Chlorine confusion

[PoolDoc]

Thanks Janet!

I'm so sick of trying to keep with all the ways Arch and Biolab/Chemtura keep screwing around with the basic chemicals to try to jack up the price and mess up the pool chemistry!

[aylad]

I'm so sick of trying to keep with all the ways Arch and Biolab/Chemtura keep screwing around with the basic chemicals to try to jack up the price and mess up the pool chemistry!

All the better to confuse you with, my dear!!!!

Life would be SO much easier if you could just buy "chlorine" without having to worry about "what kind"!!!

Janet

[waterbear]

All the better to confuse you with, my dear!!!!

Life would be SO much easier if you could just buy "chlorine" without having to worry about "what kind"!!!

Janet

Another reason to use bleach!

[PoolDoc]

Interestingly, I've recently discovered that MANY pool stores tell users that "bleach is only 3% chlorine", so the games don't end there!

[GregP]

Thank you for all of your help. I am going to order the Taylor 2006 kit through the provided links when the this wonderful weather in PA normalizes. Only in Erie can you see all 4 seasons in one day. I will post a set of numbers once I get the pool opened. With all of the rain that we have gotten this winter, I have had to pump the pool levels down 4 times so far so the higher CYA level that I had should be more than diluted by now.

I definitely like the bleach idea, because the pool store talked me into $6.00 gallon liquid pool chlorine to help with the algae problems. I guess learning empties out the wallet.

The Sams clun Trichor did have "trace" amounts of copper in it but the manufacture would not disclose exactly how much when I called them, but the good thing is that Sams allowed me to return it with no questions asked.

I wish I would have stumbled across this site last year. Keep up the good work.

Thanks,
Greg

[PoolDoc]

Sams Club chlorine has copper? Darn, darn, darn!

I'm going to check my local club tomorrow.

[GregP]

Sams club chlorine brand has it just listed as inert ingredients. I called the company for the MSDS to find out exactly what the inert ingredients were and they were the ones that said copper was added, but that it was in small amounts. They never did provide me with the MSDS like I asked.

Greg