Chlorine floater for vinyl pools.

[CarlD]

Yeah, they like to get caught in ladders, stairs and skimmers. If you tie it, you want to tie in the return stream so it circulates.

Carl

[chem geek]

And when I tethered my floating chlorinator to some stainless steel bars in the pool, it ended up parking itself close to them and rusting their mounts. When I had it untethered, it parked itself in the corner of the pool and rusted another mount there as well as pitting the plaster. That was 7 years ago when I also got a nascent algae bloom from the high CYA levels from the Trichlor pucks/tabs and since then I've only used chlorinating liquid.

I wish my pool store had warned me about the dangers and side effects of using Trichlor pucks/tabs. Please don't make the same mistake with your customers. They are convenient, but at a heavy price.

[waste]

Welcome to the Forum!

I like Ben's suggestion of the floating ring around it.

I've always suggested tethering a floater from both sides of the pool, to keep it well away of the liner/ ladder. However, this can create an entanglement issue for swimmers, if the floater isn't removed prior to pool use.

Another way to tether it would be to fill a bleach jug, or similar with Sac-crete, add water and shake - the next day you'll have a liner friendly weight to secure the floater to, I made 6 of these last year to keep floating volleyball nets and water basketball hoops from straying too far (I gotta admit that making a weight this way came from Duraliegh [to the best of my recollection] ).

I'm VERY happy you care enough about the pools you take care of to come here and research and ask questions!