On my Hayward pump I have a setting for Whirlpool... that works perfect with good pressure...when on Filter I have very low flow coming in from the inlets and low suction on skimmer Bad Manual valve gasket? I’ve done multiple back washes followed by rents and then back to filter and the pressure drops you can’t even barely see the water coming in the inlets. But on the whirlpool setting it works perfect plenty of pressure. Thanks Roy your help or anyone else out there that may have information about this
Ervin Barron sounds like you may have a clogged impeller. This video will help you clear it. th-cam.com/video/1xuGFGDJBmA/w-d-xo.html If it’s not that then you may want to check to make sure your suction and return valves are fully open.
Great advice! The pH in the proper range greatly improves the efficacy of chlorine in the pool, it's too bad that Doctors in america don't see the correlation with having alkaline pH for human blood and cancer! Thank you for posting!
Is there a chance that you can do a video on dye testing for leaks and the best places to check... I apologize if this has been done and missed the video... Thanks in advance
Hello!! Thank you so much for all this great advice! Just got our first pool and we are so happy! Its a 15ft above ground quick set pool so it only holds 2,000 gallons so would I be on the safer side to use a 1/2 lb of soda ash at a time? My ph is at 6.8 right now. We have recently had a couple bad thunderstorms back to back.
That's probably a good idea. Congrats on your first pool. I'd also use some phosphate remover like PR 10,000 to keep those down. Phosphates can feed algae and they blow in on the wind.
What is your thoughts on baking soda? Thank you for all your info I am so glad I found this channel. I'm a first time pool owner and it's just a small 20 ft above ground. I bought a better sand filter and pump and I'm starting to work on the water a bit before winter. Once again thank you and I'm off to watch more of your videos. 👍
Baking soda is similar in it's use to bicarbonate of soda. Some people use that instead. But at least in my experience I've found bicarb works a bit better. Enjoy your pool. And good call to get a better sand filter. You'll be glad you did. You may want to backwash it weekly though.
@@PoolSchooler ok thanks for replying and thanks for all the information,, it really is very helpful especially to someone just starting out like me. Thanks and God bless
So I should be adding something else to lower the alkalinity? Our alkalinity is so high in our water out in the country in southern minnesota and it's taken a week to even see it move below 250ppm.
I did a video on specifically adjusting the alkalinity. It's pretty short and will help. Here's a link: th-cam.com/video/60J-OcocMPo/w-d-xo.html And please check out poolschooler.com
Hi Kenny, is it okay to add the ph plus (soda) directly into the skimmer? I leave the solar cover on a lot when not using it so it would make it easier to just add into skimmer. Thanks!
I would like to add to my previous comment. I had been buying muriatic acid at Home Depot (HDX brand). It is only 14.50% acid. If you buy at a pool supply store, it will likely be 31.45% acid. This will take half (or less) the amount of liquid muriatic acid as HDX to accomplish the same results. The cost for a box of two gallons at Home Depot is $10.98 as compared to $16.99 at Leslie's Pool Supply. It appears that buying my acid at Leslie's will cost about 25% less overall to keep my PH level ideal. I will keep my eyes open for a lower price than Leslie's for the 31.45% muriatic acid.
Kenny, very happy to have found your channel. Thank you!! Have a question, the PH reading keeps coming at 7.8 at the store testing but I get 7.6 with my home poolmater OTO testing kit. I took a strip test but I got what appeared high reading as well. So I reluctantly purchased muratic acid, but after reading about its special handling precautions , dangerous vapors I took it back, I got scared even to have it around the house or out since I dont own a shed and gets very hot in FLA. Where do you store that stuff? Anyway Is “sodium bisulfate” a good alternative to bring PH low? Any cons using it? I figure that there will be some TDS with it, but wouldn’t use it as a last resort. Thank you.
