Yesterday's test results:
FC: 5
CC: .5 (or less)
TH: 380
TA: 50
pH: 7.4
CYA: 50
First, thank you for such a great service to pool owners! i have had some issues this summer with low CYA & TA, and rising pH.
Yesterday i (again) added some granular CYA to increase this.
now...on to TA and pH...these two seem to be battling each other. i've added muriatic acid nearly daily to keep pH to 7.4-7.6, which seams to be lowering my TA. I had TA around 60-80 in early July, but it continues to creep down.
I added some baking soda yesterday to increase the TA, but i know that i'll find my pH going up as well.
I am beginning my third year of ownership (pool came with home purchase). I was using test strips (exclusively) until June when i purchased a Taylor K-2006. which i am using daily (for pH).
my chlorine generator is set to 35% and is keeping up just fine. i am also dealing with scale, but now that i am testing properly for pH, it doesn't surprise me that i had scale formation.
in addition, i plugged my overflow drain and shut off my fresh water supply to see how much water i am losing...which is negligable. however, i was losing alot of water out of my overflow, because my fresh water float was sticking....and constantly adding fresh water....i suspected this when my water bills went through the roof.
any guidance on managing pH and TA together? could this work itself out now that i'm not dumping water?
FC: 5
CC: .5 (or less)
TH: 380
TA: 50
pH: 7.4
CYA: 50
First, thank you for such a great service to pool owners! i have had some issues this summer with low CYA & TA, and rising pH.
Yesterday i (again) added some granular CYA to increase this.
now...on to TA and pH...these two seem to be battling each other. i've added muriatic acid nearly daily to keep pH to 7.4-7.6, which seams to be lowering my TA. I had TA around 60-80 in early July, but it continues to creep down.
I added some baking soda yesterday to increase the TA, but i know that i'll find my pH going up as well.
I am beginning my third year of ownership (pool came with home purchase). I was using test strips (exclusively) until June when i purchased a Taylor K-2006. which i am using daily (for pH).
my chlorine generator is set to 35% and is keeping up just fine. i am also dealing with scale, but now that i am testing properly for pH, it doesn't surprise me that i had scale formation.
in addition, i plugged my overflow drain and shut off my fresh water supply to see how much water i am losing...which is negligable. however, i was losing alot of water out of my overflow, because my fresh water float was sticking....and constantly adding fresh water....i suspected this when my water bills went through the roof.
any guidance on managing pH and TA together? could this work itself out now that i'm not dumping water?