Hey everyone, help me understand this.
I have had my pool going on 3 years now, maintained it myself using TFP methods.
One thing that has bugged me and never got around to posting about is rising pH when adding chlorine.
I keep my TA around 70. I try to keep pH around 7.6ish. In my pool, ~1 cup of liquid chlorine will raise my pH ~.1.
The summer is brutal here in Houston, my pool gets a ton of sun. I tend to add about 2 cups of chlorine per day. I keep the chlorine on the higher end of pool math's recommended level in case i miss a day of adding chlorine, i have enough to keep it in check until the next day.
I feel like I am constantly adding acid to the pool to keep the pH in check.
I try to log as best as i can on pool math, my acid logs might be off since i'll add extra acid to account for how much chlorine i added. If my pH calls for 2 oz of acid to get it where i want it, but i also added 2 cups of chlorine, then i'll add 4 oz of acid and that gets my pH where i want it, that extra acid isnt always logged....
I have had my pool going on 3 years now, maintained it myself using TFP methods.
One thing that has bugged me and never got around to posting about is rising pH when adding chlorine.
I keep my TA around 70. I try to keep pH around 7.6ish. In my pool, ~1 cup of liquid chlorine will raise my pH ~.1.
The summer is brutal here in Houston, my pool gets a ton of sun. I tend to add about 2 cups of chlorine per day. I keep the chlorine on the higher end of pool math's recommended level in case i miss a day of adding chlorine, i have enough to keep it in check until the next day.
I feel like I am constantly adding acid to the pool to keep the pH in check.
I try to log as best as i can on pool math, my acid logs might be off since i'll add extra acid to account for how much chlorine i added. If my pH calls for 2 oz of acid to get it where i want it, but i also added 2 cups of chlorine, then i'll add 4 oz of acid and that gets my pH where i want it, that extra acid isnt always logged....
