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Help with TA!!!

by Guest » Mon 08 Jun, 2009 18:47

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I'm new to this pool maintenance thing. I have all my levels in good shape except my TA. My ph is at about 7.5 but my TA is at 200 ppm. The water is...

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You only temporarily lower your pH as described in this post on lowering the TA. However, if you don't find the pH to be rising over time (perhaps...

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Mon 08 Jun, 2009 21:03
Possible Problems of High TA

by captjohn » Thu 04 Jun, 2009 13:29

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I'm new to the forum but not pools. :wave: My question, other that causing the PH to creep up, what other adverse condition does a high TA cause? I...

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I sent you a PM responding to your PM. Get yourself a good test kit. Some of your numbers are definitely wrong from your PM (i.e. CH of 0 in pool...

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Fri 05 Jun, 2009 13:01
Ph high, TA high and green

by confused » Wed 27 May, 2009 15:10

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My ph is over 8 and TA is 144. Is the first step to lower ph with muriatic acid and then aeriate to lower TA until they are in line and then shock...

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Thanks! :D

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Fri 29 May, 2009 12:39
PH/TA Can't seem to balance. Help.......

by glogan » Thu 14 May, 2009 11:48

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We have had our pool for about 15 years. This year I can't seem to get the pool up and running. The TA and PH are low. I add Alkalinty Up / Soda Ash...

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If it's clear green, then this could be copper so have the pool store check for metals. If it's cloudy murky green, then this is more likely algae...

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Sat 16 May, 2009 13:12
Muriatic acid question?!

by Guest » Tue 12 May, 2009 09:59

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Hi, I could use some advice I went down to my local pool store and had my water tested ( note I have well water and just filled my pool yesterday and...

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I would guess that what they are asking you to do is pour 1.3 gallons of acid into a 6.5 gallon pail, hence the 5 to 1. Of course this would mean...

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Tue 12 May, 2009 10:16
High pH

by Bill C » Mon 11 May, 2009 22:13

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I have an outdoor pool with a pebble-tech finish. I installed a salt-water chlorine generator about 6 months ago and have been having problems...

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For an outdoor pool, we found that the higher CYA protects the chlorine from sunlight in a non-linear way so that even with a higher FC level for the...

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Tue 12 May, 2009 09:44
Ph and alkalinity is always high

by crow-toes » Wed 29 Apr, 2009 19:57

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i have a salt pool and the ph and alkalinity is always high i have added roughly 4 gal of acid but it is still high it is 14000 gal pool with a...

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The scale is calcium carbonate from having too high a combination of pH, Total Alkalinity (TA) and Calcium Hardness (CH). As Pooltech32 noted,...

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Fri 01 May, 2009 02:39
TA at 1100-1200 ppm!

by cocktailking » Mon 27 Apr, 2009 09:04

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High, i live on a volcanic island, and have struggled to reduce the TA of my jacuzzi. Have being going at it incrementally for about 4 weeks.
The...

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You can add as much acid as the acid demand test says you can. This will vary depending on your starting and target pH and your starting TA. As your...

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Tue 28 Apr, 2009 09:57
How do I lower TDS

by jennyspoolboy » Thu 23 Apr, 2009 16:26

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Today I took my water sample to the pool store and my TDS reading was 5000. My other readings were as follows:
Saturation index-1.4
TDS-5000
CYA-70...

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Thanks guys. I vacuumed my pool and drained then filled about 1/3 of my pool. Hopefully my TDS numbers will be down. I'm sure my pH and alkalinity...

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Sat 25 Apr, 2009 22:17
High TA with normal PH in salt water system pool

by Roger » Fri 17 Apr, 2009 14:50

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We are new at this!! We have a pebble tec pool with a salt water system. The TA is high at 180 and chlorine is showing at 0. Other checmicals and PH...

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If you aren't registering any Free Chlorine (FC) then either the saltwater chlorine generator (SWG) is broken or not turned on or you have something...

