Vinyl Shock Level

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Vinyl shock level. Below the ph neutral level of 7 0 pool water becomes acidic and corrosive to vinyl. It s 2893 gallon pool. Maintain your chlorine level in the range of 1 0 to 2 0 ppm. It is important to remember that the alkalinity level affects the ph level.

Determine how much shock is needed to fix the situation. Over more time a liner in a low ph acid bath will become brittle fade in color and eventually begin to literally fall apart. I have a bestway 16x10x42 vinyl steel pool. Check ph level and adjust if needed to a low range ph of 7 1 7 3.

Can you give me the shock measurements and how much chlorine tablets i should put in the pool. Continue to monitor the chlorine level until the pool is clear. How to shock a pool. Add shock to get the chlorine level up to 10 ppm.

Check the chlorine level twice a day. Use ph increaser to raise ph level. High concentrations of chlorine above 1 5 ppm will attack the liner and bleach it thus damaging it. My water is cloudy and resulted today in too high of chlorine and ph level.

When a level of 0 3 ppm is reached a good pool shocking is indicated. A circulation range between 1 0 1 5 ppm of chlorine will kill off bacteria in swimming pool water in most areas of the u s. Over time this can suck out the plasticizers and resins that keeps vinyl pliable. If you can see the blue links at the bottom of watermom s sig click on the best guess chlorine table to tell you how high your cl needs to go based on your cya level.

You can absolutely shock with bleach and still use your tabs in the floater if your cya level is not too high most folks keep it around the 40 ppm range. Add shock directly to the pool vinyl pools should pre dissolve chlorine shock. Brush the entire pool once a day. Any level below this range will weaken its ability to kill off bacteria.

Install a chlorinator back by the filter so that chlorine tablets never have a chance to contact the vinyl. Low ph below 7 0 begins to become acidic and acidic water will cause a vinyl liner to weaken. I don t understand why but i m thinking i don t know how much of the treatment to i need to put in. If the ph is out of line always check and balance the alkalinity first then balance the ph.

Add shock when the sun is not shining directly on the pool. Then maintain chlorine at 3 5 ppm. If you go too high for long periods of time or shock the pool too much the chlorine level itself can start bleaching and sucking the life out of your pool liner. The clorox trademark the clorox diamond design logo the pool spa trademark and logo and the trade dress associated with any of the foregoing are the property of the clorox company and are used under license by easy 1 2 3 pool care llc and or its affiliates.

Add more shock if it goes below 5 ppm.