Liquid chlorine?

[twinsticks]

Okay local pool store has liquid chlorine for 19.99 for 5 gallons of 16.5%.
walmart has 6% bleach 182 oz for 2.54
Now what is the better deal pool store or walmart

Made a mistake its 12.5 % !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Called the pool stores back to double check!!!!!!!

 

[Bama Rambler]

The 6% bleach is $1.79 per gallon.
The equivilent price of the 16.5% is $1.44 per gallon.
So the 16.5% is a better price.

You're the first person on here that I've seen reporting being able to buy 16.5% hypo.
They do make 16.5% but it's not normally sold retail at that strength.
Just be aware that it needs to be very fresh to retain that strength.

 

[twinsticks]

Yes there is two pool stores around me that have 12.5% for 19.99 and they fly out of the stores.. from what I have been told and researched that is the highest % you can buy for residential use.. They do make stronger but thats for city water mua etc...

 

[twinsticks]

Forgot to ask who do you know how fresh it is can you test it?

Another local pool store said ther liquid chlorine is 87% for 25.00 I find that hard to beleive any one else ever heard of that if that is correct amount that would be great . I can post the name and # of the pool store if anybody wants it

 

[chem geek]

It is not possible for the chlorinating liquid to be 87% as this is extraordinarily unstable. They might mean 17%. You normally don't see chlorinating liquid much above 15% (never above 20% as far as I can tell) as it degrades much more rapidly at higher concentrations as shown in the table at the bottom of this link.

 

[JasonLion]

Perhaps it is 8.7%?

 

[Bama Rambler]

The highest concentration of Sodium Hypo normally produced right now is 16.5%.
There is a process for producing 26%+ stable enough to have a very good half life and it'll be available in the US next year. It wil also have very low salt content.

 

[twinsticks]

Keep us posted when that comes out