Okay, just did a water test and found that my ph was high. So I took
care of that. When I did my alkalinity test I found that the reading
was 50ppm. Optimal is between 80-120ppm.
Question. What should I add and how much of it should I add to raise
my alkalinity but have little effect on the overall ph of the pool.
The book that I got from my pool company (we have only had the pool a
week)says to add baking soda to raise the alkalinity and not affect
the ph.
So what is my next move?
Thanks.
ph and alkalinity test results
February 2nd, 2004 · 3 Comments
Tags: chemicals
3 responses so far ↓
1 Felicia Edythe // Feb 3, 2004 at 3:37 am
BTW, the pool is 15,000 gallons.
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2 janis_40 // Feb 4, 2004 at 11:34 am
Add sodium bicarbonate which is baking soda but buy it from your pool store
because of the quantity you will need. This will raise the alkalinity and
have minimal effect on the pH. Remember sodium bicarbonate not sodium
carbonate. You will need to compute the number of gallons in your pool if
you do not know already and add at a rate of 1.5 pounds per 10K gallons for
every 10 ppm the TA needs to be increased. Take it slow.
3 janis_40 // Feb 5, 2004 at 7:02 am
Forgot to add that you should adjust the TA first then the pH.
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