Measuring chemicals...

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roguegeek

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I'm going to be buying chemicals online and in bulk, so I'll need to find ways to measure them out when putting them in the pool. Been using this for a while for things like muriatic acid, liquid chlorine, and anything else for volume and it's worked well. For weight, I have no idea what to use. So I'd like to know a couple of things.

  • What are you using for volume?
  • Is what I'm using for volume ok for the chemicals we deal with?
  • What are you using for weight?
  • What would you recommend that will be fairly precise for low weight (0-20 lbs)?

Thanks!
 
RIch, I'm curious which chemicals you need so much of that you're going to buy in bulk?

The biggest thing I ever use (and not that often at that) is buying the 7# Arm and Hammer baking soda from Costco's baking goods aisle. And its lasted two years or more.

Yippee :flower:
 
domct203 said:
I use a plastic measuring cup for bleach & a jewelers/craft scale for CYA. I have another plastic measuring cup for MA, but I haven't had to use it yet :cool:
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pooldv said:
Yes, that is fine for volume. For weight use a cheap kitchen scale, 20 bucks or less.
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Ok, cool. Yeah, I was thinking some cheap kitchen scale would be fine, but just wanted to hear it from you guys first.

YippeeSkippy said:
RIch, I'm curious which chemicals you need so much of that you're going to buy in bulk?
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The combination of unusually large, constant storms and drainage issues have forced me to slam more than I should be and required rebalancing afterwards. It's really not that much chemicals I'm going to buy. It's just more than what I'd normally get from local stores and at a much better price.
 
I would say that for the most part that scales aren't necessary. Chemical additions aren't that critical to get exact. Estimating should be close enough.

If you have a 50 lb bag and want to add 10 lbs, it should be close enough to just use about 1/5 of the bag.
 
The only chemical I use the kitchen scale for is cyanuric acid (the wife gets annoyed with me measuring chemicals but, oh well...). I will put a sock in a larger container and then fill it up with two pounds of CYA. I usually have to add between 2 and 4 lbs per year so I like to be a little bit exact with it. Other than that, everything else solid-wise is estiamted (boric acid and DE).
 
JamesW said:
I would say that for the most part that scales aren't necessary. Chemical additions aren't that critical to get exact. Estimating should be close enough.
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JoyfulNoise said:
Other than that, everything else solid-wise is estiamted (boric acid and DE).
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:p I hear you guys. I really do and I'm positive you're correct in that it's good enough. It's just not my personality to roll like that and, so, measuring tools will be used. :cheers:
 

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JamesW said:
I would say that for the most part that scales aren't necessary. Chemical additions aren't that critical to get exact. Estimating should be close enough.

If you have a 50 lb bag and want to add 10 lbs, it should be close enough to just use about 1/5 of the bag.
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I could see this being true for much larger pools.

In my 6700 gallon pool it only takes 9oz to add 10ppm to CYA (& 7oz of 12.5% to add 1ppm to FC). I bought a cheap digital scale off eBay for about $8, the 2lb max works fine for my pool. I think I only used the scale twice last season, I use the measuring cup every day for FC.

Besides, there's something about measuring out accurate chemical additions that appeals to the nerd in me, just like the Speed Stir does! :cool:
 
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