Around here chlorine tabs are slightly cheaper than liquid chlorine. Is there a downside to adding a chlorinator versus using liquid chlorine?
Tabs versus liquid chlorine
- Thread starter jtrhodes81
- Start date
- May 3, 2014
- 58,648
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
As long as you are able to meet the FC/CYA Levels all the time, no. That will be very difficult and will require replacing around 1/2 your pool volume every 4-6 weeks with fresh water.
- May 3, 2014
- 58,648
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Toxophilite
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Yes, if you don't want to become the scheduled automation, you will need a chlorine pump to take over. I get a good burn off of CYA during this heat, and with that take a week or so break from jug adds now and again and use my chlorinator, but I monitor my CYA level pretty good. With tabs, the CYA level still climbs real fast, way faster than it burns off.
The addition of a pump makes it very easy.
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