Hello Roberto. I understand your concern about the acid. The cautions are something to take seriously, BUT I live in Arizona where it gets VERY VERY hot and dry. We hit 120 this summer. I store my acid AND ALL MY CHEMICALS in an outside storage "lean to" that has no walls, but a roof. Allowing for good ventilation while keeping the direct sunlight off my things (including my lawnmower and other gardening things). Honestly I've never had an issue with the acid. You SHOULDNT inhale the fumes to be sure AND if it spills on you all you need to do is rinse it off with fresh water (or it'll burn your clothes and irritate your skin). Obviously getting it in the eyes is not good. BUT you'd have to be pretty reckless and careless to really cause a danger with it I've even had an old bottle of acid break open on me and all I did after was to immediately flush my hands etc with water and anywhere the acid spilled. The warning is there for good reason but also for their own liability. They have to make it sound SUPER DANGEROUS. But if you use it correctly and store it in a well ventilated place out of direct sunlight you'll be fine. Regarding your varied levels, I'd trust your test strips. ALSO, Sodium Bisulfate will affect the Alkalinity far more than the ph which is why it's normally used to lower the alkalinity. So you can use the bisulfate BUT will probably end up with your Alkalinity being way low causing you to have to use bicarbonate of soda to bring that up. I did two separate videos addressing adjusting the ph or alkalinity without affecting the other. You should watch them and it'll explain what I'm saying about the Bisulfate: Here's links: Alkalinity: th-cam.com/video/60J-OcocMPo/w-d-xo.html Ph: th-cam.com/video/l71Iii4uZgY/w-d-xo.html Hope this helps.
Thank you for you videos, greetings from Finland! A question if I may, about low pH. I have had a small (about 8000 l or 2100 gal) pool about a week now, with sand pump. The primary measurements with plain water showed some chlorine (?), normal alcalicity and very low pH. I have tested that with two different kind of test strips. I did shock treatment with chlorine and continued with Easypool mini (now the level is normal-high). With soda ash (about 1 dl = 0.025 gal of powder dissolved in water) I get the pH to rise to 7 or so, and then it goes lower again. Alcalicity is normal. I have adjusted the pH for three times now. It has been raining, not very heavy downpours. Do you think this is normal and I just continue to pour soda ash to the water whenever needed?
Hello and thank you for your comment. It sounds like the rain you have is highly acidic which can explain the consistent lowering of your pH with all the rain you've had. You can keep adding soda ash to the pool (1 lb at a time) to keep the ph where it needs to be. Sometimes it takes a bit to get it up there. Hope this helps. Please do subscribe to and share my channel
Because of all the chemicals we've put into the upper atmosphere rainwater is very low ph. So if you're in an area that gets quite a bit of rain, you will probably have to raise your ph more than other areas like AZ where it can go months without rain.
It would be better to distribute it around the pool so it can spread around the water better. And I usually don't add shock to a skimmer either. I distribute it around the pool with the equipment running to help circulate it around better.
Question.... what if my phosphates are a bit low? My pool store recommended NoPhos 8 oz to skimmmer.. are they oveeselling me product or do i really need it?
@@PoolSchooler it is possible it is generating more chlorine than needed and also raising PH at the same time. Or those crazy water features like waterfalls and fountains tend to raise PH also. ..My FL experience anyhow.
@@EdUcation-og2is My experience with the pools I service with salt cells the ph is always going up (so there may be something to what your'e saying). But it's not a big deal to add a quart or two of muriatic acid each week to keep it at bay.
Mike909ism Because it’s more convenient than using liquid chlorine which evaporates very quickly. The tablets dissolve slower so you don’t have to test and add chlorine so often.
I did a video on exactly that topic. How to adjust the alkalinity of your pool without adjusting the pH. Here’s a link. It’s a pretty short video. Check it out. th-cam.com/video/60J-OcocMPo/w-d-xo.html
Yeah I'm sorry about that one. I didn't realize my phone's mic was right in in the flow of air from my A/C. Sounds like a hurricane. I think I'll have to redo this video.
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Another excellent video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Glad to help out. Hope you subscribed, and Also for more great DIY Pool stuff please check out my website poolschooler.com
Good information! Look forward to your video on raising/lowering Alkalinity only. Thank you!
james lucas it’s coming first thing next week. 👍
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On my Hayward pump I have a setting for Whirlpool... that works perfect with good pressure...when on Filter I have very low flow coming in from the inlets and low suction on skimmer Bad Manual valve gasket? I’ve done multiple back washes followed by rents and then back to filter and the pressure drops you can’t even barely see the water coming in the inlets. But on the whirlpool setting it works perfect plenty of pressure. Thanks Roy your help or anyone else out there that may have information about this
Ervin Barron sounds like you may have a clogged impeller. This video will help you clear it. th-cam.com/video/1xuGFGDJBmA/w-d-xo.html
If it’s not that then you may want to check to make sure your suction and return valves are fully open.
Great advice! The pH in the proper range greatly improves the efficacy of chlorine in the pool, it's too bad that Doctors in america don't see the correlation with having alkaline pH for human blood and cancer! Thank you for posting!
Carlos Carpinteyro you are so right.
My mother has cancer and I was saying the same thing.
