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Liquid chlorine and granular shock have the same active chemical that sanitizes your pool, what changes is the strength and the way you use it. Liquid chlorine is less costly, unstabilized and comes in liquid form. Granular shock is stabilized and comes in a solid form that dissolves in your pool.

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Stabilized chlorine is used as a disinfectant in automatic chlorinators. It is best for daily sanitizing because it lasts longer. This type comes in tabs (or pucks) or in granular form and can be distributed in a variety of ways, just don't put them in the skimmer! Floating chlorinators use tabs and distribute chemicals over time. Most floating chlorinators can hold anywhere from two to eight weeks worth of chlorine, depending on conditions such as the season and your pool's size. An automatic feeder works in a similar way, allowing it to mix with the pool water slowly and deliberately. This type generally comes in a large bucket.

Unstabilized chlorine is used for weekly shocking. In addition, it is used to give your pool a large dose of chlorine to sanitize the water quickly after heavy use. Unstabilized chlorine provides a quick, high concentration, killing bacteria and other nasty things in the water. It is also helpful in controlling algae, destroying organic contaminants and restoring clarity. It is best to wait before going into the pool because liquid chlorine levels will be high after shocking, but it will be safe to swim after only 24 hours.

In the end, all types of chlorine will disinfect your pool. The type that you use for weekly shocking is largely up to you. Suncoast Gold Liquid Chlorinating Shock is the freshest and strongest available today, and has been since 1975! Many factors can affect your decision, such as budget, pool size, and climate. It is best to talk to the experts at your local Pinch A Penny store for expert advice and friendly service! Also, check your levels weekly, as some shock products may affect pH. For your convenience, your neighborhood Pinch A Penny offers FREE water testing.

DOT shipping regulations require that chlorine tablets be individually wrapped. This can be inconvenient when you need to open many of them, although it does reduce the amount of chlorine handling and lowers the chances of contamination from dirt, debris or other pool chemicals. Opening a wrapped tablet underwater in the skimmer will avoid the chlorine dust.

Liquid chlorine is primarily used by large commercial pools that have their chlorine delivered by a truck into 50-gallon vats. The cost is cheaper than tablets when purchased in such large quantities.

Florida pool service workers frequently use bleach on their regular service routes, pouring in a gallon on each visit. Liquid chlorine burns clean, without residue. However, using it without a metering pump so that it can be slowly and consistently introduced to the water has the disadvantage of creating a very high initial chlorine level, followed by a rapid and steady decline. These peaks and valleys of chlorination are not good.

Liquid chlorine is not stabilized and burns off quickly in the bright sun. Those who will use it for everyday chlorination should maintain a level of cyanuric acid in the pool in the range of 40-60 ppm.

Super chlorinating is raising the chlorine level quickly, but not as high as when doing a pool shock. Shocking the pool is a periodic treatment to oxidize microcontaminants in the pool water. Our everyday chlorination will kill most pathogens, but chlorine molecules can be rendered inactive when they combine with nitrogen or ammonia. This creates what is called chloramines. Chloramines are no longer effective sanitizers and they are the cause of red eyes and a strong chlorine smell. Shocking removes chloramines and kills bacteria and algae.

Cal Hypo Pool Shock treats 10,000 gallons per pound. It is recommended to first pre-dissolve the shock in a bucket of water before adding it to the pool. This is to avoid bleaching a pool liner or clouding the water. Cal-Hypo shock is a 68 percent available calcium hypochlorite and is a non-stabilized pool shock. It kills fast but leaves behind a shock dust. Overuse can raise your calcium hardness levels as the chlorine separates from the binders.

Super Pool Shock is a more concentrated form of Cal-Hypo pool shock. It has 5 percent more available chlorine, at 73 percent calcium hypochlorite. Cal-Hypo is a non-stabilized shock, containing no cyanuric acid. One pound of Super Pool Shock treats 10,000 gallons. Dilute it in a bucket of water before adding it to the pool to prevent liner bleaching and cloudy water. Cal Hypo is favored by many due to its low cost and ease of use. For best results, lower the pH to 7.2 before shocking the pool.

Dichlor pool shock is usually sold in buckets under many trade names. It is the only stabilized form of pool shock, containing some cyanuric acid in the mix. This raises the price of this chemical a bit, but also makes it a good chlorine shock for algae treatments. It has an almost neutral pH level but otherwise behaves similar to Cal Hypo. It typically has a 56 percent available chlorine level and is a close cousin to Tri-chlor.