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Fri 17 Apr, 2009 17:08
Wrong Colors !?!
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by JPlunket » Mon 06 Apr, 2009 20:19

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Using a Taylor test kit, testing for total alkalinity, the recipe is two drops of 007, five drops of 008, which turns green; then 009 dropwise till...

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If the Nature2 cartridges are adding enough copper to the pool to kill algae, then they will be effective, but that level of copper is also enough to...
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Mon 13 Apr, 2009 10:17
New finish - high Ph

by tigerpilot » Tue 11 Nov, 2008 21:00

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Naples Florida. Inground pool 9,000 gallons, Salt system. New finish is Florida Stucco exposed aggregate. CYA 80. Salt 3500, Temp 80.

I'm finding...

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I personally would get my Calcium up to about 150ppm, it will rise a little bit but not that much and you want to protect your plaster.

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Mon 06 Apr, 2009 23:22
Too much acid?

by zz28zz » Thu 28 Aug, 2008 08:09

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I have a 21,000 gal plaster in ground pool. My alkalinity (TA) was at 325 when I moved in 2 weeks ago. pH was 8.4... The guys at the local pool store...

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Hmmm...

this alkanility is something quite new for me and could explain why I have to add so much darn acid all the time :(

I'll try to have the...

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Mon 16 Mar, 2009 04:42
Total Alkalinity

by Mercer » Sat 19 Jul, 2008 08:19

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I have a 16'x48" vinyl pool with a salt water system . It is working great but my total alkalinity is low any suggestion.

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My pool test kit told me TA was above 200ppm. I used 4 bottles of 7 LB hth pH minus to lowing total alkanility. However, now TA is 140ppm, pH is...

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Tue 10 Mar, 2009 21:37
High TA but low PH - water crystal clear

by mumto2boys » Thu 22 Jan, 2009 18:47

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My TA was reading at 200 and my Ph at 7.8. The pool shop told me to add acid to reduce TA and this would then also bring Ph down. I added the acid...

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Many thanks - will give the aeration a go and see what happens.

I appreciate the help! 8)

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Thu 22 Jan, 2009 22:53
pool leak

by JimA » Mon 05 May, 2008 07:41

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I am an architect with a client who has just installed a 50x8x4foot deep in-ground, indoor swimming pool. He has determined that he is loosing about...

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Are you sure this is a leak and not evaporation? Do you live in a hot or dry climate? If my math is correct the pool is losing a little under an inch...

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Wed 21 Jan, 2009 07:57
Low TA

by ricksass » Thu 01 Jan, 2009 13:13

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New IG pool owner in 2008. It's a SWG pool, spa spillover into pool in SW FL. I'm using the Taylor 2006 testing kit. In summer I was at 5.0 for TA...

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I keep my pools quite low in chlorine during the winter months, around 2ppm should be fine. I actually replace the salt cells for the winter with a...

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Wed 14 Jan, 2009 20:21
Help with Pool!

by Rachel Ashton » Wed 15 Oct, 2008 10:46

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We have a 27 foot above ground pool. It has gotten very green. The ph is is not registering and the akalinity is not registering either (using test...

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You can learn how to defeat algae (IF you have algae) by reading this article in the Pool School, but you should really get a good test kit since...

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Tue 21 Oct, 2008 01:48
hard pool water

by Christiancatmom » Sat 11 Oct, 2008 02:30

Is there another way to get the pool water softer besides draining and refilling the pool that you would recommend?

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Sat 11 Oct, 2008 02:30
high ph and good alkalinity in salt pools

by bill » Mon 08 Sep, 2008 00:22

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Having troubles lowering the PH in my salt system pools even though my TA is at acceptable levels. What can I do to combat this problem? I have added...

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SWG pools tend to rise in pH due to a combination of factors including greater aeration of the water and some outgassing of chlorine gas that doesn't...

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Mon 08 Sep, 2008 01:53

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