Should chlorine tablets be used in place of stabilizer chlorine tablets so the cyanuric acid don't get to high?

Should you be using stabilized Chlorine in your pool everyday or is the Granular better?

Use stabilized chlorine only so long as stabilizer level (cyanuric acid level) in pool is within the recommended range of 50-80ppm.

How often should you check pool chemicals?

Chlorine, pH, Alkalinity weekly in swimming season Calcium, stabilizer, salt (if you have a Chlorine generator) metals monthly

How should you do chlorine to add in your pool?

You can add liquid chlorine by walking it around the outside edges of the pool or adding 3 inch tablets through a chlorine floater.

Can you get a chemical burn by playing with chlorine tablets?

Yes. It is caustic and if you are handling it on a regular basis you should wear gloves.

What effects a pool to loose its status of chlorine?

Chlorine is taken up by biomaterials for one. that is the more dirt there is in the pool even stuff you cant see the more chlorine seems to disapear. the sun and the activitys of swimmers also have a big effect on chlorine consumotion. to hold onto the chlorine longer, Conditioner or Cyanuric Acid Levels should be kept up to about 80ppm, Low conditioner levels will lead to a lot of the chlorine in the water being burned of without it being utilized.

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.

What size chlorine tablet should you use for a 28000 gallon pool?

Depends on what the chlorine demand is for your pool. 1 inch tablets are not compressed as hard as 3 inch tabs and skimmer sticks. If your pool requires more chlorine you may want to use 1 inch tablets. If it has a low chlorine demand skimmer sticks may be all your need. Skimmer sticks are the hardest compressed and slower dissolving.

Water in swimming pool?

A reasonably healthy pool should have nothing in the water but chlorine or other sanitizer to sanitize it cyanuric acid to stabilize the chlorine salt if its a saltwater pool sometimes there may be algaecide there as well, muriatic acid, calcium , some dust, oils. body-fats and a few other impurity's.

How much cyanuric acid does a person add for the initial setup of a 20000-gallon pool and you already added 4 pounds but can't get a reading on it?

I think that it takes 4 or 5 days for added stabilizer (cyanuric acid) to register. Please be careful that you don't add too much. A: A rough formula for CYA would be about 5#'s per 10,000 gal minimum. You should have a goal of about 50 to 80 ppm conditioner or CYA. k

How many chlorine tablets do you use in a 4400 gallon pool and how often?

To answer your question , the number of tablets depends on a lot of things and uses. If the pool is for private use, look on the container and you will get an approximate number of tablets to use. Then by testing the water every day you can add more or fewer tablets to achieve the level of chlorine that is most satisfying and comfortable to you and your family, usually 1.5 ppm for a household private pool and 2.0ppm for a hotel or country club pool. Any thing larger and you should use a liquid chlorine which requires a whole other set of vats and pumps and a stricter monitoring of chlorine and pH levels which need to be recorded so an inspector from the town can view it at any time. To find out how many tablets to start off with you multiply length by width by approximate average depth which will give you approx. Gallons and number of tablets should be listed on container the chlorine came in.

If you have too much cynaruic acid do you need to drain the pool?

I usually tell my customers to watch the pool, keep the chemicals balanced, and if it stays clear, then the chlorine is not being blocked out by the stabilizer. If it turns green and the chlorine level is normal, then the chlorine is being blocked out, and the pool needs a couple of feet of water drained off. Whatevever you do, don't use any more chlorine tablets until the stabilizer is back to normal, only use liquid or granular chlorine. The tablets put stabilizer into the water and should not be used during the winter to prevent the stabiler level from becoming too high. Yes you must drain part of your pool when the cyanuric acid exceeds 100 ppm. Almost every health department in the nation abides by this. However, this is depated in the pool industry, even amongst my own employees. It is thought that the cyanuric acid molecule locks up the chlorine molecule when you exceed 100 ppm. Thus, you have a greater chance of the pool clouding, bacteria/virus build up etc. To get your Cyanuric Acid (CYA) level down to the recommended ideal of 40 ppm from your 100 ppm, you would have to drain 60% of your pool water and refill with tap water (which has no CYA). Be careful about draining your pool since doing so in areas with a high water table can damge your pool. Instead, you can do "continuous" draining where you simultaneously drain (with a pump or spillover) and fill your pool (filling from one end and draining from the other, all with the pump running for decent mixing). This will take longer and use more water, however (about 150% of your pool volume). One thing that most pool companies won't tell you is how much CYA you add to your pool by using Tri-Chlor tablets or Di-Chlor granules. One 3" tablet of Tri-Chlor provides around 2.5 ppm of chlorine, but also 2 ppm of CYA. The same amount of chlorine is provided by around 13 oz. (weight) of Di-Chlor, but this adds 3 ppm of CYA or 1.5 times as much as with Tri-Chlor. With chlorine demand of around 0.5 per day, you can easily see how you can build up an excess of CYA (about 12 ppm per month) over just one summer! If you use a DE filter that requires regular backwashing or if you have a lot of splash out, then you will always be diluting your CYA and might prevent too much build up, but if you use a cartridge (fiber) filter and don't backwash, then you will build up too much CYA. I had this same problem and am using winter rains to help dilute my pool and have switched to using liquid chlorine. This sure is a good argument for using a salt pool or liquid chlorine instead of Tri-Chlor!

Should chlorine tablets be used in place of stabilizer chlorine tablets so the cyanuric acid don't get to high?

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