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Calcium Flakes in Saltwater Pools
Rule Your Pool
English - August 18, 2021 13:00 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBChemistry Science Education How To swimming pool rule your pool four pillars orenda academy orenda technologies pool chemicals water chemistry chlorine water treatment pool chemistry Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
00:00 - Intro
03:15 - Calcium flakes and other deposits in salt pools are very common. You're not alone if your pool has them.
05:00 - Our first question when someone calls about calcium flakes: "what is your alkalinity?"
10:33 - How salt cells work, from the inside out
12:16 - What does the salt cell do throughout the day? What to the percentages of output actually mean?
14:12 - Reversing polarity (changing direction of electricity) in between on/off cycles of salt cells. This fractures calcium carbonate into flakes, which blow into your pool.
14:53 - Most of the time, flakes are in your spa, or near your closest return to the equipment.
15:41 - Flakes tumble around in the pool and smooth out and look more like sno-kone ice.
21:31 - Solutions to this problem: balance your LSI, use SC-1000, and operate with lower alkalinity.
27:37 - Allow more circulation time. Most scale is formed right after circulation stops (warm, stagnant water with high pH).
30:08 - Summary. Thanks for listening!
28:21 - Thank you for listening!
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