cheap bleach at Dollar General

[Oclat]

"Any idea how to find out?"
Just test your water and use the bleach calc. to see if it is the strength that it says it is.

[StevenW]

I just bought AquaChem liquid chlorine 10% (sodium hypochlorite) at Wal-mart for 2.49 gal. Isn't that a better deal than buying the household bleach which would take 2 gals to equal the 10% of the AquaChem liquid?

[mlh]

I used the 99 cent ultra bleach from Sav A Lot and it worked just fine for me.

[cheshamjim]

"Any idea how to find out?"
Just test your water and use the bleach calc. to see if it is the strength that it says it is.

I dunno ... I used the calculator last night to determine the ppm increase when adding a 1.42 gallon jug of Chlorox. It told me that amount would raise it by 5.5 ppm in my particular pool. I tested with Ben's kit about two hours after adding a jug and my FC had increased from 6 to 15 (I am running a high CYA pool).

I'm not sure how precisely the calculator aligns with reality. Or maybe I goofed it up somehow. I'm awfully new at this.

-Jim

[VOLDADDY]

I thought I'd post that our local Dollar General stores have 6% bleach (American Value brand) in 3 qt. for $1.35. Sure beats what I've been able to find at Wal-Mart or Sam's.

(I'm near Chattanooga, Tennessee. I think Dollar General is a mostly southeastern US chain.)

Chuck

Chuck,

I'm in Ft Oglethorpe. Watch the sales ads in Wednesday's papers. You will find the Bi-Lo generic brand on sale for .99 cents a lot. K-Mart also runs their generic bleach for .99 quite often. I have bought bleach at the Wal-Mart on Hwy 2-A cheaper than what you quoted. When you find it on sale buy several cases.