Do you keep tabs inside chlorinator despite using liquid chlorine?

[Jimharris99]

Hi everyone,
For those that use liquid chlorine on a regular basis, but will sometimes use chlorine tabs for when you go on vacation, do you just have a few tabs in the chlorinator all the time, waiting to be used....or is that a bad idea because of the chems being trapped that could lead to boom? Hopefully that makes sense....do you ‘store’ tabs inside the inline chlorinator, I suppose is another way of asking, with the setting at zero so it’s closed when not using the tabs.

thanks!
Jim

 

[DorsalSpine]

I do not store tabs in the chlorinator. I only added them when I was going on vacation. Once it got old (cracked) I just switched to a floater for the times I'm not home.

 

[mknauss]

There should be no tablets left in a chlorinator when the pump is off. The tablets are very acidic and that can back up (even with a check valve) into the heater and destroy it.

 

[HeyEng]

As mentioned my @mknauss it's a bad practice to leave them in there. Not only to mention, I would think they would degrade pretty darn quickly. Prior to my SWCG installation, I would just put some in a floater if I was going to be out of town for more than a couple of days.

 

[Jimharris99]

Thanks....makes complete sense. Just removed my tabs, and I’ve got an extra floaty for when that time is needed....sure wish I would have discovered this site before my build. Haha, so much money to be saved. Oh well, better late than never.

thanks so much