{"id":39,"date":"2024-02-20T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/2024\/02\/20\/pool-chemistry-basics\/"},"modified":"2024-02-20T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T09:00:00","slug":"pool-chemistry-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/2024\/02\/20\/pool-chemistry-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"Pool Chemistry Basics: The Six Numbers Every Owner Should Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pool chemistry looks complicated, but it comes down to six readings. Keep them in range and your water stays clear, comfortable and gentle on equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Free chlorine:<\/strong> 2\u20134 ppm keeps germs and algae away<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>pH:<\/strong> 7.4\u20137.6 for comfort and chlorine efficiency<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Total alkalinity:<\/strong> 80\u2013120 ppm to hold pH steady<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Calcium hardness:<\/strong> 200\u2013400 ppm to protect plaster<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Cyanuric acid:<\/strong> 30\u201350 ppm to shield chlorine from sunlight<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Salt:<\/strong> 2,700\u20133,400 ppm for most salt systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adjust in the right order<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Always correct alkalinity before pH, because alkalinity acts as the buffer. Then bring sanitizer into range. Changing everything at once makes it hard to tell what worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Test more often in summer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heat, sunlight and swimmers all use up chlorine. During peak season, test at least twice a week, or let a weekly service handle it for you.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pool chemistry looks complicated, but it comes down to six readings. Keep them in range and your water stays clear, comfortable and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":9,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-39","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-water-chemistry","tag-chemistry","tag-chlorine","tag-ph"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}