Ideal Chemical Levels For Your Swimming Pool
Swimming Pool Ideal Chemical Levels
CHEMICAL |
IDEAL LEVEL |
TO RAISE |
TO LOWER |
Chlorine |
2.0 |
Shock the pool |
Turn chlorinator down |
pH |
7.4 Summer 7.8 Winter |
Add soda ash |
*Add muriatic acid (diluted) |
Total Alkalinity |
80-100 ppm |
Add baking soda (Sodium Bicarbonate) |
**Add muriatic acid |
Calcium hardness |
250-500 ppm |
Add calcium chloride |
Drain pool and refill |
Stabilizer |
20-50 ppm |
Add Cyanuric Acid |
Drain pool and refill |
* Add acid by spreading around pool or pour into pool in front of return jet. Pool should be running when doing this so the acid spreads throughout the pool as rapidly as possible.
** Pour acid into a three to five foot circle in the deepest part of the pool while the pump is off. Allow to set for at least 20 minutes before turning pump on.
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