Please help with chlorination method

[vanhout]

I thought I read once that pouring chlorine directly into the skimmer wasn't a great idea because it subjects your pump to a low ph bath and can prematurely corrode it. Seemed to make sense, so I always pour it around the perimeter of the pool.

[aylad]

Bleach has a pH of 12 or 13, I forget which......so low pH isn't going to be a problem.

Janet

[CarlD]

Janet's right--Bleach is high pH. Di-Chlor and Tri-Chlor are low pH.

Still, I keep the pump running for several hours after I pour in the bleach, so thousands of gallons are flushing it anyway--that's its job. So unless you are letting the stuff sit in there with the pump off, I don't believe it's an issue.

[jrv331]

If you use a inline feeder should you turn it off if pouring bleach in the skimmer?
Thanks
John

[aylad]

I would just not pour the bleach into the skimmer--pour it slowly into the return stream.

Janet

[mwsmith2]

The pH of bleach is 11.

Michael

[Watermom]

Bleach which is poured into the skimmer is so quickly dispersed into the pool, that it isn't a problem.

Watermom