Have you ever been out of the pool and felt like a dry sponge? Perhaps this feeling is a little too often, what should be your backyard oasis. The reason for the uncomfortable residue, clothes discoloration, eye irritation, staining, cloudy water , and even scale structure is that the water is off balance.
Get your water on the scale by balancing your water. This simple procedure will extend the life of your water, pump, heater, filters and other devices. Balancing and testing your water will also be your pool maintenance a breeze.
pH is the most important factor in water balance. The pH range is used to describe the relative acidity or base of the water. This you probably learned in your basic chemistry class at school.
Here are the exact areas where you should be your water:
The range extends from 0 to 14, with a pH of 7 is considered neutral. Readings from 7.2 to 7.6 are considered acceptable, or in the comfort zone, swimming pool water. Balanced water must be kept safely between two harmful extremes.
If your water is on the low side of the scale, it is corrosive and starts to attack the pool surfaces and equipment. We call this your corrosion zone. Ha! Now you know why your water heater is corrosion resistant.
On the other hand, if your pool water tips the scale on the high side, you begin to notice scale, and that is your zone scaling leave that unwanted content in your pool.
Unbalanced water not only brings bad news, but can also be a hole in your pocket. What is this? Their effectiveness Sanitizer will be hindered if the water is off balance. So this is probably the answer, if you see an increasing amount of chlorine to your swimming pool clear.
The second factor, you have to be on the total alkalinity of the pool. Total alkalinity measures the alkaline materials dissolved in the water, and the allowable range is 80 to 150 ppm. Expressed in parts per million (ppm), total alkalinity results from alkaline materials including carbonates, bicarbonates and hydroxides - mostly bicarbonates in your pool. Alkaline water neutralizes acidity, which means that it helps to prevent large differences in pH.
In a few words, total alkalinity is a measure of the water-resistance to changes in pH.
Just as pH, if the total volume of the alkalinity is low, the result is "pH bounce", which means that the pH is usually the "bounce" in and out of range. If the Total volume of the alkalinity is too high, even you have problems. Thus, the water is very difficult to adapt to a normal pH.
Do not worry, the alkalinity problem can be solved. See table for detailed information.
The third factor in balanced water is measuring calcium hardness. The normal range for calcium hardness from 175 to 275 ppm. This refers to the amount of dissolved minerals, especially calcium carbonate, in water.
Although under normal conditions, this is not a problem in a properly operated pool, this imbalance also directs chemical problems. For example, low calcium hardness can cause corrosion of the equipment or the etching of a plaster finish. Like everything we have discussed, the other side of the scale, so that a high calcium hardness level causes cloudy water and scaling.
Calcium hardness is also a very controllable element in your pool. See illustration to make your calcium hardness levels.
Finally, stabilizer is an important factor in your pool water " 'health'. Without this factor the sun's rays would quickly destroy the chlorine in your pool. Stabilizer is cyanuric acid, referred to as" sun "to the chlorine longer. This means that your chlorine could be up to 3 ½ times more! Imagine the savings!
Proper stabilization requires 30 to 50 ppm cyanuric acid and outdoor swimming pools should be determined by the increase to a minimum of 40 ppm cyanuric acid. Then you can simply stabilized chlorine to ensure proper stabilizer levels.
Flamingo Pool International is a leading inground swimming pool builder and parts supplier. For more information on inground swimming pool maintenance tips and advise visit Flamingo-Pools.net
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