Re: Alkalinity and PH issues
Thanks for the replies, I was beginning to wonder if I had posed an unanswerable question. I have been doing the alkalinity reduction method in your link for a week now and my alkalinity is down to 130. I plan to continue until I am in the 80-100 range.
This seems to be a related question in my mind. Will my PH stop drifting up to 8+ when the alkalinity is lower? or will it drift more slowly? or will it just take less acid to bring it back down? Obviously I've been keeping PH low to reduce alkalinity so I am wondering what to expect when am done.
Lastly I have had a tough time getting a good answer on why I need to maintain a pool at PH <7.8. Do you know of a link or paper that explains why a high PH is a problem. I'm interested in a technical explanation and not afraid of chemical equations.
At this point my questions are more for my own understanding. I just want to know why I am doing things to the pool not just what to do.
Thanks,
33' round metal-side AG pool 25K gal
3/4 HP pump
Hayward EC65 DE Filter
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