Trichlor Quality Question

[CarlD]

Have you checked all your openings for clogs in your chlorinator? Before you spend $100 or more on a bucket of new pucks, have you tried a floater? Adjustable ones are $10 or less. If your chlorine dispersal is acceptable from that, then your problem is your chlorinator.

I personally don't like the things and won't have one, but that's me. When I want to use pucks (and that's rarely) I'll use a floater.

[sunofthebeach]

It sounds like to me that you may have an issue going on in your pool that you are barly keeping ahead of, that is using your up your chlorine. You may want to keep you chlorine levels up to shock levels for a couple of days then try and reevaluate the pucks.

[Rangeball]

I've used the in the swim wrapped sticks before. I was previously using Blue Wave from the local pool store at twice the price, and noticed no differnence other than that.

The last time I bought sticks I went back to Blue Wave because I found them on-line cheaper than in the swim, but I'm now 100% bleach for all things chlorine.

In the swim does huge volume. I'd be skeptical that the tabs you used were old.

[donjoarm]

I too am using both bleach and In-the-Swim pucks with a Rainbow 320. I have had excellent results. It seems you have a bad batch of pucks or a faulty chlorinator.

[PhantomAndy]

I'd condidered the chlorinator, but figured since the flow was OK, and the unit drained immediately after taking the cap off that it was fine.

Any tips on what to check on the 320?

Like I said when you remove the cap it drains (as it always has due to the chlorinator being above water level). Upon switching the pump back on the unit fills as it should, and the flow rate valve works as well.

Maybe I'm missing something.

I'm also going to shock this weekend to make sure it's not something in the water.