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The 55 gallon plastic drum of 10.5% bleach arrived last week, and I also bought a second empty drum. A local firm performs a second reverse osmosis process on town RO water for drinking water gallon jugs, so I bought 54 gallons from them and diluted the bleach 2:1 in the two barrels. In my...

Thanks for the comments; the decomposition is important, and I didn't know about it at all. I had assumed that all I needed to do was keep the container tightly sealed. We will be keeping it in a closed garage which probably averages 75F; at 10.5%, a chart at Issac-1's link indicates that the...

Decision made. It turns out that a supply company on the neighboring island offers free delivery to St. John, and they sell a 55 gallon plastic barrel with 10.5% sodium hypochlorite solution for $210.00. I purchased a Rola Chem RC-25/53 SC, along with a digital timer. The liquid chlorine...

Thanks to all for the advice. I guess I will go with an SWG and as suggested, keep a spare on hand. Can I leave the SWG (Pentair) plugged in and the pool pump flow will automatically enable the SWG? I run a Pentair Intelliflo pump at modest RPM (1500, ~ 30 fpm if my flow gauge is reading...

Hi; I just joined, and while I have spent some time reading through forum posts and educating myself, I have some special circumstances, and would appreciate some advice on the best way to maintain FC levels. I have three pools, one 20' x 40' in New England, and two much smaller 12' x 18' pools...