The chlorine stabilizer has a complex mechanism and there are many factors that can affect it.
Add stabilizer to salt water pool.
Complete walk through on how to add cyanuric acid stabilizer to your pool.
If you regularly add external chlorine to your pool to help maintain your free chlorine levels then you need to be aware of your stabilizer levels cya cyanuric acid.
Cyanuric acid or cya as it is commonly called and also called pool stabilizer pool conditioner or chlorine stabilizer acts as that buffer protecting your chlorine from those hungry uv rays.
As usual follow the directions because some manufacturers may have you dilute the powder in a bucket while others suggest that you sprinkle it directly on the pool surface.
The chemical dissolves very slowly so slowly in fact that the acidity can damage your pool surfaces or skimmer if left to sit there and dissolve in its own time.
We recommend buying a five gallon bucket filling it with water then dissolving the stabilizer in that water.
Add the stabilizer to the skimmer basket while the pump is running and keep the pump running for 24 hours after you add the stabilizer.
I have used the sock method for the past two years.
You can get it in liquid or granule form or mixed with chlorine tablets or sticks trichlor and in chlorine shock dichlor.
When all the other chemicals such as chlorine.
Open your pool under normal procedures and let the filter run with its normal amount of chemicals.
In general about 13 ounces of granular stabilizer will raise the cya level of 10 000 gallons of water by 10 parts per million.
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Ph and alkalinity are balanced add the chlorine stabilizer.
The cya level in your pool when maintained at 30 to 50 parts per million serves to provide protection for your chlorine from uv degradation.
Don t backwash or clean the filter for a week after adding the stabilizer.
The chlorine gas then combines with the pool forming liquid sodium hypochlorite chlorine which is what makes the pool a saltwater one.
Remember that pool stabilizer is an acid.