...ne|chlorine]], [[TA]], [[Calcium Hardness|CH]], [[CYA]], [[Borates in pool|Borates]], [[Salt]], everything.<ref> https://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/rever
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...hat find their pools with very high pH at Spring opening [[Borates in pool|borates]] may benefit with the pool open or closed.
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[[Borates in pool]] can added separately with boric acid.
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==Why should one use Borates==
Adding borates to your pool can improve your experience with your pool, but is completely
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...ion (CO32-). However, cyanurates from your stabilizer (cyanuric acid) and borates contribute to your water’s alkalinity. For both carbonate and cyanurate a
[[Borates in pool|Borates]] are particularly helpful in preventing scale in a SWG because the pKa for
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...]], [[Calcium Hardness|calcium]], [[CYA]], [[salt]], and [[Borates in pool|borates]]. It also calculates the [https://www.troublefreepool.com/content/261-Calc
You need to enable tracking of CSI, salt, borates or water temperature under the round hamburger option icon.
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===Borates===
See [[Borates_in_pool#How_to_Test_for_Borates_in_Pool_Water|How to Test for Borates in Pool Water]]
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*Add low-level [[Borates in Pool|borates]] (about two boxes 20mule team ) per season. It helps stabilize the PH.
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TFP recommends dropping the [[TA]] to 50 PPM and adding 50 PPM borates to the water. The combination of lower TA and an additional high pH buffer
...species are in that water that can buffer pH. Carbonates, cyanurates, and borates all exist in solution and will modify pH calculations beyond simply account
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...f OH<sup>-</sup> anions results in a higher pH. Note that borax also adds borates, which act as a pH buffer (see Boric Acid section).
Without Borates, the hydroxide converts bicarbonate to carbonate.
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...upplementing pH buffering with a different non-carbonate pH buffer such as borates.''
...el, but also by targeting a higher CYA level of 80 ppm and by using 50 ppm Borates to reduce chlorine demand and let one turn-down the SWG on-time.
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