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What do you do if chlorine in saltwater pool is high?
Adjust your chlorine generator levels.
What causes high pH levels in pools?
The nature of gunite pools is the make up of the gunite - it has lime in it. It has high alkaline levels. Also, the make up water may have high levels of alkalinity. Adjust your pH and adjust as needed with muratic acid and monitor your alkalinity by using a test kit.
Can you swim in a pool that has high free chlorine?
Chlorine levels should be between 1-5 ppm
Why is Chlorine quickly evaporating out of pool?
There are no shortcuts. Get your Alkalinity right, then the PH. If the PH is "bouncing," your choline will spike high and low until you get the PH right. The PH will not be right until the alkalinity is right. If all that is right, you are low on stabilizer.
Is bromine used in hot tubs?
If there are high levels of either chlorine or bromine in a hot tub, then these chemicals can be irritating to the skin. Absorbing high levels of bromine can also lead to iodine deficiencies in the body. Chlorine is typically safer.
What does blue mean on the alkalinity pool test?
That usually means high chlorine. Try doubling the amount of chlorine neutralizer on a second test.
How does the pH of soap affect how well it works?
Higher PH levels in soap means there is more alkalinity in the formula. As a result, soap can wash away oils, grease and dirt better with high PH levels.
Every time we shock the pool the water turns green and in less than 12hrs we test no free chlorine. Will high levels of iron and copper cause the loss of free chlorine?
Check your Alkalinity and PH. Those need to be balanced (in recommended range for your pool type) first. If not, chlorine will have little affect, and it will be eaten up quickly. It's actually amazing how important it is to have a fairly balanced pool before shocking.
What do you do if chlorine in saltwater pool is high?
Adjust your chlorine generator levels.
What causes high pH levels in pools?
The nature of gunite pools is the make up of the gunite - it has lime in it. It has high alkaline levels. Also, the make up water may have high levels of alkalinity. Adjust your pH and adjust as needed with muratic acid and monitor your alkalinity by using a test kit.
How does phosphate levels affect the alkalinity of water?
High Alkalinity will keep your pool water on the higher end of the pH scale, or more basic rather than acidic. High Alkalinity is not terrible but there are two things that can happen. If the water is constantly basic a "scale" can develop. The other thing that can happen is you will notice your pool will get cloudy when you add pH increaser, alkalinity increaser or calcium hardness increaser when either one of those three are on the high side already.
Are high levels of chlorine harmful?
yes! They can even be deadly.
Can you swim in a pool that has high free chlorine?
Chlorine levels should be between 1-5 ppm
Baking soda was added to my pool and ever since the pool is still cloudy even after shock treatment. It is also sudding up What is wrong?
I know the whole key to keeping a pool clean is balance. PH and alkalinity affect the chlorine, chlorine affects the PH and alkalinity. Get and keep the PH and alkalinity balanced and the rest should be easy. If the PH is too high chlorine will no work. Why was baking soda intorduced? Key to cloudy water is filtration along with proper chem. balance. Extend the run time on the pump by8 to 12 hrs and within a day you will see why you have extended the run time.
What do i do if Ph is low alkalinity is low chlorine level is fine in pool?
add some form of alkalinity booster for sure. bring it too about 110ppm, chlorine has a naturally high pH, but the higher alkalinity addition will stop acidic compounds from attacking the pH any further. depending on how low the pH is though you may have to add a pH booster, take your water into a pool shop for an in depth water analysis.
Why is Chlorine quickly evaporating out of pool?
There are no shortcuts. Get your Alkalinity right, then the PH. If the PH is "bouncing," your choline will spike high and low until you get the PH right. The PH will not be right until the alkalinity is right. If all that is right, you are low on stabilizer.
Is bromine used in hot tubs?
If there are high levels of either chlorine or bromine in a hot tub, then these chemicals can be irritating to the skin. Absorbing high levels of bromine can also lead to iodine deficiencies in the body. Chlorine is typically safer.
