Share on facebook. Share on google. Share on twitter. Chlorine — everything you need to know. What is chlorine? How does it work? What can it help with?
How do you use it? If you want a chlorine product that will sanitise your swimming pool water on an ongoing basis then you need a stabilised chlorine which you can dose directly into your swimming pool, or chlorine tablets which you would either put into your skimmer, or use with a floating dispenser If you are looking for a stabilised chlorine for your hot tub, you can either use Fi-Clor hot tub granules and dose directly, or Fi-Clor hot tub tablets with a spa floating dispenser.
Why would I use an unstabilised chlorine if stabilised chlorine lasts longer? What safety measures do I need to take? What forms does it come in and which are best for me to use? How much chlorine should I use? Is there a downside? Is there a safe alternative to chlorine?
You will of course need the appropriate MPS test strips to test your MPS levels and to ensure that all important water balance is correct Does chlorine cause damage? This makes pH level fluctuations in the water less likely. Additionally, dichlor is also resistant to high water temperatures , which makes it a good type of chlorine to use in hot tubs.
For pools, trichlor is the preferred stabilized chlorine. Trichlor comes in tablet form which is slow-released to keep the pool water steadily sanitized over a long period. Stabilized chlorine contains cyanuric acid. If an outdoor pool is using chlorine and no cyanuric acid present is in the water, the sun will quickly break it down.
So, cyanuric acid prolongs the life of chlorine — about 3 to 5 times longer than unstable chlorine. In general, you want to keep the chlorine level at 3ppm parts per million at all times for constant sanitization. We advise you to regularly test your chemical levels to ensure that the water is clean and performing optimally. Unstabilized chlorine comes in 3 types: sodium hypochlorite, lithium hypochlorite and calcium hypochlorite.
Sodium hypochlorite is a liquid chlorine normally found in household bleach. Compounds such as dichlor and trichlor are examples of stabilized chlorine compounds. Trichlor has a much higher level of chlorine in comparison to dichlor, but your choice of which exact product to use will ultimately rely on the specifics of your pool.
If your pool has no algae problem , then trichlor will likely work for you, but dichlor can better help with algae problems. Unstabilized chlorine is just chemical chlorine with no additives.
The common additive in stabilized chlorine, cyanuric acid, is not present in unstabilized chlorine. This means that if the pool gets exposed to direct sunlight, the chlorine inside will react to the sunlight and break down. Unstabilized chlorine is effective for use in indoor pools. Due to the lack of direct sunlight, the problem of chemical breakdown is averted. Unstabilized chlorine products require more maintenance to make sure chemical levels stay regular.
This maintenance requires daily measurements of chemicals. Adding or balancing the chlorine content is an essential job for anyone who uses unstabilized chlorine. Both stabilized and unstabilized chlorine are useful for disinfecting pools, but finding the most efficient chemical will lead to fewer chores in the long run.
Do you opt for s tabilised chlorine granules or the multi-functional chlorine tablets? Unstabilised chlorine is chlorine without the addition of cyanuric acid. Cyanuric acid stabilised chlorine which in effect makes it last much longer when you use it within your spa or hot tub.
The unstabilised form of chlorine dissipates more quickly, and as a result, you will have to add more chlorine to ensure that you maintain the sanitisation of your water. Daily testing of your water is essential, remembering to add chlorine when required to maintain the optimal 3ppm. Stabilised chlorin e is often in the form of granules which are much quicker to dissolve than their multi-functional unstabilised tablet counterparts resulting in a speedier response to your change in chlorine level readings.
Which is another reason why chlorine granules are great to use when you need to shock your hot tub water. Stabilised chlorine does however come with a word of warning in that if your cyanuric acid levels the stabiliser get too high, this will have a negative effect on the chlorine itself. If this is the case, then our recommendation would be to undertake a partial drain-down to allow you to dilute the concentration and rebalance your water chemistry.
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