Best swimming pool chlorine according to redditors

Floating chlorine dispenser. Similar:

https://www.amazon.com/8715-Floating-Tablet-Chemical-Dispenser/dp/B002M40VJM

$2.7 million for water treatment chemicals?

If they get really stuck, they could probably go "cheap" (solid chlorine vs liquid or something more expensive) and still be 95%+ effective.

https://www.amazon.com/Zappit-73-Hypo-Pool-Shock/dp/B01F44CVMQ/ (50 pounds per bucket) "1 lb will provide 2ppm of available chlorine in 40,000 gallon pool"

2ppm would probably do the trick. You can drink up to 4ppm safely, although 0.5ppm is better - https://www.cdc.gov/safewater/chlorine-residual-testing.html

Try some Summer Solutions. It neutralizes chlorine in swimwear, and I don't see why it won't work here. I have some, and my swimsuits are still in great shape even after the 1-2 summers I've had them. http://www.amazon.com/Summer-Solutions-Suit/dp/B0017I6WTM.

Gonna preface this. This is just what I have witnessed. We are a distributor in the midwest region that has been in the industry for 30 years.

Top reason not to, its really expensive.

When salt systems first came out people were skeptical. As with pretty much any new product, customers started inquiring about them, and soon they were going out on more and more new pools. Fast forward a few years, builders are pulling them out as quickly as they put them in. They are super expensive, and salt is corrosive. They would create havoc within the system, and eat away at fixtures. Also, some chemicals will actually have an adverse effect in your pool if it runs through a generator. The heat inside a generator is so great that it will actually break down the chem and creating something else.

Let me ask you this, why do you want to go salt?

This is what we tell all of our customers to do, and what we do on our own personal pool. All you need is three items

inline/offline chlor

instant frog

chlorine pucks/sticks (dont buy cheap crap from wal-mart)

With the frog you can keep your chlorine ppm at ~1 compared to 3-5.No irritation from chlorine.

Invest in some calcium hypochlorite. One pound purifies 10,000 gallons.

DryTec 23224 Extra Shock Treatment for Swimming Pool Chlorine Bag, 1 lb. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WLWMM06/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_IlBSDbQ6509SQ

Looks a lot like ours. (Your "holding tank" is a mate to ours -- I assume it's a settling tank; can't think of any other real function for it).

Here's what I use for the pH adjustment: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002WKM4A0/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Same sized tank, and I use 2 teaspoons for each fill, though your mileage may vary, depending on your starting pH and pump I suppose. I think each teaspoon makes the equivalent of a gallon of bleach (I need to find a source for that, but that's what's in my head).

Still pretty readily available in the northeast for me, but you can get it cheap from Amazon from a number of vendors.

http://www.amazon.com/In-The-Swim-Chlorine-Shock/dp/B002WKM4A0/ref=pd_sim_sbs_lg_3

Is a good example. 6 lbs for 33 bucks plus shipping is essentially 60k gallons of water. You can probably find it in cheaper or smaller quantities, I just grabbed the first thing I saw.

http://www.poolsupplyworld.com/PoolSupplyWorld-Cal-Hypo-Super-Strength-Pro-Pool-Shock-Buckets-73-Available-Chlorine/Cal-Hypo-Buckets.htmI
Here I had gotten a pack of 25 for half the price rounded down to $60 when they still sold it instead of only 50lbs buckets.

(https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003BPNHV0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_vj7kzbBGSGGXZ)[There's also this] on Amazon for a good price, but it's $65 for 68%.

Does it need to be pure calcium hypochlorite or will any old pool shock work?

I am not an expert, but from my understanding its going to be pretty hard to maintain a pool with 150ppm CYA. So much of the chlorine is bound up in CYA that little is available for disinfecting. I'd recommend getting your own test and seeing what the numbers are.

I also find it annoying to use liquid chlorine and I am considering buying these this year for chlorination https://www.amazon.com/Calcium-Hypochlorite-Cal-Hypo-Tablets-bucket/dp/B00H81OM08

If you look online pool stores are notorious for bad advice, or rather just trying to sell you shit. It seems they love selling calcium and while it probably wont hurt your pool it also probably was not necessary. I try to go it alone, but my parents swear by their pool store testing so your millage may vary.

Maybe something like this? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JDHOPA2/ref=asc_df_B00JDHOPA25066245/?tag=hyprod-20&creative=394997&creativeASIN=B00JDHOPA2&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167163693584&hvpos=1o5&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8368670631483617218&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9032016&hvtargid=pla-311585149431

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PZZFFO6?ref_=ams_ad_dp_asin_1

I thought dichlor was liquid chlorine.

I bought this.

https://i.imgur.com/r3pnHR4.jpg

The choices on the calculator say dichlor trichlor cal hypo etc.

The jugs that I bought say chlorine and then it has a yellow circle around the number 2. So I figured that meant dichlor.


Sold out on Amazon so it doesn't come up on a. Search but here's the product page. Doesn't say much.

https://www.amazon.com/Kem-Tek-26489048431-Chlorinating-Liquid-pack/dp/B01994IVW6

Chlorine is a strong acid and oxidizer that can damage the components of an internal combustion engine beyond repair if allowed to circulate through the engine via the fuel supply. Chlorine should never be put in gas tanks. If you suspect that someone has put chlorine in your fuel, do not start your engine as this would allow your engine to be exposed to harmful acids that are especially damaging to aluminum.

https://www.amazon.com/Pool-Sanitizer-Chlorinating-Tables-42008/dp/B01JLY4DK8