Trichlor tabs dispensed near the surface drastically shorten the life of a plastic solar cover and so I have taken to simply throwing the tabs into the water where they alight on the bottom of my inground pool. Our friendly local pool store advises against this owing to the effect of acid these tabs evidently contain but of course they have an agenda, they want to sell you a dispenser
And of course they also want you to come back next season for a new cover, at a cost of $100-$200 each time
If indeed the tabs are acidic, the effect can't be very pronounced as they don't seem to affect Ph. I reasoned that besides, a tablet wouldn't spend more than a day at one spot since my Polaris 380 occasionally nudges it to a new local. However they evidently leave traces on the bottom in the form of geometrical patterns: At the deep end for instance I now have a one large perfect brown square, evidently marking the area of greatest trichlor concentration
If this coloring were the only effect of the tabs I might tolerate it as in the remaining 20 years I hope to live it might save me $4000 replacing the solar covers; but still I harbor trepidation. Google yields some 10,000 hits on the subject, a discouraging prospect and besides most of these also pursue an agenda. Therefore can anyone authoritatively comment on the effect of these tabs at the bottom of a fiberglass pool: (1) Will they really eventually eat through the bottom within my lifetime; and (2) If not, what can I add to bleach the brown stains
By the way I am [email protected] (and apparently don't care who knows it) Thanks all
And of course they also want you to come back next season for a new cover, at a cost of $100-$200 each time
If indeed the tabs are acidic, the effect can't be very pronounced as they don't seem to affect Ph. I reasoned that besides, a tablet wouldn't spend more than a day at one spot since my Polaris 380 occasionally nudges it to a new local. However they evidently leave traces on the bottom in the form of geometrical patterns: At the deep end for instance I now have a one large perfect brown square, evidently marking the area of greatest trichlor concentration
If this coloring were the only effect of the tabs I might tolerate it as in the remaining 20 years I hope to live it might save me $4000 replacing the solar covers; but still I harbor trepidation. Google yields some 10,000 hits on the subject, a discouraging prospect and besides most of these also pursue an agenda. Therefore can anyone authoritatively comment on the effect of these tabs at the bottom of a fiberglass pool: (1) Will they really eventually eat through the bottom within my lifetime; and (2) If not, what can I add to bleach the brown stains
By the way I am [email protected] (and apparently don't care who knows it) Thanks all