
What is this called?
What the name of the app
The app is called Pool Pal, however may not be available anymore and I now would recommend Pool Math by Trouble free pool. Search for it in your App Store. Thanks for watching!
What % acid did you use?
It was 31.45%.
@@easyclearpool Thank you! I’m about to use for the first time and I hear the fumes are unbelievable.
My pH is normal but alkalinity is 180. Pool is very cloudy. I tries pH down and it didn’t work for my alkalinity level. Also my chlorine level is saying 0 even though I have tons of tabs in there. Help 😩
Hi, your alkalinity and pH will lower at different rates and may just need a but more pH reducer. Your alkalinity isn't extremely out of range but could be reduced some. Have you tried adding some clarifier to clear it up? As for no chlorine readings, try and jump start it with shock to get the ball rolling if you haven't done that. I appreciate the comment! You will get there.
To measure chlorine properly,try taking water sample deeper into the pool(since chlorine dissolves in upper layers)(flip/submerge some plastic bootle to take the sample...)...MA afterwards
Water can actually reach a point where it can not hold certain levels of chemistry, "chlorine lock" - Just partially drain the pool halfway and then refill and then sanitize with a NON-Chlorine sanitizer - THEN slowly raise Chlorine back-up - Tablets can't solve Chlorine Lock -
The tabs are 50% chlorine and 50% stabilizer (cyanuric acid). If you put in “tons of tabs” your stabilized level is probably sky high making chlorine ineffective. Get your water tested for CYA
I am a new pool owner; first year opening it/ I noticed after shocking that it actually caused it to be cloudy. Flocculant worked for me- lots of vacuuming on waste and adding water also bc of it being on waste but at least the particles weren’t filtered through- it has cleared the cloudy and it’s finally straightened out. It was a last resort but worth it. Good luck.
You talk too much
for real lol
@@bludika they don’t get to the point
Isn't that the purpose of explaning the process. smh go away
Thank you!