Been running my pool for 10 years off the advice of this forum and it's been great. My pool with nearly 30 year old plaster has always demanded heavy acid. I added an SWG last year and that only increased. Opening this year led me to 3 days of MA additions to finally bring the PH and TA in level. I hate adding acid - the risk, the time, the pain of squatting and trying to maintain a pencil stream in front of the return. I've looked into an automated dispenser but my equipment is surrounded by fence and tons of mature landscaping so I fear the fumes would corrode the screws in the fence and kill all the established plants.
I can't quite get AI to render this constantly or logically but would an idea like this two piece solid molded funnel system work? I envision leaving the base out or storing it all in my shed, dropping in the funnel - adding the 2-4 cups of MA and having it slowly pour perfectly in front of the return at say a rate of quarter cup per minute. I'd pop the funnel out when done, rinse it in the pool and store it. I think a single molded piece is critical so there are no rubber gaskets anywhere for the acid to erode. The images are all a bit off - with the first one awkwardly levitating and the second showing acid below the spout level but hopefully you fellow pool junkies get the point.
So am I onto something? I need you smarter people to weight in and I'm willing to give up my million dollar idea for the greater good of progress and to expose myself to ridicule if this is so off base. I do see challenges in shipping with the spout attached to the funnel but I'd pay $50 for this piece of plastic in a heartbeat if it allowed me to add acid 2-3 x week without getting on my knees and sitting there for 10 minutes each time.
Have at it!
I can't quite get AI to render this constantly or logically but would an idea like this two piece solid molded funnel system work? I envision leaving the base out or storing it all in my shed, dropping in the funnel - adding the 2-4 cups of MA and having it slowly pour perfectly in front of the return at say a rate of quarter cup per minute. I'd pop the funnel out when done, rinse it in the pool and store it. I think a single molded piece is critical so there are no rubber gaskets anywhere for the acid to erode. The images are all a bit off - with the first one awkwardly levitating and the second showing acid below the spout level but hopefully you fellow pool junkies get the point.
So am I onto something? I need you smarter people to weight in and I'm willing to give up my million dollar idea for the greater good of progress and to expose myself to ridicule if this is so off base. I do see challenges in shipping with the spout attached to the funnel but I'd pay $50 for this piece of plastic in a heartbeat if it allowed me to add acid 2-3 x week without getting on my knees and sitting there for 10 minutes each time.
Have at it!
