I've been using almost strictly liquid chlorine now for a year or so. I'm happy with the results but would love to have a simple and inexpensive way to dispense it and try to keep the FC level as constant as possible without daily intervention. I know there are many dispensers that can be stitched-in to the circulation system and some of them even monitor levels and make adjustments as needed but those systems are fairly complicated and expensive. I'm surprised that nobody makes a gravity feed chlorine dispenser that could be located poolside that has a simple variable restriction to adjust dispensing rate. I'm assuming nobody does because I've searched and have found nothing.
What makes this so difficult? Does anybody know of such a system, homemade or otherwise? I experimented with irrigation "buttons" hoping they might serve the purpose but even when using the lowest flow ones and putting them in series the flow rate is just plain too high for typical liquid chlorine. Maybe that could work however if it dispensed "diluted" liquid chlorine.
Any comments, thoughts and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
What makes this so difficult? Does anybody know of such a system, homemade or otherwise? I experimented with irrigation "buttons" hoping they might serve the purpose but even when using the lowest flow ones and putting them in series the flow rate is just plain too high for typical liquid chlorine. Maybe that could work however if it dispensed "diluted" liquid chlorine.
Any comments, thoughts and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.