Recent content by John L

Okay here's our Cloro story again. My recent shopping trip to Guadalajara included Soaps and Cloro from a distributor. The concentrated Cloro we buy is recommended to be diluted 1 to 7 for household use. I am told the actual % is 13. My cost is 80 pesos ($6.16 USD.) per 19 liter container. We...

You suggested one gallon of cloro a day would work for our 20k pool. The cloro we are buying is concentrated 7 times. Using 6% as a normal cloro means; 1 liter x7 equals ----1.8492 gallons of cloro (more or less hopefully) Looking at these funny numbers it would mean we are using almost double...

Thanks for the input. We are able to buy in Guadalajara concentrated bleach (7 times). Cost $10 for 20 liter containers.We are on the coast, Melaque and generally go to Guad. every two months. It is a shopping trip for the resort www.vacationinmexico.com, so we stock up. We do have some now so...

I am at the 20' latitude in Mexico. In the 90's today. We currently use granulated cloro for our 20k pool . I am currently considering changing to liquid cloro (bleach). We can buy this in Guadalajara (a 4 hour trip) at a very cheap price in a concentrated form. My question is, How much cloro...

Just installed a Pentair 1 HP.,2 speed whisperflo after going through the same wondering stage. Whisperflo or Ecopump! We have a 20k pool. I don't think except for priming and filter cleaning that we will ever use the high speed. On the low speed it is satisfactory for vacuuming. It will also be...

I am looking for a comparison between two pumps. 1-Pentair Whisperflo WFDS - 4, a two speed 1 HP. 230 v motor. with built in toggle switch for the 2 speeds. 2-Ecopump EP4 1 HP. The ecopump people have put together an incredible internet informative program, which may or not be all true! But...