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What is the pH balance of my swimming pool significant?

nipsy3 asked:

What exactly does it have to do with the cleanliness of the pool? Preventing growth?

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4 Comments

  1. Mike J wrote:

    Normal human pH is 7.35 to 7.45. if your pool is too off, you can damage your skin or eyes.

    Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 1:36 am | Permalink
  2. whateverbabe wrote:

    IT TURNED MY BLONDE HAIR GREEN ONE SUMMER BECAUSE THE PH WAS TO HIGH , IT ALSO HURTS YOUR EYES IF IT IS TO HIGH

    Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 10:12 am | Permalink
  3. Kathy wrote:

    It’s important to the health of the water. It can effect all kinds of things. Keep it balanced.

    Sunday, April 4, 2010 at 2:47 am | Permalink
  4. Mike M wrote:

    It’s for several reasons: one being when the pH is too low, the water will be corrosive (towards equipment, mostly). When the pH is too high, it can cause scale deposits.

    Also, chlorine is more effective over a narrow range of pH. As the pH rises above 7.8, the chlorine effectiveness drops dramatically. So, you would have to use a lot more chlorine at higher pH levels to accomplish the same job of disinfecting and sanitizing the water. When your chlorine is more effective, it’ll obviously help prevent algae growth more effectively.

    At pH levels below 7.2, the trade-off with swimmer irritation and corrosive water isn’t worth the extra percentage of the chlorine that’s effective. The best range is 7.4 – 7.6

    Sunday, April 4, 2010 at 7:04 am | Permalink