Hello all,
I've been reading more about the different factors making up pool chemistry, and would appreciate some help with the questions below:
- The definition of ppm is Parts-Per-Million. Millions of what? Water? Or is that just a notion of quantifying the percent of a certain chemical in the entire pool? (however being so small it's easier as ppm?)
- Somewhere I read that it's not enough to just maintain a certain level of FC, and that it's also important to keep a 5-7% balance of FC to CYA. Why is that? What will happen if I have higher levels of CYA?
- Continuing from the question above, should I go by target FC and then adjust CYA accordingly, or the other way around is better? (and why? )
- So I've read that TA helps in balancing pH movement, how does it work exactly? Hypothetically, let's say I am happy being a slave to my pool and I'm happy adjusting pH three times a day (again, hypothetically!), is it important still to keep the right level of TA or does it become meaningless then?
- If I were to add bleach to the pool as a replacement for liquid chlorine, and assuming it has a concentration of say 6%, what is the other 94%?
- One more question I just thought of, it said somewhere in one of the other posts that during a SLAM more than normal FC is lost, why is SLAM different in that sense?
I hope that's not too much to ask, and thanks in advance!
I've been reading more about the different factors making up pool chemistry, and would appreciate some help with the questions below:
- The definition of ppm is Parts-Per-Million. Millions of what? Water? Or is that just a notion of quantifying the percent of a certain chemical in the entire pool? (however being so small it's easier as ppm?)
- Somewhere I read that it's not enough to just maintain a certain level of FC, and that it's also important to keep a 5-7% balance of FC to CYA. Why is that? What will happen if I have higher levels of CYA?
- Continuing from the question above, should I go by target FC and then adjust CYA accordingly, or the other way around is better? (and why? )
- So I've read that TA helps in balancing pH movement, how does it work exactly? Hypothetically, let's say I am happy being a slave to my pool and I'm happy adjusting pH three times a day (again, hypothetically!), is it important still to keep the right level of TA or does it become meaningless then?
- If I were to add bleach to the pool as a replacement for liquid chlorine, and assuming it has a concentration of say 6%, what is the other 94%?
- One more question I just thought of, it said somewhere in one of the other posts that during a SLAM more than normal FC is lost, why is SLAM different in that sense?
I hope that's not too much to ask, and thanks in advance!
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