Lower CYA, CH, and Metals for Free

[Texas Splash]

Hurricane season is here, and Texas is about to receive the first one of 2024. I won't bore you with repetitive hurricane prep notes. We have TONS of those already. From your home page search bar simply enter "Hurricane" or "Hurricane Prep" and you'll see all kinds of threads on how to prepare your pool and equipment.

This is simply a reminder to those who may be new to TFP and over-used products like tablets, powered shock, and/or cal-hypo, that with Hurricane Beryl approaching the Texas coastline in a couple days, you can take full advantage of that free rain. You might even consider lowering your pool's water in advance and allow the heavy rains to fill it for free.

For those of you in the southwest, you know already that August brings monsoon season. Storms roll-in like clockwork in the afternoon, so the same concept applies to you as well. Remove some water in advance to take advantage of those seasonal storm bursts to lower your CYA and/or CH as needed.

For anyone across the country in a storm's path who may have used copper-based products or be on a well (iron), same thing. The more metals removed from the pool the easier pool life is for you. Take advantage of the heavy rains when you can.

Stay safe everyone.

 

[JoyfulNoise]

For those of you in the southwest, you know already that August brings monsoon season. Storms roll-in like clockwork in the afternoon, so the same concept applies to you as well. Remove some water in advance to take advantage of those seasonal storm bursts to lower your CYA and/or CH as needed.

They do and we have had an unusually early monsoon season here in Tucson .... but, the problem here is that our storms are very cellular in how they drop precipitation. Here's a recent image about week ago from Tumamoc Hill, a popular hiking route on the western side of Tucson -



That microburst in the center image is very typical of Tucsonan monsoons ... you can literally be standing on opposite sides of a major road where one side is completely dry and the other side is experiencing a downpour. Unfortunately, the weatherman can only tell you if it will possibly rain on any given day ... not where it will rain.

As @Texas Splash said ... STAY SAFE everyone!!

 

[Hoster]

Hurricane season is here, and Texas is about to receive the first one of 2024. I won't bore you with repetitive hurricane prep notes. We have TONS of those already. From your home page search bar simply enter "Hurricane" or "Hurricane Prep" and you'll see all kinds of threads on how to prepare your pool and equipment.

This is simply a reminder to those who may be new to TFP and over-used products like tablets, powered shock, and/or cal-hypo, that with Hurricane Beryl approaching the Texas coastline in a couple days, you can take full advantage of that free rain. You might even consider lowering your pool's water in advance and allow the heavy rains to fill it for free.

For those of you in the southwest, you know already that August brings monsoon season. Storms roll-in like clockwork in the afternoon, so the same concept applies to you as well. Remove some water in advance to take advantage of those seasonal storm bursts to lower your CYA and/or CH as needed.

For anyone across the country in a storm's path who may have used copper-based products or be on a well (iron), same thing. The more metals removed from the pool the easier pool life is for you. Take advantage of the heavy rains when you can.

Stay safe everyone.

Actually, I have been thinking about this although we only get the "residual" storm / hurricane up here NE.

Do you think there is a significant difference between losing water via evaporation vs. draining? I would imagine evaporation basically get rid of H2O-only (while all other "stuff" remains, perhaps?) While not scientific, I think my salt level increases as the water evaporates (e.g., the salt concentration level increases?) ? I could be hellucinating but just check with the experts here.

I feel like dumping a giant magnet in the pool to get all that metal out...

 

[Texas Splash]

I would imagine evaporation basically get rid of H2O-only (while all other "stuff" remains, perhaps?) W

Correct

 

[Rhinopkc]

Arizona monsoon rain happens everywhere except where you want it. The evaporation happens everywhere at warp speed.