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Is there a difference between dichlor from Polaris and dichlor from Walmart other than price and is it safe for your Polaris auto feeder to the pool?
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Your pH is up but pool is still green?
Ph is up doesn't correlate with a clean pool. The pH needs to be lower to get it clean. And then you need chlorine, probably lots of it to get it clean; try 8 gallons of liquid or 20lbs of tricolor. Trichlor is good for white plaster pools. If you have a colored plaster, it would be better to use Dichlor.
Pool shock ingredients?
the ACTIVE ingredient in pool shock is either chlorine for chlorine based shocks (most commonly calcium hypochorite, sodium hypochlorite...which is the same as chlorine bleach, lithium hypochlorite and sometimes dichlor or trichlor...which are NOT good to use as shocks since they increase CYA and can lead to overstabilized pools!) or MPS (potassium monopersulfate) for non chlorine shock (which is more usedful for indoor chloirne pools and for chlorine spas than for outdoor pools for chemistry reasons that are complicated to explain.
How Does chlorine Affect Acidity levels?
Depends on the type of chlorine you are using as each type of chlorine product has it's own pH level. i.e Liquid chlorine (sodium hypochlorite) has a natural pH of about 14. Trichlo products have a pH of about 3 Dichlor products have a pH of about 6.8 Gas Chlorine has a pH of <1 So based on the above lets say you are using liquid chlorine in a concrete pool, the pH will tend to be high (alkaline) due to the high pH of the chlorine product coupled with the fact the pool is concrete.
What are the forms of chlorine used to treat public swimming pool?
Almost any form may be used on outdoor pools. Some areas prohibit or restrict the use of stabilized forms of chlorine, like trichlor or dichlor, on indoor pools. Chlorine gas used to be the most common method form used on public pools. But, because of restrictions, it has become rare, and sodium hypochlorite (bleach), calcium hypochlorite (HTH, etc) and trichloro-isocyanuric acid (trichlor) are all more commonly used.
What does chlorine mean?
Chlorine is an element, Cl on the Periodic Table. So, What does chlorine mean? It is the proper name of the element, Chlorine. It is often used for sanitizing water, as it kills small microbes (harmful and otherwise). With respect to Swimming Pools, it comes in various forms: Tablet Chlorine (Usually Trichlor) Liquid Shock (Sodium Hypochlorite: Chlorine gas suspended in salt water) and Granular shock (can be either Calcium Hypochlorite, or Sodium Dichlor, most commonly)
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.
Can cyanuric acid be administered to a pool with active algae?
If the pool already has even a small amount (say, 20 ppm) of Cyanuric Acid (CYA) in it, then if you are fighting algae you should not add more CYA (until you have gotten rid of the algae) since it reduces chlorine effectiveness. If you have no CYA in the pool at all, then it is better for you to just add unstabilized chlorine to fight the algae, but it will be consumed quickly and you will need to replenish it. If you can only add the chlorine in the morning, then add some CYA to have at least some to prevent rapid loss of chlorine from the UV in sunlight. The easiest way to add chlorine and CYA at the same time is to use Dichlor, but don't overdo it. See http://www.troublefreepool.com and the Pool School link at that site for more details on defeating algae and how to shock your pool.
How much chlorine do i put in a 10ft round pool?
Purchase a good test! Test frequently - about every 30 minutes -- after adding chlorine. If your readings are still low - you did not add enough chlor. When you reach the goal of 1.5 to 3.0 ppm and it stabilizes there then you have add enough chlor for yourpool. When the chlor. stabilizes between the above readings - calculate what you added to the pool to achieve this and that is what may be required for your pool. That amount will vary because of weather, bather load, fill water, and any other contaminants that get into the pool water, conditioner level, pH levels and many other factors. The history of your pool over time is the only accurate way to determine demand for chlorine.K
How do you raise the cyanuric acid level in pool?
Cyanuric Acid levels can be maintained in a few different ways. When you first open your pool if you balance the water correctly you will usually add Stabilizer to your pool which will raise your levels. The ideal levels are between 30-50 with the minimum 10 and max level at 100. Depending what you use for sanitation for example some TriChlor or slo tabs usually have a % of stabilizer built into the chlorine tab but will not usually be enough to bring you to the correct levels but will help whereas liquid chlorine and DiChlor Granulars will not have any stabilizer in them. The purpose of keeping these levels up will save you money as Stabilizer will help keep the chlorine in your pool. If you add it in the initial balancing of your pool you may need to add some in the later part of summer as well. For more pool help visit www.prospectpoolsllc.com/blog
Can you mix calcium hypochlorite with sodium hypochlorite?
Well, it depends. You don't want to directly mix the two, and you should never use cal-hypo in a chlorine feeder made for trichlor. Cal-hypo can have hazardous reactions with many organic compounds. If you're putting them into a swimming pool, there is no problem with using both, just give them an opportunity to fully dissolve/dillute in the water. Once in the water, they both convert to hypochlorous acid, which is the sanitizing version of chlorine. Technically, all forms of pool chlorine convert to hypochlorous acid, but some will have other affects on water chemistry. For instance, trichlor (Trichloroisocyanuric acid) and dichlor (Dichloroisocyanuric acid) both add cyanuric acid, which is stabilizer (CYA) to your pool. Excess stabilizer makes your chlorine less effective. Also, both are very acidic, and will lower your pools ph. Calcium hypochlorite adds calcium, which you need in a concrete/plaster/gunite pool, but it also accumulates over time and can get too high. Sodium hypochlorite doesn't really add anything to your water, other than more water, so it has the least side effects to your water chemistry. And technically, Lithium Hypochlorite has no real side effects either, so it would b good to use, but it is so gawd-awfully expensive that it's not used much in the real world.
How long do baby wait after pool is shock with chemicals?
Shocking a swimming pool refers to the application of large quantities of chlorine (superchlorination), non-chlorine shock or hydrogen peroxide. Typically 5-10 times the normal dose is used, based upon actual conditions and needs. The purpose of this large dose is to break down the combined chlorine, organic waste and contamination and re-establish a positive level of Free Chlorine. Shocking must be repeated, until such time as a stable Free Chlorine reading can be achieved, for at least a few hours. Make sure that a Free Chlorine capable test kit is being used, in order to know when breakpoint chlorination has been achieved. Products such as liquid chlorine, sodium dichlor, lithium and calcium hypochlorite, non-chlorine shock and compounded products are used for this purpose. None of these products can be used in a biguanide-maintained pool. Only concentrated hydrogen peroxide can be used to shock these pools. A pool should be shock treated at the first signs of algae, after heavy rainfall, after periods of heavy bather usage and at the onset of a loss of water clarity or quality. Another common practice is to shock treat the pool every Sunday evening. Typically, this is after a period of high bather demand and will help to re-establish the sanitizer level. A periodic shock treatment helps to prevent the development of sanitizer-resistant microorganisms
Can baking soda be used instead of soda ash in a salt water a pool?
Yep! Baking Soda is Sodium Bicarbonate. It's the same stuff as "Alkalinity UP" but much cheaper. If you get the bags of it at a warehouse store, instructions for use in a pool will be on the back. New pool owner here. I had the same question, and given that the pool is a captive body of water, came to the conclusion that one simply cannot substitute Baking Soda (Sodium BiCarbonate) for a PH increaser (i.e. Sodium Carbonate) without fully understanding what affect the chemical structure difference between the two will have on the water. I enclose here some info on the chemical makeup of the two: Sodium carbonate, chemical formula Na2CO3 is less acidic, than sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), whose chemical formula is NaHCO3.