Great information thank you.👍👍👍👍
Lou Flores you’re welcome.
Is there a chance that you can do a video on dye testing for leaks and the best places to check... I apologize if this has been done and missed the video... Thanks in advance
Brad H I think I can. Although I don’t do that with my service I have done it.
Great. Subbed, belled and smashed that like button. Headed over to watch a few more videos!
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Hello!! Thank you so much for all this great advice! Just got our first pool and we are so happy! Its a 15ft above ground quick set pool so it only holds 2,000 gallons so would I be on the safer side to use a 1/2 lb of soda ash at a time? My ph is at 6.8 right now. We have recently had a couple bad thunderstorms back to back.
That's probably a good idea. Congrats on your first pool. I'd also use some phosphate remover like PR 10,000 to keep those down. Phosphates can feed algae and they blow in on the wind.
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Wyatt Hayden you’re welcome.
What is your thoughts on baking soda? Thank you for all your info I am so glad I found this channel. I'm a first time pool owner and it's just a small 20 ft above ground. I bought a better sand filter and pump and I'm starting to work on the water a bit before winter. Once again thank you and I'm off to watch more of your videos. 👍
Baking soda is similar in it's use to bicarbonate of soda. Some people use that instead. But at least in my experience I've found bicarb works a bit better.
Enjoy your pool. And good call to get a better sand filter. You'll be glad you did. You may want to backwash it weekly though.
@@PoolSchooler ok thanks for replying and thanks for all the information,, it really is very helpful especially to someone just starting out like me. Thanks and God bless
@@jackbquick123 God bless you as well.
So I should be adding something else to lower the alkalinity? Our alkalinity is so high in our water out in the country in southern minnesota and it's taken a week to even see it move below 250ppm.
I did a video on specifically adjusting the alkalinity. It's pretty short and will help. Here's a link: th-cam.com/video/60J-OcocMPo/w-d-xo.html
And please check out poolschooler.com
Hi Kenny, is it okay to add the ph plus (soda) directly into the skimmer? I leave the solar cover on a lot when not using it so it would make it easier to just add into skimmer. Thanks!
It's not ideal but it can be done with the pump running so as to have it distribute through the pool water.
I would like to add to my previous comment. I had been buying muriatic acid at Home Depot (HDX brand). It is only 14.50% acid. If you buy at a pool supply store, it will likely be 31.45% acid. This will take half (or less) the amount of liquid muriatic acid as HDX to accomplish the same results. The cost for a box of two gallons at Home Depot is $10.98 as compared to $16.99 at Leslie's Pool Supply. It appears that buying my acid at Leslie's will cost about 25% less overall to keep my PH level ideal. I will keep my eyes open for a lower price than Leslie's for the 31.45% muriatic acid.
Kenny, very happy to have found your channel. Thank you!! Have a question, the PH reading keeps coming at 7.8 at the store testing but I get 7.6 with my home poolmater OTO testing kit. I took a strip test but I got what appeared high reading as well. So I reluctantly purchased muratic acid, but after reading about its special handling precautions , dangerous vapors I took it back, I got scared even to have it around the house or out since I dont own a shed and gets very hot in FLA. Where do you store that stuff? Anyway Is “sodium bisulfate” a good alternative to bring PH low? Any cons using it? I figure that there will be some TDS with it, but wouldn’t use it as a last resort. Thank you.
Hello Roberto. I understand your concern about the acid. The cautions are something to take seriously, BUT I live in Arizona where it gets VERY VERY hot and dry. We hit 120 this summer. I store my acid AND ALL MY CHEMICALS in an outside storage "lean to" that has no walls, but a roof. Allowing for good ventilation while keeping the direct sunlight off my things (including my lawnmower and other gardening things). Honestly I've never had an issue with the acid. You SHOULDNT inhale the fumes to be sure AND if it spills on you all you need to do is rinse it off with fresh water (or it'll burn your clothes and irritate your skin). Obviously getting it in the eyes is not good. BUT you'd have to be pretty reckless and careless to really cause a danger with it
I've even had an old bottle of acid break open on me and all I did after was to immediately flush my hands etc with water and anywhere the acid spilled. The warning is there for good reason but also for their own liability. They have to make it sound SUPER DANGEROUS. But if you use it correctly and store it in a well ventilated place out of direct sunlight you'll be fine.
Regarding your varied levels, I'd trust your test strips. ALSO, Sodium Bisulfate will affect the Alkalinity far more than the ph which is why it's normally used to lower the alkalinity. So you can use the bisulfate BUT will probably end up with your Alkalinity being way low causing you to have to use bicarbonate of soda to bring that up.
