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    Best Places to Buy Liquid Chlorine

    Re: Best Places to Buy Liquid Chlorine - Gilbert AZ In Rochester, NY at BJ's they are selling boxes containing 4 x 128 oz of 12.5% for $13.99. This works out to 21.9 cents / oz of Cl They also sell 13.5 lb. resealable bags of Arm and Hammer baking soda for $5.99
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    New liner 20x40 Was talked into pristine blue after 10 yrs on chlorine

    I've run into issues due to using 3" tabs. My pool CYA level is at 130 and it has caused issues with purple precipitate building up on everything. After a couple of weeks of vacuuming to waste and a lot of scrubbing I managed to clear out the purple but I still have very high CYA levels to deal...
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    Purple Precipitate

    Thank you for that advice! This is exactly what I am working on doing at the moment. I am draining and filling pool water to reduce the CYA and Cu levels. It's a slow process obviously. I have stopped using the 3" tablets in favor of liquid chlorine until this is all resolved.
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    SWG and Steel Walled Pool?

    Hi all, I currently have a Pentair 3" Chlorine tab system for my pool and have been giving serious thought to moving to a SWG. I am considering this due to the high CYA levels which using the 3" tabs presents. I am currently in the process of trying to lower the CYA in the pool from 140 to...
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    Purple Precipitate

    Thank you for your responses! I appreciate the helpful advice offered..I don't think the tape idea will work too well for me but it's an interesting idea.. My approach to handling this is to vacuum to waste as much as possible. This serves the dual purpose of removing / replacing water in order...
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    Purple Precipitate

    Hello all! Thank you in advance for taking time to read about an issue which I am having. Hopefully someone who had a similar issue will be able to offer some insight. Background: Last year (2016) at the end of the pool season my heat pump failed. Apparently water got into the system through a...