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    LQ 3/8 line conversion (How to increase flow)

    No. I didn't have the part handy, so I ended up using a brass female/female connected to another brass male/3/8" barb. Not ideal, but what I had at hand. It's effectively the same as what I'd posted. I've been running it for a while now, and it's fantastic. I don't need to run my pump...
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    LQ 3/8 line conversion (How to increase flow)

    I bought exactly what was suggested, did the conversion, and it increased my flow from a max of 2 to being able to peg the meter even with both intakes open (which resulted in a flow of close to zero before the conversion). Thanks Rabbit! One trick I discovered allows you to leave the...
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    Liquidator "WS" Poll

    6% bleach, running it for 3 months, no white deposits at all, and my tubing is clear as the day I installed it.
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    Might remove the Liquidator

    Re: Liquidator removal help Don't raise your tank above the level of your pump. I did this, putting mine up on a milk crate, and it lowered the flow going into the Liquidator enough that it dramatically dropped the rate of flow into the pool (it takes a while for this to happen- 10 or 15...
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    I like my liquidator, it makes BBB super easy.

    If you check out some of the previous posts, you'll see that at least three of us are having a hard time getting good flow out of our units. Mine runs at a level of only 1 (on the meter provided) when running my pump normally. My unit is below the pool surface, so removing the check valve is...
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    I like my liquidator, it makes BBB super easy.

    I wonder how hard it would be to run a second suction side line, doubling the amount of liquid dispensed from the tank? Has anyone looked into how much HASA would charge for a second suction supply line with all the attachement hardware? It would be easy enough to drill another hole in the...
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    I like my liquidator, it makes BBB super easy.

    So really, the answer to low flow is to remove the check valve on the suction side (before the pump) rather than to drill the hole closer to the pump on the pressure side. And as I read it, no one has actually tested whether drilling a new hole closer to the pump actually works... The flow...
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    I like my liquidator, it makes BBB super easy.

    Re: Flow problems I would also like someone to attempt to explain why the differential would matter. As Miranda said, it's not a pressurized system. As I see it, the suction side (before the pump) drives everything. The stronger the draw, the faster the system will chlorinate. That's why...
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    I like my liquidator, it makes BBB super easy.

    Consider me another Liquidator convert. I purchased this late last summer, and figured I'd wait until this spring to install it. Had I known it would be so easy I would have done this much earlier. It took me less than an hour start to finish. No special tools needed, just a drill with a...
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    slow and steady chlorination idea- first tests

    Richard- salt does form extremely strong clines called pyncnoclines. That's the principle cline that forms in saltwater embayments (e.g. Chesapeake Bay). By day, I'm a scientist (can you tell?). I suspect that what sets up in the jug is a chlorocline. I don't know if there were any salts left...
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    slow and steady chlorination idea- first tests

    Here's the thing though- it's not coming out of the bottle full strength- it's pre-diluted. It works just like the Liquidator does, just on a smaller scale. The full strength chlorine sits in the bottom of the jug. It slowly dilutes into the water above it in the jug, presumably forming a...
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    slow and steady chlorination idea- first tests

    I stumbled upon a pretty easy way to continuously chlorinate for up to a week very simply. My recent purchase of a Liquidator got me to thinking. If chlorine sinks, then you could submerge something right in the pool, from which chlorine would continuously enter the pool. Looking at a 96 oz...