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How do you balance the pH levels in a swimming pool?

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I need to know how to balance the pH levels in my pool and i dont really know what to do :(

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This was written by admin1. Posted on Saturday, April 3, 2010, at 11:01 pm. Filed under Swimming & Diving. Tagged , . Bookmark the permalink. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

5 Comments

  1. terran1245 wrote:

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    Is it too acidic or basic?

    If it’s too basic, you can dump some hydrochloric acid in, just not too much. They sell it in hardware stores under the name “muriatic acid”.

    Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 12:18 am | Permalink
  2. I Don't Know wrote:

    pool guy
    call a pool company near you and ask

    Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 8:21 pm | Permalink
  3. quixoticalthoughts wrote:

    There is a product called PH Balancer… go to the pool store and buy some… also… while you are there ask any other question that you may have about your pool. They are very knowledgeable usually.

    pH is a measure of how acidic or basic the water is. pH is a logarithmic scale from 0-14, with 7 being neutral. Below 7 and a substance is defined as being acidic, while levels above 7 are said to be basic or alkaline. Everything that enters your pool has a pH value. Ever heard of acid rain? This is rainfall with a very low pH. The human eye at a pH value of 7.35, is just slightly basic. This is, coincidentally, in range with proper pH levels for your pool. To have pH in balance we adjust the water with additions of pH increasers (bases) or pH de-creasers (acids) to achieve the range of 7.2 – 7.8. If your testing (recommended daily) of the water shows a pH value below 7.2 the water is in a corrosive (acidic) condition and you will need to add a base to bring the pH into a more basic range to prevent corrosion. Conversely, if the pH is above 7.8, we are in a scaling (basic) condition and must add an acid to bring down the pH to prevent the formation of scale.

    This one ups the PH balance.

    This one lowers it…

    Friday, April 9, 2010 at 10:14 pm | Permalink
  4. ellen degenitals wrote:

    add ammonia.

    Saturday, April 10, 2010 at 9:53 pm | Permalink
  5. Ryan D wrote:

    test ph strip

    1st look at the current ph level…if the h is too high, then u go in the pool, and add your P…..but if the p is too high, then you gotta suck some p out, so you get your hose, and go to work

    Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 7:00 am | Permalink