Working on getting my water balanced. I have been adding 20 Mule Team Borax over the last week among other things as I have been trying to get my water balanced. I added 65 ounces about 24 hours ago. I will take another reading in the morning. The pump has run continuously. 50 is the level I am going for correct?
My question is that since it is recommeneded in the pool math calculator to add borax to lower total alkalinity, can you get a borate level that is too high over time? Or when you get your borate level at the desired level, do you switch to soda ash or something else?
Below are my current test results from my TF-100. I added 3 cups of bleach and 3 cups of acid which was close to what the calculator said to add.
Fc 3.5
cc .5
ph 8.2
ta 90
ch 225
cya 20. I am not confident in this reading when I did it a couple of days ago, I got higher readings two days in a row of about 35.
borate 40ish, it was between the 30 and 50 colors on the test strip chart. Before that is was 20. I am sure this is user error on my part, perhaps due to different light conditions. I feel like 20 is probably correctly based on what I added.
If I understand correctly, the bleach I added this morning will raise the FC by 2. The acid will drop the ph by .72 and drop the ta by 12.
I should expect to see the TA about about 80ish and the ph about 7.5ish. The chlorine should go up to 5.5, but the sun is shinning there will be some burn off. I haven’t quite figured hat part out yet.
My question is that since it is recommeneded in the pool math calculator to add borax to lower total alkalinity, can you get a borate level that is too high over time? Or when you get your borate level at the desired level, do you switch to soda ash or something else?
Below are my current test results from my TF-100. I added 3 cups of bleach and 3 cups of acid which was close to what the calculator said to add.
Fc 3.5
cc .5
ph 8.2
ta 90
ch 225
cya 20. I am not confident in this reading when I did it a couple of days ago, I got higher readings two days in a row of about 35.
borate 40ish, it was between the 30 and 50 colors on the test strip chart. Before that is was 20. I am sure this is user error on my part, perhaps due to different light conditions. I feel like 20 is probably correctly based on what I added.
If I understand correctly, the bleach I added this morning will raise the FC by 2. The acid will drop the ph by .72 and drop the ta by 12.
I should expect to see the TA about about 80ish and the ph about 7.5ish. The chlorine should go up to 5.5, but the sun is shinning there will be some burn off. I haven’t quite figured hat part out yet.