Wanna to challenge the BBB Method? Wanna get technical? Just feeling cranky? This is the place!
I never thought I'd start a thread here, but what's a pool guy to do? I caught myself starting to flame...
My mom and I both have IG Vinyl pools, mine is slightly larger but roughly the same size. We have been in disagreement over how to maintain them...
Quats and Polyquat Algaecides Quats:- most often found in active concentrations of 5-10%. Such "quaternary ammonium salts" are surfactants (like...
I suggest that you look outside your narrow-minded box and do more research of your own. I've had a vinyl pool for years. We have used both...
I see everyone talking about using bleach, is that the same as using chlorine? Thanks! I'm a rookie here!
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...
Is "Ben's Best Guess Table" too conservative for some residential pools? I've seen more than a few people here claim to keep their chlorine at...
Evan (waterbear), The acid and base demand tests actually do not make any assumptions about the alkalinity which is why such tests are in fact...
This is a continuation (or side thread) of this thread http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthread.php?p=29505#post29505 that I thought was better...
Any views on this index (link below)? If it is useful? If so can Ben's excellent calculator for CYA be adjusted for shocking? Is it correct or...
Hi, Folks, Frequently, I post a statement that may be inaccurate. Usually, something like, "Two things consume chlorine in your pool....the Sun...
After reading several post here about the merits of salt in a non SWG pool I decided to take the plunge and add salt to my pool this last week end....
I purchased zeobest ultra because they claim it has anti microbial properties and no negative side effects. I figured if works in ponds it’s not...
Since he may see it here, I'm putting it here: "turbottt1" has been moved in to a 'banned' group, the "Bad Email Address" group, because his email...
There is a controversy regarding the "Safe" Chlorine level for swimming. Most of what I have read says below 5 ppm otherwise chlorine can be...
I’m full of questions tonight. What is the consequence of running the pH a bit low to try to make up for the “Chlorine/CYA lock? I know the...
Several companies are selling sodium tetraborate pentahydrate as a pool additive under such names as Proteam's Supreme, Bioguard's Optimizer plus,...
Here's one for the Chem Geek--- I read you can lower the pH using CO2 --- how much would it take to go down let's say --- .2 ?? (More than the...
This thread is to discuss breakpoint chlorination. Does it work? If so, under what conditions? If not, then how do you get rid of Combined...
Waste, I think that your absolutely right on this one. I think people with automated chlorine dispensers get a bit lazy with pool maintanence ( I...
In trying to determine if the percent concentration of bleach on the Clorox bleach bottles and on their Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) forms was...
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...
This thread discusses the Saturation Indices, especially Langelier and some corrections I made to that index. I've read the following three...
Carl, You mentioned in this post how large quantities of polyquat consume large quantities of chlorine (or vice versa) and others have reported...
The purpose of this thread is to document the disinfectant Concentration times contact Time (aka CT) constants that determine how much of a...
I'm adding this thread in The China Shop to move the more technical discussion that was originally started in this thread at post #14 and should get...
Hi folks....I'm new, but eager to be part of this 'wet ' wild' pool community. ;) My present concern is about the best CYA level to maintain for...
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 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,...
I was soaking in my hot tub this afternoon and I was thinking about what I know about borates and came up with this theory of how they stabilize pH....
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