Acid Burning Through Alkalinity...and CYA?

Eric Knight· Host0:00

Welcome back everybody to the Rule Your Pool podcast, the only podcast with a production budget equivalent to my target LSI, zero. Anyway, I'm your host Eric Knight. This is episode 192, and I've got to tell you, I received one of the best questions I've ever received since 2019 starting this silly show. And I got to tell you, this deserves some focus. And I thought I have taught alkalinity and explained it. I know I've explained it in several different ways, and I thought I've really covered it in depth on this show, so honestly, I was looking at other topics. This question kind of punched me right between the eyes, and I am stoked to get into it with you. If you have ever heard me talk about acid, and I'm quoting if you're not watching, burning through alkalinity, this episode is for you. It's going to go a little bit deep. I'm going to go through some formulas, but hopefully it makes sense to you. And when you're in the backyard, you'll know what's happening when you're pouring that acid into the water. Let's get into it. Welcome to the new Rule Your Pool podcast, the podcast about everything swimming pools, from design, construction, engineering, air quality, and of course, water chemistry, simplified so that anybody can understand it. I'm your host, Eric Knight, clarifying these subjects so that you can clarify your water. You ready to rule your pool? Then let's go. I want to start back in 2016. Now, I had been in the industry for a few years prior to this. I started in actually the HVAC side of things to work on indoor air quality for pools. And then I went to an app startup that I started with one of my assistant coaches where I learned all these skills like blogging and