Copper and Frog

[aguaguy]

I use a Frog inline chlorinator and read on http://www.poolsolutions.com/testkits.html that I should test for copper.
Is this due to the "mineral pack" in it and should I be concerned?

[waterbear]

I use a Frog inline chlorinator and read on http://www.poolsolutions.com/testkits.html that I should test for copper.
Is this due to the "mineral pack" in it and should I be concerned?

Frog is a silver/zinc system. There will be no copper and there is no easy test for silver in the water.

'Minerals' is a marketing term for metals such as silver, copper, and zinc! They try and make sound more natural than saying they are using silver nitrate to sanitize your water!

[ePoolUser]

Frog is a silver/zinc system.

FWIW, the King Tech website states it is a silver/limestone system and doesn't mention any other minerals that I have found.

>>What minerals are in your system and how do they work?
Silver and limestone. The silver destroys bacteria and the limestone absorbs acids from chlorine and shocks helping to maintain a neutral pH.<< Found at http://www.kingtechnology.com/infostation/info2.htm


ePoolUser
Steve

[waterbear]

FWIW, the King Tech website states it is a silver/limestone system and doesn't mention any other minerals that I have found.

>>What minerals are in your system and how do they work?
Silver and limestone. The silver destroys bacteria and the limestone absorbs acids from chlorine and shocks helping to maintain a neutral pH.<< Found at http://www.kingtechnology.com/infostation/info2.htm


ePoolUser
Steve

This is interesting. they have very recently changed their website since they used to say that it was a silver/zinc/limestone system. Either they have removed the zinc or or just not listing it anymore.
Here the the webpage from the Wayback archinves from Feb 2005 that lists zinc!
http://web.archive.org/web/200502041...tion/info2.htm
Here is the quote from that page about the minerals they use
"Minerals In Your Pool
What minerals are in your system and how do they work?
Silver, zinc, and limestone. The silver controls bacteria, the silver and zinc working together help prevent algae, and the limestone absorbs acids from chlorine and shocks helping to maintain a neutral pH."

I guess their claim about the silver and zinc preventing algae was one they couldn't uphold!

As Alice said...."Curiouser and curiouser!" (I guess the zinc has fallen through the looking glass!)

[aguaguy]

Ok having said (benefits of the minerals) that I would have to assume that the "mineral pack" that they say you must replace every season for anywhere from $79-$99 is unnecessary. I know of people that have an inline chlorinator and no mineral pack. Their marketing states the mineral pack must be replaced seasonally and even if not used for a whole season if allowed to dry out.

Personally I would like to see or hear from someone regarding the validity and necessity of the mineral pack

[KurtV]

It's funny that the Nature2 crowd touts the "natuaral" aspect of their "systems" when those "systems" are based on adding heavy metals (e.g. copper, silver, zinc) to you pool water. In just about any other context, heavy metals and water are an enviromental bugaboo.

The power of maketing and junk science (courtesy of the news media) never ceases to amaze me.