Poolsean said:
With the exception of laundry bleach, what is the cost of the chlorine you're buying?
Sodium Hypochlorite = per gallon or 2.5 gallon jerry jug
Tri-chlor = per lb, or per pail.
Cal Hypo = per lb
Di-chlor - per lb.
And Electricity? per kilowatt
Just to compare, all prices in US:
Up here in Canada, sodium hypochlorite is on sale at the corner hardware store at $4.92 US for a 5 liter (1.3 gallon) jug, so that's $3.78 a gallon.
Cal hypo at the local pool store, their house brand, is on sale for $49.35 for 18 kg (39.6 pounds) so that's about $1.25 per pound. It's the 65% stuff.
HTH is a bit more expensive, $57.23 for 15.9 kg (35 pounds) so that's $1.64 per pound, also 65%.
Trichlor is also on sale at the LPS, $39.45 for a 8 kg (17.6 pounds) pail, so that's $2.24 per pound.
Little bags of 70% cal hypo shock, 454 grams (1 pound) of 70% are $2.95.
Electricity costs $0.0402 per kilowatt. We don't have water meters so water is free.
Borax at Walmart is $4.90 a box.
An 8 kg box of Optimizer Plus is $45.
I was shopping for a wireless router at one point, Best Buy US had the exact same model as Best Buy Canada, and *exactly* 40% cheaper.
Interesting, eh?