Liquid chlorine, or bleach, is made of a 12.5 percent sodium hypochlorite solution. It can be added at a rate of 2 gallons per 10,000 gallons for the purpose of shocking the pool. It burns clean without residue or dust. It can be hard to find, however, and retailers are unable to ship this product UPS/FedEx, due to DOT restrictions, except by truckline on a palette.

Hello, I usually us a chlorine tab that has 89% tricolor but have found a cheaper brand that has 84.x%. Will this percent difference make a difference or should I continue to use the same product. What is the difference in results between the two percentages? Does it matter. Also other ingredients on the cheaper one is 5.95% vs .7%. Trying to figure out if the difference is worth the cost based on the chemical value. I appreciate any and all feedback.

Water in pool turned green due to rain and no chlorine in it.I discovered bleach,is sodium hypochlorite as is chlorine. Because I can buy it for 1 dollar instead of 5 for chlorine at pool store,would it be OK to use that to clear water up?

You can use bleach for shocking the pool, yes. Low priced bleach is usually also a low % of chlorine, maybe only 3%. It also may contain impurities. Regular brand name bleach is 5-6%, be sure to use only plain bleach, with no softeners or scents. Pool bleach, or sodium hypochlorite delivered to commercial pools and dry cleaners, or sold in pool stores, is 12.5% available or over twice as strong, but can be hard to find in some areas. For household 5% bleach, use about 5 gallons per 10,000 gallons of pool water, for a heavy shock of 30 ppm, to remove dark algae conditions.

Hi BrettI need to talk chlorine. I have a 6500 gallon fiberglass pool with a cartridge filter. I use a chlorine feeder, 1 or 3 inch trichlor tablets. I have a hard time controlling pH, it is always low, and stabilizer builds up quickly to 100 or more. Short of using bleach, how do I prevent these two issues? I use borax to bring up pH to prevent more stable from being added with pH up. What can I do next year? Draining and refilling in June/July not really an option. We are on a well. thank you

12.5% strength commercial-grade NSF-Certified liquid chlorine by Champion. This sodium hypochlorite solution comes in 1-gallon jugs, 4 to a case. Easy-to-use, fast, and effective. Certified to NSF/ANSI 60. Shock and sanitize your pool by pouring directly into your swimming pool or feed via a peristaltic metering pump. A great alternative to tablet and granular chlorine products. No build-up of scale or cyanuric acid (CYA-stabilizer). Useful for many industries. These convenient gallon chlorine jugs are available to the discerning pool and spa operator from Leisure Pool & Spa Supply.

Most retail bleach is manufactured by a few chemical suppliers. KIK corp is probably the biggest. They all use the "CloroMax" technology that Clorox patented and then licensed out. So even the store brands like Target or Walmart will say their bleach is regular unscented, etc and somewhere on the bottle will be the phrase "Fabric Protection Technology" (or some combination of words like that).[2] Read bleach labels carefully and look for code words that may imply it has additives other then chlorine.

All bleach and liquid chlorine is a mixture sodium hypochlorite, sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide (lye) and water. The sodium chloride and lye come from the manufacturing process, there is no way to get rid of it and the lye is needed to raise the pH of the end product so that the sodium hypochlorite remains stable during its shelf life.

Liquid chlorine is the purest form of chlorine you can add to your pool. Residential pools cannot add pure chlorine since chlorine is a gas. To transport the chlorine it needs to be bound to other stuff. The chlorine gas in liquid chlorine is bound to water with some salt and lye added for the manufacturing process. The salt will accumulate in your pool water and is harmless in small quantities.

To manufacture solid tablets chlorine gas is bound to other solid chemicals whose accumulation in pool water may not be desirable. TriChlor tablets have chlorine bound to CYA and dry acid. Calcium Hypochlorite, also called Cal-hypo, tablets have chlorine bound to calcium. Both CYA and calcium accumulate in the water and can only be eliminated by draining.

When using liquid chlorine you need to calculate how much liquid chlorine poured into your size pool will give you the desired amount of Free Chlorine as measured in Parts Per Million (PPM). This takes some calculating and we have a free app called Pool Math to do these calculations for you.

The strength of liquid chlorine depends on where you buy it and it's intended use. Household bleach can be found with chlorine strengths from 4% to 6%. Pool Chlorinating liquid sometimes called "Liquid Pool Shock" can be found in strengths from 10% to 12%. The label on the jug will tell you the % of Sodium Hypochlorite. 041b061a72