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    Default Is BBB method more economical?

    I must be doing something wrong. I've been thinking that the BBB method was less expensive than using pool-specific chemicals, but the math doesn't add up.
    I read on this fourm somewhere that 1 pound of pool-specific granular chlorine is equal to 2 gallons of 6% bleach.
    From various places on the web, 50 pounds of stabilized granulated chlorine runs about $155. The liquid bleach I have been using is 5.25% bleach and costs $1.70 per gallon. With reference to 50 pounds of granulated chlorine, the equivalent amount of 5.25% liqud bleach would be 114.29 gallons. This much bleach would cost approximately $194.29.
    This doesn't seem economical to me.
    Are my comparisons all screwed up?

    Of course, this is neglecting any effect pool-specific chlorine has on CYA levels.
    Last edited by fission7x; 09-17-2006 at 09:14 AM.
    40'x28' I/G L-shaped, vinyl liner pool, with an estimated 40,000 gallons of water.
    Been using BBB for over a year! Excellent results!

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