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If your cyanuric acid levels are at 150 and you have an inground pool 20x40 lw 3x8 deep do you need to drain the entire pool or can you just bring it down a few feet and refill with clean water?
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∙ 12y ago
What he did find was high levels of TDS (total dissolved solids) interfered with the chlorines ability to sanitize the water. Imagine if you will a football field is clear and there is nothing on it. To get from one end to the other is a breeze. This would be the same as a pool with no or very low TDS in the water and getting to say an algae spore would be a piece of cake for the chorine because there is nothing to block it's path. Now same football field and it is now a tropical jungle, how long is it going to take you to get from one end to the other? So a pool with height TDS over 1500ppm would be the same thing. The chorine now has to find it's way around all these solids to get to the algae. It is going to take it a lot longer and more algae will have the opportunity to grow and develop before the chlorine can do it's job. So you develop cloudy water.
What to do? Now you have to drain the pool probably about 5-10" and refill with water that has a lower TDS than what is in the pool. That is critical make sure you have that checked.
So if your pool is clear and you have 150ppm of cyanuric acid don't sweat it.
Commercial pools and indoor pools all bets are off. This only applies to outdoor residential pools.
I do not agree with the above answers. My experience is with 150 ppm CYA you are will have to drain 75 to 100% of the old pool water in order to reduce those levels. Draining the pool also gives you an extra factor in that the water will respond better to what you are trying to do with it chemically. Draining the pool will reduce the mineral content considerable thus making it easier to maintain. The fresh water may feel better as well. At the rate as stated above - it will take you all summer to change out the water and reduce the conditioner levels.
You might also want to treat your pool alternately between the liquid chlorine and the tabs or the liq. and the granular chlor. That way you do not build your CYA too quickly.
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Test Results are 250 ppm Cyanuric Acid and 660 ppm hardness the color of the water is clear light green. TDS is 1100 ppm and the size if 15187 gallons What should I do?
Since your CYA levels are 250, you're going to have to drain the pool and start over. There is no chemical made to reduce CYA levels. When you refill the pool, maintain a CYA level from 40-60ppm.
What if your cyanuric levels in your pool are above 300?
You typically want your cyanuric acid (CYA) level to be 30 - 50 ppm. The easiest way to lower it is to drain and refill the pool. To get to 30 from 300 you would have to drain 90% of the water. The only other way to lower it is with a reverse osmosis (RO) machine, which most people do not have access to. The long term solution is to stop using buffered sources of chlorine, such as tri-chlor. These add CYA every time you chlorinate, but the CYA is never "used up" so it keep accumulating. Ultimately your chlorine is over-buffered or "locked" and is no longer available to perform disinfecting.
24 foot round pool with a chlorine lock what to do?
Reduce the water level and refill with new water and do not use chlorine with stabilisers added until the level of cyanuric acid is reduced. Take a sample to the pool company and have them check it. The name of dichlor or trichlor on the chlorine tells you that there is stabilisers in it . It's good to have some cyanuric acid (not over 100ppm) because it prevents burining off of free chlorine by the uv waves in sunlight, but high levels are not good because it takes longer for the chlorine to kill micro-organisms. This is a non scientific answer and I am dealing with this issue myself. Apparently this builds up in pool water. Good luck.
What is cyan uric acid in pool water?
The constant use of small 1" , large 3" jumbo chlorine tabs and granular chlorine. they all have cyanurics acid in the compound mix. Best to switch to liquid for a while ( a month of so). The high levels of cyanurics will eventually drop as water evaporates and you add fill water. High levels of cyanuric acid or conditioner would be considered to be in excess of 100 ppm. You could also do a partial drain of the pool and refill to reduce the CYA faster. In the future you might consider alternating between liquid 12% chlorine and tabs. Note: 1" tabs dissolve faster. HTH granular and tabs I believe do not contain conditioner but then it is a lesser grade of chlorine - see percentage values on label.
Should you drain the water when swimming pool is not in use?
No, then you have to refill it and that is a waste of water If it is an inground pool being dry will ruin the pool surface and in high water table areas the risk of turning it into a boat is very real.
How do you fix the mixing of green and orange coolants?
Drain entire system, flush with clean water and refill with proper coolant mixture.
What is a refill pad?
A refill pad is a stack of loose sheets of paper that are designed to be placed inside a binder or notebook once the previous pages have been used up. It allows you to easily replenish your writing surface without needing to replace the entire binder or notebook.
What part of speech is the word refill?
Refill is a noun (a refill) and a verb (to refill).
How much does it cost to refill inground pool?
That would depend on the sise of the pool your location and the price of water.
Will it hurt your pool filter equipment if you put 10 gallons of cyanuric acid in your 10000 gallon pool?
Not hurt the pool but it can inhibit chlorine from sanitizing properly in high amounts. If its to high just drain some water out and refill with fresh.
Do you need to drain an in-ground pool every few years to recycle the water?
It depends on your water chemistry, if you need to drain an in-ground pool every few years to recycle the water. If your cyanuric acid level is out of control you should. If you keep it balanced there should be no need to drain it and refill. Take your water to a pool professional to see where your chemistry is at.
How do you refill an inhaler?
i dont think you can refill it
