Chlorine storage????

[raidencmc]

Usually I keep I bottle of chlorine out by the pool. It is behind a fence next to my pump in its original bottle. Is the sun affecting it in the bottle? I know that white plastics tend to let light in.
Can 12.5% chlorine be stored in the regular old chlorox container or would it eat it??

 

[duraleigh]

How long is it out there before it is consumed?

 

[woodyp]

Cool and dark is always better and that 12.5% degrades more quickly than 8.25 or 6.

 

[raidencmc]

I think I can get the 12.5 for free.

 

[raidencmc]

How long is it out there before it is consumed?

I think i use it up in less then a week.

 

[duraleigh]

That'll have almost no effect on 6 or 8.25% and not much on 12%.

That said, re-read woodyp's advice that dark and cool is always better. If I could pick only one, I would pick cool.

 

[raidencmc]

Thanks. My garage is as hot as it is outside.

 

[raidencmc]

Cool and dark is always better and that 12.5% degrades more quickly than 8.25 or 6.

When you say degrades are you talking about in storage or in the pool.

 

[JohnN]

In storage. In the pool it all works the same.

 

[BoDarville]

As many others have said, a cool and dark place is the best. One other thing I will add is, if you get a multi-pack of chlorine where the bottles are packed in a cardboard box, I would keep the bottles in the box until you need them. That will help keep light off of them.