OK, you all have gotten me to thinking about bleach: sounds simple, sounds cool. If I figure right, my 18500 gal IG pool will need about 12 oz. chlorine to attain 5 ppm, and 1 gal of household bleach @ 6% should contain 7.68 oz. So I will need a bit less than 2 gal of bleach to chlorinate my pool. (Begging for a math check here folks.)

The question would be, what is the preferred practice of using the stuff? Is there a schedule, for example, a gallon every third day or so after initial dose? Cup in the morning, cup at night?

If I can find the higher concentration, how tough is that to work with? I would think you could find a little plastic siphon pump at the hardware store to dose it out as needed...

Thanks, as always. This is a great forum.