How to convert from bromine to clorine

[Waselich]

Can you switch a bromine pool to clorine??

[Watermom]

Yes, you can. But, I'm going to let PoolDoc talk you through this one. Welcome to the forum!

[Waselich]

Yes, you can. But, I'm going to let PoolDoc talk you through this one. Welcome to the forum!

Is there any benefit to bromine over clorine??

[Watermom]

None that I am aware of. Pretty much everyone here on this forum uses chlorine and the ones that come here as bromine users typically switch.

[PoolDoc]

The primary benefit from the use of bromine pools is that pool dealers make more on bromine than chlorine. If it's not your goal to improve your dealer's profits, then there are no benefits from bromine that apply to outdoor pool use.

I check the addresses new users give on Google Maps as a way of excluding spammers and hackers; Google has a pretty good picture of your pool, which appears to be a large round AG pool. (I'm the only one that can 'see' user address info.)

If you've been using bromine tabs, and if water is not terribly expensive in your area, I'd recommend draining all but 6" of water, and then refilling. It's pretty hard to get rid of the bromine salt residue, in the presence of the DMH (dimethyl hydantoin) stabilizer used in bromine tabs. And, as long as the bromine salt is present, adding chlorine will simply convert the bromide ion to new bromine -- leaving you with an expensive bromine pool even though you are using chlorine. (Expensive because bromine can't be stabilized against loss to solar UV.)

[Waselich]

Do I have to add anything to the remaining 6" of pool water before or after the refill?