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• 1 Alexandria Gennie // Jun 7, 2007 at 2:42 pm

  Have you considered converting to a salt water pool? And eliminating
  the need for chlorine? Once converted, other than an occasional shock
  treatment, you don’t need any chlorine. I have an above ground
  16×32. I had to add about 300 pounds of water softener salt (Cost
  about $30.00) and purchased a chlorine generator from Cabella’s
  (www.cabelas.com, then search for ‘chlorine’) for about $150 and
  eliminated my need to purchase chlorine products, other than a
  weekly ‘maintenance’ dose of shock. The chlorine generator converts
  the salt to chlorine and when it is used up it reverts back to salt
  and can then again be converted. Kind of an endless system. Most
  chlorine generators will run close to $600, making this a high priced
  venture, but having found an affordable one from Cabella’s makes it
  worth it. Cabelas offers the Intex Chlorine Generator for $144.99.
  You can also fine them on E-bay for a slightly higher price. BTW, the
  recommended salt content is about one-tenth the strength of the salt
  
  water in the ocean. Just be careful if you also have metal parts in
  your filtering and heating system as corrosion can become a problem.
  There is also quite a bit of info available on the internet. I’m two
  months into mine and so far, so good. No chlorine purchases for me.

• 2 Adeline Sang // Jun 9, 2007 at 2:52 pm

  I recommend a rainbow 3 inch tablet auto feeder. rainbow is owned by
  pentair pool products. it comes in an offline and online version and
  both are pretty easy to install. if you have a heater, you must install
  a check valve to prevent backflow into the exchanger. it will explain
  this in the installation instructions. These are great devices, the
  only problem i see with them, is people tend to only use the tablets,
  and this can cause a rapid increase in the cya levels of the pool.
  i’ve seen them as high as 300 ppm.
  paul

• 3 Lenny Rivers // Jun 12, 2007 at 5:05 am

  Hi Peter,
  I had never heard not wise to put tabs in the skimmer basket - why
  would this be???
  We have an automatic feeder - I fill it once a week or every other week
  depending on our weather - and I set it, and it runs. I didn’t use it
  last year - had constant problems but this year after the new
  filter/sand we seem to have a nice clear pool with minimal maintenance.
  I was constantly told to shock last year (our first year) - oh and we
  had phosphates, so that was a good suggestion to have that tested!
  Sincerely,
  Pam
  I was told that placing the tabs in the skimmer

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