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Pool Chlorine questions Bill 06-08-2006
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Posted by Bill on June 8, 2006, 11:35 am
After digging around in the newsgroups a bit it seems that this group
has the highest ratio of pool questions so here it goes.

We've just set up a 16ft by 4ft above ground framed with liner pool and
I'm working on getting a handle on how to properly maintain the chlorine
levels. I was thinking about getting one of the chlorine 'floaters' to
automatically dispense chlorine throughout the week but am wondering if
it will work properly if we keep the cover on most of the time.

Can anyone give me an idea if these floaters work out ok at all or point
me in the direction of something that does??

I'm trying to avoid daily having to remove the cover to add chlorine by
hand especially if we have rain and would like something in the set it
and almost forget it family, hence the chlorine 'floater'.

Having to take the cover off to add chlorine might be a moot point as my
kids (ages 5,7 and 9) have vowed to swim EVERY DAY so it's possible that
most of the time the cover will be off in the evening so I could add
chlorine or whatever I need but I'd like to cover my bases if the pool
is used but maybe not as much as projected.

Since this is my first pool I'm up to my eyeballs in 'facts' and
'information' that I have to sort through so any help would be
appreciated.



Bill

AppliancePartsPros.com, Inc.
Posted by Keith Williams on June 8, 2006, 11:56 am
fred_barney@bigmailbox.net says...
> After digging around in the newsgroups a bit it seems that this group
> has the highest ratio of pool questions so here it goes.
>
> We've just set up a 16ft by 4ft above ground framed with liner pool and
> I'm working on getting a handle on how to properly maintain the chlorine
> levels. I was thinking about getting one of the chlorine 'floaters' to
> automatically dispense chlorine throughout the week but am wondering if
> it will work properly if we keep the cover on most of the time.

> Can anyone give me an idea if these floaters work out ok at all or point
> me in the direction of something that does??

They work fine, but measure your *free* chlorine level every day
and adjust the number of tablets you put in the floater and perhaps
adjust the chlorine with bleach after swimming. In hot weather
you'll use more chlorine than cool. It takes a while to get used
to the pool's needs.

> I'm trying to avoid daily having to remove the cover to add chlorine by
> hand especially if we have rain and would like something in the set it
> and almost forget it family, hence the chlorine 'floater'.

Measure the chlorine in the skimmer (don't add chlorine to the
skimmer). Use store-brand (the cheapest you can find) unscented
bleach as shock. Give it a good whack once a week (maybe more in
hot or rainy weather) at night after you last use the pool.

> Having to take the cover off to add chlorine might be a moot point as my
> kids (ages 5,7 and 9) have vowed to swim EVERY DAY so it's possible that
> most of the time the cover will be off in the evening so I could add
> chlorine or whatever I need but I'd like to cover my bases if the pool
> is used but maybe not as much as projected.
>
> Since this is my first pool I'm up to my eyeballs in 'facts' and
> 'information' that I have to sort through so any help would be
> appreciated.

Sine this is your first pool, let me give you a hint: TOTAL
ALKALINITY; keep it right and everything else pretty much drops in
place. Get it out of whack and all sorts of strange things happen.
I once had to add 3/4 gal. of muriadic acid to _raise_ the PH into
its normal range (7.2 ideally).

--
Keith

Posted by Steve B on June 8, 2006, 12:14 pm

> After digging around in the newsgroups a bit it seems that this group
> has the highest ratio of pool questions so here it goes.
>
> We've just set up a 16ft by 4ft above ground framed with liner pool and
> I'm working on getting a handle on how to properly maintain the chlorine
> levels. I was thinking about getting one of the chlorine 'floaters' to
> automatically dispense chlorine throughout the week but am wondering if
> it will work properly if we keep the cover on most of the time.
>
> Can anyone give me an idea if these floaters work out ok at all or point
> me in the direction of something that does??
>
> I'm trying to avoid daily having to remove the cover to add chlorine by
> hand especially if we have rain and would like something in the set it
> and almost forget it family, hence the chlorine 'floater'.
>
> Having to take the cover off to add chlorine might be a moot point as my
> kids (ages 5,7 and 9) have vowed to swim EVERY DAY so it's possible that
> most of the time the cover will be off in the evening so I could add
> chlorine or whatever I need but I'd like to cover my bases if the pool
> is used but maybe not as much as projected.
>
> Since this is my first pool I'm up to my eyeballs in 'facts' and
> 'information' that I have to sort through so any help would be
> appreciated.
>
>
>
> Bill

I learned this on my first new in ground pool -

Stabilizing the water is important. That is, the addition of cyanuric acid
(pool stabilizer) to cut down on the amount of chlorine that is given off
into the air. The stabilizer slows this down a lot.

Take a water sample to your pool store or Home Depot. They will tell you
what is up with it, and try to sell you all sorts of things. The one thing
they didn't try to sell me was stabilizer, as they wanted to sell me a lot
of chlorine tablets over the time.

A stabilizer test kit is a good investment, and you only have to test it
about once a year.

After you get the water stabilized, you can then test ph and all that other
stuff and buy what you need as you need it. Since one thing usually works
against the other, does it really make sense to buy all those things?

Start



Posted by Jack Griff on June 8, 2006, 12:35 pm
Bill wrote:
> I'm working on getting a handle on how to properly maintain the chlorine
> levels. I was thinking about getting one of the chlorine 'floaters'

since the kids are in the pool every day, don't get a floater or anything that
is
inside the pool space.

the solution is an inline chlorine dispenser, hayward makes the easiest to DIY
install. essentially it's a little container that sits on the supply side line,
after
your pool pump and after your filter. They make a couple models, mine is the
type
where I installed a couple elbows (1.5 inch) into the supply pvc line with a
bypass
line (to reduce backpressure) around the container. Once a month, I load the
container
full of the best quality (don't use cheap tablets!) chlorine tabs and they
slowly
dissolve there as the pump runs. Normally 12-16 tabs last one month. the hayward
models cost about $80




Posted by ronm on June 8, 2006, 12:39 pm
Depending on where you are and what kind of cover youre referring to, its
likely you will be leaving the cover off most of the summer. One, its a
nuisance and two, it will likely make your pool too warm. And most kids dont
care if the waters a little cool to begin with.

> After digging around in the newsgroups a bit it seems that this group
> has the highest ratio of pool questions so here it goes.
>
> We've just set up a 16ft by 4ft above ground framed with liner pool and
> I'm working on getting a handle on how to properly maintain the chlorine
> levels. I was thinking about getting one of the chlorine 'floaters' to
> automatically dispense chlorine throughout the week but am wondering if
> it will work properly if we keep the cover on most of the time.
>
> Can anyone give me an idea if these floaters work out ok at all or point
> me in the direction of something that does??
>
> I'm trying to avoid daily having to remove the cover to add chlorine by
> hand especially if we have rain and would like something in the set it
> and almost forget it family, hence the chlorine 'floater'.
>
> Having to take the cover off to add chlorine might be a moot point as my
> kids (ages 5,7 and 9) have vowed to swim EVERY DAY so it's possible that
> most of the time the cover will be off in the evening so I could add
> chlorine or whatever I need but I'd like to cover my bases if the pool
> is used but maybe not as much as projected.
>
> Since this is my first pool I'm up to my eyeballs in 'facts' and
> 'information' that I have to sort through so any help would be
> appreciated.
>
>
>
> Bill



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