UltraIntex said:
Australia, that's why I'm opening the pool now..... Everything costs quite a lot more here= if its small enough to post, order it online from the US!
The cal hypo is I think 65% ie 650g per Kilo. I would convert all the figures for you but it would just get messy. The main thing to remember is that 1USD=1AUD at the moment.
The pool calculator says that to get my FC up from 7 (have been running SWG today) to 20 would take 1kg of 65% cal hypo, giving me 10 shocks from one box= $7.20 per shock (I think)?
Water is a bit cloudy now, but leave it a couple of days without vacuuming and there will be about 3" of brownish looking algae on the floor and a film over the walls. Its never been pea soup but I guess it's waiting in the wings.
PS: I haven't seen or heard of the word 'behoove' since that film 'The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas" where the Governor promises to clean up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJG75FJkjr8
HAHA, I'm quite the literary nerd /w a rather large vocabulary. I use lots of odd words in odd places, often getting looks, or people asking what that word means. UGH! I can't help it. But it's kinda funny too.
I had a super good laugh with that clip, it was actually somewhat disturbing to watch. I thought I had seen that film, but I was confusing it with the "Cheyenne Social Club" /w Jimmy Stewart.
I have probably seen this one /w Bert Reynolds and Dolly Parton, but I was just too young to recall it. I'm sure when I start watching it I'll remember pieces of it. Added it to Netflix.
Oh, and he said "...to clean up the government". Well, your pool needs cleaning too.
Awesome, an Aussie, Cool!! I have a buddy that currently lives in Sydney, before that in Kalgoorlie IIRC and before that in the Outback in a copper mining town. Sorry, I'm horrid /w names.
Yeah, it's crazy how much more many things cost down there.
We live in the twillies, but not as sparsely populated as where you live.
So I have a bit of a feel for what it's like to have to order many things by mail, things you can get in bigger cities, or they just cost too much here.
As for your chlorine supply conundrum.
According to pool calc, using all 10kg of cal-hypo 65% in your size pool would yield an FC of 122ppm.
That assumes not organics in the water.
To raise your FC by that much using the 12.5% bleach would require 1756oz.
If I calculate how many active CL oz that is, then multiply that by your cost per CL oz from the dairy. I get $103.86.
YIKES!!!
Here, for what I pay in Oregon, in the sticks almost. That would be 14 jugs @ 182oz/ea. with a cost per jug of $2.69. My cost would be $37.66.
HUUUUGGEEE!!! Difference.
My cost works out to around .18c/CL oz.
I'd say you're getting ripped off, at least as far as pricing here goes.
Given that information, which shows cal-hypo costing a tick under 31% less than the liquid bleach. I'd say that's your best option.
However, I must say that for myself, $72 is a lot of money to throw into a pool that's only 14k gal. That's not litres, right?
Granted you likely won't use that much cal-hypo, but either way it's the same monetary drain.
If your water is cheap enough, I'd drain it. Then scrub the walls with dilute bleach and fill it back up. Here were we live, that'd be waaaayyyy cheaper than that much CL.
If you decide to go that route, someone else will have to chime in on the bleach scrubbing operation. As to whether you really need to dilute 4% bleach to prevent liner damage/discoloration from direct contact. If so how much.
Also what you'd do with sanitizing your filter since you didn't do a full shock. As I have never done either one of those.
If you decide to shock, being your prices are what they are and you have room to go up on CH. I'd stick /w cal-hypo.
But do not use dichlor or trichlor because of the CYA they add. Also, check the back of the cal-hypo package or container for the "%" of active ingredient and use that in pool calc.
Lastly, DO NOT follow the instructions on the package. Use poolcalc.com and follow the advice of it and this forum + pool school.
You will also need a FAS-DPD kit in order to shock and complete the process, passing the final grade in the end so you know when you're done.
Being in Ausland, you can't get it from the states "technically". But you can get it from a supplier down there.
See this thread, read it too, there's good info there in regards to it.
first-pool-ever-sydney-australia-t53792.html#p442726
Oh, when adding calcium to a pool, it will make the water cloudy until it dissolves into solution. No biggie.
