Forum: The China Shop

In Ben's sticky on lowering TA (http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthread.php?t=191), he says that the 4 carbonate-ish (my term) players in the mix...

This post is a response to this post where the response is technical so is going into The China Shop. Monochloramine is a weaker oxidizer and...

Has anyone ever heard of or had problems with chlorine gas actually migrating though Polyethelene tubing? I've been using the stuff for years and...

This thread presents my analysis of a study entitled, "A Comprehensive Study on The Microbicdal Properties of Stabilized and Unstabilized Chlorine...

Ok, I've thought of a great product! A chlorine extender. It will increase the shelf life of your 10 or 12% liquid chlorine. It's actually a...

(I also have this post duplicated at this post on the TroubleFreePool forum.) I just used some Borax for the first time to raise pH. Usually,...

Here is a link to a paper on the myth of lowering TA by the 'slug' or acid column method. Interesting reading!...

Why do folks here say that the shot glass method only works with OTO? I'd think that by combining equal parts distilled water and pool water and...

I am looking for a pool chemistry calculator that (hopefully) could be ported to an iPhone or iPad. Richard Falk's Pool Equations Spreadsheet looks...

I've got a pool with quite a bit of plumbing and filtration for it's volume. It seems to me that as an improvement I'd like to reduce head wherever I...

I was just wondering as I have a bottle of algaecide that I used this year with the ingredients listing 40% poly and 60% inert ingredients. Has...

The purpose of this thread is to document the disinfectant Concentration times contact Time (aka CT) constants that determine how much of a...

Carl, In this post you said that TA has a theoretical upper limit of 200 ppm. How is that so? There is a limit to calcium carbonate saturation,...

I was wondering if anyone has tried rigging up a liquid chlorine feeding system that injects on the suction side of the filter pump. I've seen a...

I read the manufacturer’s manual on line and also the patent which is also available on line. Their proposed mechanism of the formation of NaCl...

Hi, Just wanted to say that it's nice to see this forum up and moving again! I first found it a couple of years ago when we were fighting with...

Just wondering if I had done something to necessitate it or if I'm just that kinda special. :)

Well if your ph was at 7.5 . . . .

I have a 5 year old Aquapure 1400 SWCG system along with a Jandy RS PDA-PS4 (Wireless controller) that was installed when my pool was built. Over the...

I wonder what Taylor's TA test actually measures. It can't be the actual amount of the bicarbonate anion, because Taylor Tech warns that you have to...

There is a product by Natural Chemistry called Instant Pool Water Conditioner shown here. I wrote about this product on this forum in this thread. ...

I've noticed over the years that when my solar cover is in place, my chlorine levels don't drop as fast. I can think of several reasons for that: 1....

I was bored, and reading some threads from 2006 like this: ...

i figured this was a good place to discuss this with some of you guys/gals who know WAY more about chlorine than i do. a handfull of times a year...

I have a hot tub and I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba. My pump goes on for about 3 hours at a time and I am not sure how to turn this down. My...

Brand new to this forum, reading thru some of the trichlor in differences in brands, I found out last summer that the reason they individually wrap...

Specifically, the solar "bubble covers" that some people use this time of year. Do you remove the cover to service that pool, dumping a week's...

Just to start off on the right foot - I know the Pool Forum is mainly about pools and I know that pool water chemistry and spa water chemistry are...