B-B-B is really a way of thinking. You CAN use a chlorinator if you want, but you understand that it adds CYA and acid to your pool and you MUST allow for that.

Using B-B-B means you understand the relationship between CYA and FC, and between T/A and pH.

The idea behind B-B-B is that there's no mystery to pool chemistry. You don't NEED Chlorine tablets, powder, pre-mixed "shock" and Liquid Chlorine--all give you chlorine just as ordinary Bleach does.

You don't need "pH Up!" or other fancy chems to raise your pool's pH level, when ordinary 20 Mule Team Borax will do the job better, and ordinary Washing Soda is NO DIFFERENT than the expensive chems--it's the same stuff as Soda Ash or "pH Up", "Balance Pak" and other hyped overpriced chems.

You don't need "Total Alkalinity Raiser" at $12 for 4 pounds--it's chemically nothing more than...Arm&Hammer Baking Soda!


So....using a chlorinator and B-B-B successfully means you understand what the chlorinator is good for, and what problems it can cause, and you use it wisely.