My fill water is 7.8 200-250 alk (also 200-250 calcium)
My pool does not seem to have a strong environmental upward pull on the ph, so I can actually bat this down gently to 7.4 or 7.6 at a time and it will last a week or two, and I can keep ph under control this way all season for maybe 4 gallons of acid a season. Water might end the season at 180-200 TA.
The alternative would be to bat it down aggressively to 7.0 to intentionally lower my TA faster. TFP article says only lower TA for CSI or too fast ph rise concerns and I followed that.
I have been imagining this like there's X amount of TA in the pool and it will take a directly proportionate Y amount of acid to neutralize and Y will stay the same whether you fight it fast or slow.
Is this true? I have had other pool people tell me I will use more acid in the long run by not intentionally lowering TA.
Please answer for LC pool with no pool surface CSI concerns. I am asking cause I'm getting an SWCG so I will need to be more CSI aware, but I want to settle this old question in regards to LC pools.
My pool does not seem to have a strong environmental upward pull on the ph, so I can actually bat this down gently to 7.4 or 7.6 at a time and it will last a week or two, and I can keep ph under control this way all season for maybe 4 gallons of acid a season. Water might end the season at 180-200 TA.
The alternative would be to bat it down aggressively to 7.0 to intentionally lower my TA faster. TFP article says only lower TA for CSI or too fast ph rise concerns and I followed that.
I have been imagining this like there's X amount of TA in the pool and it will take a directly proportionate Y amount of acid to neutralize and Y will stay the same whether you fight it fast or slow.
Is this true? I have had other pool people tell me I will use more acid in the long run by not intentionally lowering TA.
Please answer for LC pool with no pool surface CSI concerns. I am asking cause I'm getting an SWCG so I will need to be more CSI aware, but I want to settle this old question in regards to LC pools.