I have extremely high TA fill water @ 340. I'm wondering what exactly is TA? And what chemical reaction takes place for TA to raise pH. I'm having trouble understanding why if you add acid why it lowers pH fast but TA very slowly?
The only other harm that high TA may cause is if the CH and/or pH are also high since then the Calcite Saturation Index (CSI) can be high which means you can get calcium carbonate scaling.Thanks,
Now I see in pool math that my TA of 340 takes 39oz of acid to make the same pH change that 9.2oz of acid would do @ a TA of 70. That's over four times the acid requirement. So am I correct in assuming that my high TA is doing no other harm other then increased acid usage for the time being and that it should eventually come down just from the acid usage to maintain proper pH?