Chlorine Tablets & Pool Chlorine
Swimming Pool CareChlorine tablets are used to help chlorinate your swimming pool. Using a combination of of chlorine and cyanuric acid they help to give you better pool water maintenance. These tabs are a safe and effective way to keep your swimming pool clean, clear, and healthy. It can also aid in keeping your pH level in line with no pH bounce. Put them in your tablet floater or swimming pool chemical feeder and you're on your way to a great looking pool. This will also help keep your pool maintenance cost in check. Whether for in ground or aboveground swimming pools, you'll get your information right here.
The main kind of tablet is Trichlor. 
When the water passes over the tablets they dissolve to increase the swimming pool chlorine and cyanuric acid level in the pool. They will also lower the swimming pool pH because they tend to be on the acidic side. Trichlor tabs are very convenient, but there is a catch. Isn't there always? At this point you will need to drain 1/3 - 1/2 of your water, refill, then start again. Many times pool owners will be going along just fine until something happens like an algae bloom. They test and re-test the pool water and everything seems fine, but the water keeps getting greener and they have no idea why. Probably the CYA is either too high or low. You need to remember that Trichlor tabs are very acidic so you need to keep the pump running at least 12 hours in the Summer and 6 - 8 hours in the Winter, unless you choose to winterize your swimming pool. If the pump doesn't run long enough you'll get a build-up of pool acid and chlorine which can ruin your swimming pool cover and plumbing. There are some chlorine tablets on the market that say it's safe to put them in the skimmer because they only dissolve when the water is circulating. My advice is to just get a good tab floater or swimming pool chemical feeder and use it. Never put tabs in the skimmer. Also remember that for every 1ppm of Free Available Chlorine you will also add 0.6ppm of CYA. Without proper dilution and backwashing of the swimming pool water the CYA will build up very quickly. A higher CYA means a higher level of pool chlorine to properly sanitize your pool unless a good PolyQuat 60 algaecideis used on a weekly basis. Just remember that every 10ppm of pool chlorine that is added by using Trichlor tabs you will also increase your cyanuric acid level by 6ppm.
Another good swimming pool chemicals is Dichlor, or sodium dichloroisocyanurate. It is a granular, stabilized, and fast dissolving form of pool chlorine and is often used as a pool shock. While Dichlor does add pool chlorine it will also increase your CYA level while lowering your pool water pH level. Take care in using Dichlor as your CYA can get out of hand very quickly. Because of this I would recommend either chlorine granules (Calcium Hypochlorite) or liquid pool chlorine (sodium hypochlorite) as your pool shock. Both of these kinds of pool chlorine will give your swimming pool a good pool shock without much happening to the CYA level. Just remember that using Calcium Hypochlorite will raise your calcium hardness and will probably require a good vacuuming after your pool shock. Use your swimming pool chlorine tablets on a regular basis, test the water with a good test kit, and have the pool you deserve. Go To: Pool Chlorine From Chlorine Tablets
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