salty taste

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Former Member — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 07:47:57 GMT

pee will do it...

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Frank Thompson — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 04:19:38 GMT

I wonder how long its going to take for this photo to disappear. This poor guy posted this of himself a while ago and has never come back to the site. I remember either Gull saying it was a picture of Geek or Geek saying it was a picture of Gull.

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Former Member — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 13:23:55 GMT

Here it is...found it in Bill's Mag.. Cover poll ... Salt is scientifically proven to be caused by these

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Former Member — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 12:22:15 GMT

Most of the pool that i swam in wasn't salty, except 24hr fitness, not sure why, but it's pretty nasty.

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Former Member — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 05:24:11 GMT

he he he he

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Former Member — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:33:43 GMT

I found out what the salty taste was. I went swimming today the water was very warm, after swimming 1000m I stopped for a breather. When I licked my lips it tasted like salt, it was either sweat or the little kids taking their swimming lessons, I hope it was sweat.

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Former Member — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 15:57:27 GMT

Originally posted by Rich Abrahams Unless the operator is actually adding salt to the pool to create chlorine (this takes very specialized equipment) the most likely culprit is high levels of Total Dissolved Solids (TDS). These can be tested for. Generally accepted wisdom in the industry is to keep these levels no higher than 1500 ppm for proper water balance. However, there are some experts that say the levels don't matter and use sea water pools as an example where levels are over 25,000 ppm. The only way to lower TDS is to dilute the water, i.e. partially drain the water and add fresh (assummining the source water is low in TDS). As for pH, 7.0 would be brutal to swim in. It should be kept between 7.4 and 7.6 matching the chemistry of the human body. 7.0 will not only wreck havoc on your body, it will quickly destroy the pool's mechanical system. Rich Sodium Hypochlorite generator...we've got lots of 'em! Anyhow, I can't imagine that a pool would benefit from such a device so your suggestion about TDS is probably correct. I didn't even think about that.

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Former Member — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 11:31:31 GMT

It's the sweat from the speedo guy...now where's that picture ?

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Rich Abrahams — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 11:21:18 GMT

Unless the operator is actually adding salt to the pool to create chlorine (this takes very specialized equipment) the most likely culprit is high levels of Total Dissolved Solids (TDS). These can be tested for. Generally accepted wisdom in the industry is to keep these levels no higher than 1500 ppm for proper water balance. However, there are some experts that say the levels don't matter and use sea water pools as an example where levels are over 25,000 ppm. The only way to lower TDS is to dilute the water, i.e. partially drain the water and add fresh (assummining the source water is low in TDS). As for pH, 7.0 would be brutal to swim in. It should be kept between 7.4 and 7.6 matching the chemistry of the human body. 7.0 will not only wreck havoc on your body, it will quickly destroy the pool's mechanical system. Rich

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Former Member — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:13:21 GMT

Calling Rich- he can explain it.

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Former Member — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:04:17 GMT

Originally posted by jim clemmons Just wondering if perhaps there is an age group training program along with swim lessons in the pool you are referring to? Aye aye aye! i certainly hope not.

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Former Member — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 12:42:35 GMT

The facts are here www.archchemicals.com/.../glossary.htm

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Susan — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 09:33:06 GMT

No age group teams. In fact, this winter the heater went out and with the water temperature around 65, there were hardly any swimmers at all, and it still had a distinctively salty taste.

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Jim Clemmons — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 09:12:29 GMT

i certainly hope not. Sounds like there is to me. 7.0 is neutral and neutral should taste, well, neutral.

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Jim Clemmons — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 08:38:06 GMT

Just wondering if perhaps there is an age group training program along with swim lessons in the pool you are referring to?