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Borates, Cya, PH and Chlorine

3/15/2019

How do you keep ph from being all over the place? Does cal hypo and chlorine raise ph? What does borates do to buffer ph bounce? How do cya effect the level of free chlorine needed? Why does ORP level bounce around? How does sunset and rise effect this? How do you make a pool ph stable, algae resistant and reduce the chlorine demand? https://www.poolspanews.com/how-to/maintenance/chemical-guru-robert-lowry-explains-recent-changes-to-his-chemistry-method_o https://www.poolspanews.com/how-to/maintenance/understanding-orp-and-ppm_o

Spring Trees and Flowers

3/11/2019

In cleaning pools, your task is increased in the winter by the falling of leaves into the pool. It is important to consider how many trees are around the pool and what kind of organic debris will fall into the pool. Once the leaves fall you may find a break from the adding of this organic debris over the winter, but once spring comes around and the trees and flowers start to bud and bloom, your pool maintenance demand rises once again. With the adding of these organic materials, sanitation and filter needs will rise. Watch the pressure on your filter gauge and be sure to keep skimmer and pump baskets clean. If you turn off the pump when emptying skimmer basket and make sure it doesn't get too full, you can greatly reduce the need to clean out the pump basket. If you do clean out pump basket be aware the system will loose pressure and need to be primed again. Also take care not to damage or lose pump O-Ring. This is critical to keep a vacuum seal and allow pump to establish prime.

New Pool Owner

2/20/2019

Are you ready to take care of your new pool? 1-Pump 2-Filter 3-Sanitation 4-Cleaning 5-Water Level Pump -How do I turn on my pump? -How long do I run it? -What do I do if pump gets noisy? Filter -What kind of filter do I have? -Does it need to be cleaned? -How do I clean it and how often should I clean it? Sanitation -How do I sanitize my pool? -How often do I need to maintain my sanitation system? -Do I know if my system is working correctly? Cleaning -What is the proper way to clean pool baskets? -How do I clean the bottom of my pool? -How do I clean the surface of my pool? Water Level -If the water in my pool gets to high what do I need to do? -If the water in my pool gets to low what do I need to do? -What are the dangers of the water level being incorrect?

HydroRite UV03 https://www.hayward-pool.com/shop/en/pools/hydrorite-uvo3 These Hayward links help you wrap your mind around the concepts of Ozone, UV and Hydroxyl Radicals. The primary function these systems do is Oxidation very well. They play a role in sanitation, but they are very efficient in Oxidation. They are considered a secondary system because they lack the ability to maintain a residue of sanitation, so for public safety they can not be a stand alone product. One might ask why have two systems, is it worth it? Yes. One reason is because they reduce your Oxidation and Sanitation cost 50 to 80% paying for themselves over time. Less buying and dispensing chlorine and if you have a salt cell less demand on it resulting in a longer life span. In looking at the valve gained in public safety it is quite significant. When dealing with Crypto the sanitation standards are to raise levels to over 10 ppm for 24 hours. The pool is closed at this time and then the sanitation ha