Forum: The China Shop

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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Happy spring everyone. After a super long winter it's nice to have the pool open. One item that I have not found a good explanation of is the...

Can Phenol Red be used to test ph levels in drinking water? I am on a well that has a soda ash feeder to increase the ph to acceptable levels. I used...

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...

Hi all! I am new to the pool owner category (about 3 months) so I have been doing some research on properly maintaining a pool. In my internet...

Richard, I wonder if you can calculate the following for me: 1. the lbs of borax decahydrate to neutralize the ultimate (not initial) acidity...

.... just for fun. Amazing how rampant this is, as it isn't a heck of a lot different from a article in out main local newspaper. This one is...

Didn't know where else to put this that would be appropriate, so here it goes...... Looking on amazon for a solar cover for my pool, I came across...

We have installed all Pentair equipment in our pool, including Clear and Clean filter, InteliFlow pump, EasyTouch control and a remote and...

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. ...

Hi All; Something Carl said in the CYA and Bromine thread triggered some thoughts I've been mulling over. He indicated we need an organized and...

I saw in another recent post and of course people mention in passing all the time that they get bleach cheaper than liquid chlorine or whatever from...

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....

My G25 Nature 2 cartridges hit $120 this year so I started searching for: 1. Cheaper cartridges. 2. Proof that it is worth the money. Whilst...

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...

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. :)