I have a fairly new plaster pool (January) and am still fighting almost daily PH creep, it'll go from 7.6 to 8.2 in a few days if I don't keep an eye on it. We are going on vacation for about a week soon and I was wondering what to do about that? I read a lot of threads that talk about chlorine but I wasn't able to find anything regarding PH, it seems for chlorine the advice is to bring it to shock levels and add a tab or two in a floater and let it fall while i'm gone. Using the same logic should I add acid till i'm at say 7.0 or lower and let it rise or should I do nothing and deal with the high PH when I get back? Having someone come by isn't likely to be an option, or else I would do that.
Vacation for a week, what to do about PH?
- Thread starter zolakk
- Start date
- Jun 22, 2014
- 47,790
- Pool Size
- 17888
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
You could take your pH to the low end (7.2-ish) knowing it will rise fairly quickly anyways. I wouldn't go any lower though. You could also add a couple tri-chlor tabs to a floater which are acidic in nature and should also help to keep pH down a little. Of course tabs increase CYA too, so be aware of that. The Poolmath Calculator (link below) has a row at the bottom (Side Effects of Adding Chemicals) that can give you an idea of what to expect by using them. Hope that helps.
- Jul 3, 2013
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- Pool Size
- 15000
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- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
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- CircuPool SJ-40
What is your CYA at now, if you can handle adding CYA for the week I think it may help keep your PH in the lower scale...
It's currently at 50, so not too bad. We get a LOT of sun here too, so adding a bit more probably isn't going to be too bad.
- Jun 22, 2014
- 47,790
- Pool Size
- 17888
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus