What's the BEST CHLORINE for Your POOL? | Swim University
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Published 2022-06-26
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⏰ Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction to What's the Right Chlorine for Your Pool
00:35 - What are the Different Types of Chlorine?
01:21 - Right Chlorine Levels
01:40 - Granules vs. Tablets: Which One is Better?
03:09 - What's the Best Way to Add Chlorine Tablets?
04:37 - Is Liquid Chlorine or Bleach a Good Option?
05:11 - How to Use Less Chlorine in a Pool
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All Comments (21)
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I use liquid chlorine, stabilizer, and muriatic acid. The chlorine is put in a tank and sent to the pool via a Stenner pump. My pool never turns green and I never need to shock it. I have complete control over FC, CYA and PH levels.
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Big thanks. First stop for all my pool Q’s
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Last year I used Clorox products and pool was constantly cloudy and hazing . But used HTH this year and pool stayed crystal clear.,
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Trichlor tablets worked great in my round above ground because there was significantly more splash out thus fresh water replacement thus keep CYA at nominal levels but since moving to a new home with inground pool it is difficult to keep CYA below 100 ppm even though I drain close to half the water yearly for winter closing. I am seriously considering a switch to the 4th unmentioned option, A salt water chlorine generator.
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Amazing video! thank you so much
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another question. should you shock even with stabilizer is high or in range? How long will it take for chlorine to go back to normal?
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I have an automatic chlorinator and the 3in tablets but how often do I add tablets to the chlorinator? It is always suppose to be full? Do I just add just 2 per week? My chlorine runs on the higher side it seems and I have no idea about my CYA levels, etc. or how to test that, I do have test trips. I’m new, just bought a house with a pool this year 😅
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So I bought 1" tablets but have Approx 4,000 gallon pool so how many tablets should I put into the floater?
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which chlorine/shock affects PH and up or down? i need to increase PH often.
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Liquid and adding my own stabilizer will always be my choice to avoid chlorine lock, stabilizer doesn’t go away as fast as chlorine. There for causing chlorine lock and a nasty smelling over chlorinated pool like tablets cause, test your water every couple days, use Muriatic acid to control PH, and a stabilizer you add as needed, that’s it 3 things and pool is ideal
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I have a 17,000 gal pool. So, I assume I would need 4 three inch tablets (up to 5,000 gal each), correct?
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great video
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How can I increase my pool chlorine and ph
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Thank you
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Continually using tablets will push your CYA levels to the point where the chlorine becomes ineffective. Your only choice then is to drain the pool and start over. Use tablets until the CYA level is acceptable then switch to liquid chlorine. If you keep the CYA level stable, add liquid chlorine as needed and keep the PH balanced, your pool water can last up to 5 years.
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What if 1” chlorine tablets are very hard to find?
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Can you make a video of fiber clear (or any DE alternative of that nature) vs DE and the benefits of each. I heard that they are going to stop doing DE eventually. Need that video 🙏
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If you live in a drought area where you shouldn’t do a water dump every spring using the tablets only can cause a lot of trouble with high CYA levels. I’m using a combination method of one chlorine tablet to get some conditioner in my pool but supplementing it with liquid chlorine, it’s working ok but there doesn’t seem to be a perfect solution.
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I would like to know your opinion on pool ionizers. I recently bought one (solar coil that floats) and it has reduced the amount of Chlorine needed by about 80%. Pool water has stayed clear and no algea... yet.
