pH vs. Alkalinity | Rule Your Pool (Episode 1)

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Published 2020-08-14
pH and total alkalinity are important water chemistry factors that are often confused and misunderstood. This episode explains in detail what each of them are, what they do, and how they interact with other pool chemistry. Since pH impacts just about every other chemistry in water, it is important to manage it properly, according to the physics of water. Too often, pool owners and operators try to control pH, but it is a futile, costly effort.

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@01:32 What is ph?
@02:30 pH is an equilibrium
@07:58 Negative logarithm of hydrogen
@08:43 Let's not try to control pH. Physics is going to raise the pH in swimming pools.
@09:50 Henry's Law of the Solubility of Gases
@12:23 Buy a ph probe to find out your exact ph.
@12:37 Your ph can raise from algae, vanishing edge pools, spas, spillover, or salt cell.
@17:17 ph is the most impactful factor to the Langelier Saturation Index
@18:53 Problems occur when ph lowers the LSI and water is starving for calcium
@21:16 What is Alkalinity?
@27:38 Adjusting alkalinity

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All Comments (14)
  • @ChristIsRisen777
    After hearing the "in tents" breakdown of PH & Alkalinity - grasshopper wanna throw in the towel! 😅 Put the rabbit in a room, huh; 🤔 Maintain and/or control the 'buffer', stop chasing a rabbit you can't catch🤔 Too much acid = scaling/calcium🥹. I'm doomed💀, and I was simply following the charts. Dang it! 😤 I just found you and am extremely grateful. Very informative! Mahalo, bro!😎🤙🏽
  • @shyyuhway7706
    Not real sure if this is basic enough for home owners tbh. But as a full time pool guu who has a little bit of a pre existing foundation to build on.... This series has been unbelievably eye opening for me.
  • @thomasgianfalla7655
    Thank you for assisting me to “Rule My Pool” extremely valuable content. Your passion towards water chemistry is intense. Looking forward to future episodes.💦🏊🏻‍♂️💦
  • @SuperNovadose
    I've seen this in vynl pools using trichlor low ph 6.8 high alkalinity 180 And the common denominator was all these pools were using solar blankets and the customers would leave these blankets on for days sometimes weeks especially when the weather wasn't warm enough to swim ,basically it acted like a Rubbermaid container locking everything in not letting it gas off creating carbonic acid lowering the PH and raising the alkalinity
  • @moommmoom
    Alkalinity is anything that eject or reject a hydrogen?
  • @thomaspease208
    where can I buy your chemicals helping a friend clean out his pool
  • @mr.doitall
    This I know has been helpful to alot of people. However, I’m just getting into the industry & this is definitely not simplified. Lol idek most of what you’re talking about brotha