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Answered 2007-09-09 02:05:01
If you are using small or jumbo tabs that may contribute to the problem. You will need to add baking soda to raise the levels into the range in which your kit can detect. Use a digital meter to determine alkalinity the range. Your range should be 80-120 ppm. Or you could be adding too much acid. Get a sample of the water to a pool store soon.
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What causes low total alkalinity?
Improperly sanitized water or excessive rainfall can cause a low total alkalinity level in your pool. Low total alkalinity can cause pool staining, itchy and burning eyes and skin, and corrosion of metal parts in the pool.
Will soda ash raise pool alkalinity?
In some cases, soda ash can be used to raise total alkalinity. Pound for pound, soda ash raises alkalinity 60 percent more than sodium bicarbonate and is cheaper than sodium bicarbonate. The problem with using soda ash to increase alkalinity is it drastically increases pH. This can cause cloudy water and scale formation. Soda ash should only be used to increase total alkalinity if you also need to increase the pH or if only small increases in alkalinity are needed.
Difference between phenolphthalein alkalinity and and total alkalinity?
phenolphthalein alkalinity is due to hydroxide n carbonate salts in water...nd total alkalinity is mainly due to bicarbonate salts in water..
Baking soda used for in pools?
Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate and can be used to directly increase the total alkalinity in pool water. It can also indirectly increase pH slightly.
How do you raise the pH level in the pool?
there are two primary chemicals on the merket used to do this. 1.) soda ash usually packaged under the name pH rise or pH increaser. 2.)sodium bicarbonate usually packaged under the name alkalinity rise or alkalinity increaser. both of the above chemicals will increase both the pH and Alkalinity of the swimming pool water. always make sure your alkalinity is balanced before making any pH adjustment. it is also important to understand pH and alkalinity always move together and in the same direction. so a pH adjustment will cause a change in your alkalinity level the same way a alkalinity adjustment will cause a change in your pH. when you increase pH, alkalinity will also increase when you decrease pH, alkalinity will also decrease when you raise alkalinity, pH will also rise. always dose chemicals according to the directions on the chemical container and the volume of water you are treating.
Will adding a flocculant to the pool water lower the Total Alkalinity?
No
What is the recommended alkalinity for a pool?
80-120 ppm. If the level of alkalinity is low or high it can cause clouded water and pH fluctuation.
What does muratic acid do to water?
used to lower pH and total alkalinity
Why do you inject phosphate in boiler feed water?
To control the alkalinity of boiler water which is directly related to pH control. Too alkaline will cause stainless steel to brittle while too low alkalinity will cause corrossion.
What is total alkalinity?
Alkalinity of water is its acid-neutralizing capacity. It is the sum of all titratable bases. Because the alkalinity of many surface water is primarily a function of carbonate, bicarbonate and hydroxide content, it is taken as an indication of the concentration of these constituent.
If your total alkalinity is 180-200 and your pH is 7.8-8.0 how do you correct it?
First you should find where your pool water Total Alkalinity SHOULD be (depends on total hardness of the water) and then adjust the TA. Then adjust pH. E-mail me for full instructions.
What does the mean of m alkalinity and p alkalinity in boiler water?
p alkilinity is the minimal ppm level of alkilinity tested in boiler water, m alkilinity is the total (maximum) ppm level tested in boiler water.
What do you use to raise the ph in a swimming pool?
the pH can be raised by adding an alkaline chemical such as soda ash (which also raises total alkalinity quite a bit) or borax (which has only a slight effect on total alkalinity), or by aeration of the water to outgas CO2 (which will raise pH with no impact on total alkalinity). Soda ash actually has very little effect on Total Alkalinity. Baking soda is the chemical to use to raise T/A.
What would cause the ladder to be totally rusted out on a salt water pool that is less than 2 years old?
Low quality S. S. ladder. Low pH and Total alkalinity. Aggressive water. k
What is swimming pool water tested for?
Concentration of clorine... And.....pH, total alkalinity, calcium hardness, cyanuric acid
Does tonic water increase gout risk?
tonic water can cause an increase in uric acid.
What causes the water to increase and decrease?
i think what cause water to increase and decerase is because of the temperature
Do evaporation of salt water cause density to increase or decrease?
The density of water increase after evaporation.
What can cause an increase in the density of water?
Water can be made denser by a decrease in temperature or an increase in salinity.
What cause grass to increase or decrease?
The cause of grass to increase/ decrease is how much you water it and not water it, how much sun light it gets and air.
How much baking soda to soften pool water?
Baking soda will not soften (remove calcium hardness) from pool water. It will raise total alkalinity.
Does alkalinity cause cloudy water in pools?
Generally, alkalinity increasers do not cloud up your pool unless you put in more than 10lbs at a time. Even then, it eventually disperses after 2-3 days of circulation.
Does high alkalinity cause cloudy water?
it might not be to high of a ph but could be a very hot water in a cooler room that is how some pools r cloudy
What does the mean of m-alkalinity and p- alkalinity in boiler water?
1. M-Alkalinity (also known as Total Alkalinity) measures the amount of carbonate, bicarbonate and hydroxide present in terms of "ppm as calcium carbonate". ( M-Alkalinity measurement is based on a sulphuric acid titration using a Methyl orange indicator that goes from yellow at a pH of 4.5 to orange at pH of 4.4 at the endpoint.) 2. P-Alkalinity measures the amount of carbonate and hydroxyl alkalinity present in terms of "ppm as calcium carbonate". P-alkalinity is measured down to a pH of 8.3. The M-alkalinity is measured down to a pH of 4.3.
What is the difference between alkalinity and pH?
nothing =============================== The answer above, is what many people believe. Unfortunately, the vocabulary in English is not clear or consistent. In water treatment (including swimming pools), alkalinity refers to how resistant to pH change water is. It gets confusing, because most chemicals used to increase alkalinity are "alkaline" or high in pH, and increase the pH, along with the alkalinity. But, many acids, such as cyanuric acid or boric acid will increase the alkalinity of many bodies of water. pH is simply a measure how acid or basic (or alkaline) a solution is. Lemon juice, vinegar and battery acid are all acidic. Baking soda, soda ash, and lime are all basic or alkaline. There are more technical answers (like, pH is the negated value of the hydrogen ion concentration of a solution), but if you NEED that answer, you probably already know it!
