Is there a good way to add carbonate to the pool to maintain alkalinity without using sodium bicarbonate? I'm already near the 4,000 ppm upper limit of salt in the (salt) pool and don't want to keep adding more sodium with the bicarbonate.
Too much sodium from bicarbonate
- Thread starter kenio
- Start date
- May 3, 2014
- 62,774
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Welcome to the forum.
The sodium bicarbonate has no effect on the salinity of the pool water.
Salinity is a measurement of the chloride in the water, not sodium.
The sodium bicarbonate has no effect on the salinity of the pool water.
Salinity is a measurement of the chloride in the water, not sodium.
Sodium increases the conductivity measurement of salinity, but not the chloride drop test measurement for salinity.
How are you testing salinity?
The question is why are you adding so much sodium bicarbonate?
Unless you are using trichlor, then you should not need to add baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) pretty much ever.
Can you give us a broad account of your pool chemistry and what chemicals you use?
What test kit do you have?
How are you testing salinity?
The question is why are you adding so much sodium bicarbonate?
Unless you are using trichlor, then you should not need to add baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) pretty much ever.
Can you give us a broad account of your pool chemistry and what chemicals you use?
What test kit do you have?
What is your fill water chemistry?
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Most likely, you are adding too much acid, which adds chloride and then you add too much baking soda to fix the low TA and it is a never-ending battle.
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Increased acid use?
Seems like we are going through much more muriatic acid this year after adding a liquid chlorine feeder and acid feeder to our outdoor pool. I understand that liquid chlorine causes a temporary rise in pH, but that it will fall back down as the chlorine gets used up (correct?) Is it possible...
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This is very true. Your pH will rise as long as the laws of Physics and Chemistry hold. Allowing your pH to drift up a bit will not appreciably affect your chlorine's ability to sanitize. Other water parameters may need to change if you are concerned with the CSI or LSI.Most likely, you are adding too much acid, which adds chloride and then you add too much baking soda to fix the low TA and it is a never-ending battle.
Increased acid use?
Seems like we are going through much more muriatic acid this year after adding a liquid chlorine feeder and acid feeder to our outdoor pool. I understand that liquid chlorine causes a temporary rise in pH, but that it will fall back down as the chlorine gets used up (correct?) Is it possible...