No bleach in the grocery stores...
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Originally Posted by Fat Charlie
So we ordered a saltwater chlorine generator, it should be here by the end of the week. Pool chemistry just got way easier and less expensive!
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It showed up, and I got to work putting the pool plumbing back together. Because the chlorine generator has to be in a particular spot, I completely redid everything downstream of the filter, and took advantage of the "redo everything" to reorient the pump/filter and get rid of the flex hose from the skimmer to the pump and ran PVC. So now I've got way fewer turns in the pipe after the pump, a much smoother diversion to the solar panel and the only bit that isn't hard plumbing is the hose from the pump to the filter, which is a really hard hose.
The return jet into the pool is stronger than it's ever been, the solar panel added 6 degrees to the pool on Sunday, and the chemistry is looking good. My chemical purchases have just gone from a pack or two of shock in the spring and a few gallons of bleach every week to... a pack or two of shock in the spring. And if we go away for a week, the pool will happily stay well chlorinated without needing a neighbor's kid to come by a couple times.