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Add Baking Soda in one TBS increments until alk is at a level where your pH remains constant. Don't worry about how high or low your alk is as long as pH remains steady. I usually wait a day between doses.
Soon you will need a photo id to balance your water.Man, some lawmakers are idoits
Soon you will need a photo id to balance your water.Man, some lawmakers are idoits:http://www.kmov.com/localnews/stories/kmov_localnews_070405_bakingsoda.3618f4f3.html
Add Baking Soda in one TBS increments until alk is at a level where your pH remains constant. I usually wait a day between doses.
Don't worry about how high or low your alk is as long as pH remains steady.
Some of the better chemical companies no longer use sodium carbonate (baking soda) as a total alkalinity increaser. The problem is that it raises the ph as well as the t/a. Spend just a couple bucks more and it will make your life much easierIf your ph is 7.5 and your T/A is 40, then your water is acidic. This is one of the quickest ways to find out how much a new heater is going to cost you.
If you T/A is at 40 yes your water is corrosive and will damage your heater. Even if your ph is high it will still damage your equipment
What is the scientific reasoning for this?I still don't understand. I'm just curious as to what makes water so corrosive when pH is stabilized at 7.5 with a low alkalinity.Thanks
...Try sodium hydrogen carbonate for one.
...It goes back to a scale called the saturation index. The sum of 12 tests will determine if the water is corrosive or not...
That is sodium bicarbonate (baking soda). Perhaps your "better chemical companies" just use that name so they can charge "a couple bucks more" for it.
Chemical make up according to NTSB:NAHC03 = Sodium Bi-CarbonateNAH2C03= Sodium Hydrogen CarbonateSame family of chemicals but there is a slight differance.