I did two separate videos addressing adjusting the ph or alkalinity without affecting the other. You should watch them and it'll explain what I'm saying about the Bisulfate: Here's links:
Alkalinity: th-cam.com/video/60J-OcocMPo/w-d-xo.html
Ph: th-cam.com/video/l71Iii4uZgY/w-d-xo.html
Hope this helps.
Hey Kenny,,, what if the ph and alkalinity is low,,, what will raise both? Thanks for everything
I’d suggest soda ash or Bicarb.
@@PoolSchooler ok cool thank you so much for all the help.
Thanks👍👏
ahmed sabry you’re welcome.
Thank you for you videos, greetings from Finland! A question if I may, about low pH.
I have had a small (about 8000 l or 2100 gal) pool about a week now, with sand pump. The primary measurements with plain water showed some chlorine (?), normal alcalicity and very low pH. I have tested that with two different kind of test strips. I did shock treatment with chlorine and continued with Easypool mini (now the level is normal-high). With soda ash (about 1 dl = 0.025 gal of powder dissolved in water) I get the pH to rise to 7 or so, and then it goes lower again. Alcalicity is normal. I have adjusted the pH for three times now. It has been raining, not very heavy downpours. Do you think this is normal and I just continue to pour soda ash to the water whenever needed?
Hello and thank you for your comment. It sounds like the rain you have is highly acidic which can explain the consistent lowering of your pH with all the rain you've had. You can keep adding soda ash to the pool (1 lb at a time) to keep the ph where it needs to be. Sometimes it takes a bit to get it up there.
Hope this helps.
Please do subscribe to and share my channel
@@PoolSchooler thank you for your answer! Already subscribed! 😊
@@karolinakv Thank you.
Because of all the chemicals we've put into the upper atmosphere rainwater is very low ph. So if you're in an area that gets quite a bit of rain, you will probably have to raise your ph more than other areas like AZ where it can go months without rain.
Hi Kenny, is it okay to add the ph plus powder directly into the skimmer (similar to shock application)? Thanks!
It would be better to distribute it around the pool so it can spread around the water better. And I usually don't add shock to a skimmer either. I distribute it around the pool with the equipment running to help circulate it around better.
Pool School got it okay. Makes sense...does direct skimmer application damage any equipment in your opinion (of either chemical)?
You have any experience with “sustain” chlorine and what are your thoughts on it?
Rik Yannieh unfortunately I do not.
Question.... what if my phosphates are a bit low? My pool store recommended NoPhos 8 oz to skimmmer.. are they oveeselling me product or do i really need it?
Keeping phosphate levels low is very important. YOU WANT THEM LOW. I use Orenda's PR 100000 phosphate as my go to phosphate remover.
This video may help: th-cam.com/video/MzGoK4Cd7tc/w-d-xo.html
I have a salt water pool with chlorine generator, I swear it raises my PH like crazy. Is there any truth to that?
I haven't had that experience.
So I did some research and haven't been able to find any evidence that salt water raises the ph in a pool.
@@PoolSchooler it is possible it is generating more chlorine than needed and also raising PH at the same time. Or those crazy water features like waterfalls and fountains tend to raise PH also. ..My FL experience anyhow.
@@EdUcation-og2is My experience with the pools I service with salt cells the ph is always going up (so there may be something to what your'e saying). But it's not a big deal to add a quart or two of muriatic acid each week to keep it at bay.
Once you have enough CYA in your water, why do the pool stores continue to tell you to put those stabilized pucks in?
Mike909ism Because it’s more convenient than using liquid chlorine which evaporates very quickly. The tablets dissolve slower so you don’t have to test and add chlorine so often.
Most pool guys I know in Arizona at least use the tablets primarily, since our services are once per week.
Thanks.
Mike909ism you’re welcome.
@@PoolSchooler I have three tab floats here in Texas. When it's 99 degree's for 3 weeks straight..... chlorine is here today, gone tomorrow.
How to a just your alkalinity without raising your
I did a video on exactly that topic. How to adjust the alkalinity of your pool without adjusting the pH. Here’s a link. It’s a pretty short video. Check it out. th-cam.com/video/60J-OcocMPo/w-d-xo.html
Be better if we could hear you
Yeah I'm sorry about that one. I didn't realize my phone's mic was right in in the flow of air from my A/C. Sounds like a hurricane. I think I'll have to redo this video.
half a gallon is way to much to start... 1/4 gallon is good... you can add more acid later man...