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Re: liquid chlorine tank/pump installer in dallas-ft worth area I bought an electric timer at Lowes for outdoor use. I manually set it using the start/stop inserts. I typically set it to start an hour after the circulation pump starts and make sure it is off before the pump stops. Works great.

Our last pool was SWG and it definitely attacked our high end coated aluminum furniture as well as our moss rock and heavily trafficked flagstone coping. We were not told all of this needed to be sealed. We have since moved and our new pool is liquid chlorine which works well once you add...

Costco is about $8.50

Borates are 50 ppm. Pool is 1 year old with Pebble Sheen.

Having to add 16oz acid almost daily. Current test values: FC=7; CC=0; pH=8; TA=75; CH=260; CYA=45. I just recently went to liquid chlorine addition and am adding .25 gal/day via a Stenner pump. I add it all in a 2 hour period and everything is great except pH. I do have waterfalls and bubblers...

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Will do. It was really very simple. I am still playing with how much chlorine to add daily. Right now I am at .25 gal/day and I am algae free but I think I'll have to up it to be certain.

Yes - another Texan. I thoroughly enjoy the TFP site and have been using it for the past several months. Our pool is new (1 year) and I already have switched to liquid chlorine via a Stenner pump/7.5 gal tank which has only been in operation for 3 days but seems to be doing all it is supposed...