Every pool owner who manages it knows how important it is to shock your pool and to do it with the right chemical. Calcium hypochlorite (cal-hypo) is one of the most potent and economical shock available for pool owners. If you are already using it, Great, I will tell you why it is the right …
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Keeping the water in a swimming pool clear and balanced is a routine task. There are many things to manage, and free chlorine levels are one of them. Free chlorine is what keeps your pool sanitized. It kills bacteria and algae and breaks down organic waste. If the levels of free chlorine in your pool …
Great! You are shocking your pool. It is the solution for most of the pool problems, be it algae or chloramines. Whether you are doing it as regular maintenance or to fight off the algae and chloramines, shocking will help you get control back in your hand. Then the next question is, how much shock …
Shocking is a regular part of your pool maintenance that you will be doing almost every week, if not more. Shocking literally means overwhelming (shocking) bacteria, algae, or chloramines with huge amounts of sanitizing chemicals (generally chlorine). This sudden rush of chemicals does the job of cleaning but can also be hazardous for us. In …
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Shocking is a routine every pool owner needs to follow. Shock is useful to counter algae, bacteria, and other pollutants in your pool. Shock is also used to meet chlorine demand and break down chloramines. There are many types of shock available that might confuse anyone. Selecting the shock that fulfills your pool requirement while …
Every pool owner deals with chlorine almost every other day. Chlorine is the chemical that keeps your pool clean and safe for swimming. Chlorine is toxic to bacteria and algae and is a strong oxidizer that breaks down organic pollutants like sweat, oil, and dead skin cells other than ammonia. When you go to a …
If you are reading this, you probably already know chlorine is the single most important chemical for your pool maintenance. Chlorine is what keeps your pool clean by killing bacteria and algae and breaking down other organic waste. You might have heard about the terms free chlorine, combined chlorine, and total chlorine. It can become …
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Chlorine is pretty unstable on its own and easily breaks down in the presence of UV radiation. In direct sunlight, you will lose more than half of the chlorine you just added to the pool in an hour. Pool Stabilizer binds free unstable molecules of chlorine and makes it stable, prolonging its lifespan by up …
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Cyanuric acid (CYA) is a stabilizer that binds to chlorine and protects it from sunlight. Without CYA, UV rays can break down 50 to 70% chlorine within two hours. Cyanuric acid protects chlorine from UV light and increases its lifespan from a few hours to 3 to 5 days. If the levels of cyanuric acid …
Low CYA Levels? How to Raise Cyanuric Acid in Pool Read More »
Cyanuric acid is a stabilizer essential for chlorine’s working life in a pool, especially outdoors. In the absence of CYA, chlorine breaks down in direct exposure to sunlight. UV rays from the sun can break down 50 to 70% of chlorine in two hours. Cyanuric acid binds with chlorine and protects it from sunlight, hence …
