is chlorine bleach the same as the chlorine in pools? Can I put it in my pool?

Answer 1

Sodium hypochlorite is the active chemical in both household chlorine
bleach and one type of chlorinating agent used in swimming pools. The
practical problem is that household bleach is only about 5% sodium
hypochlorite. At that dilution you would have to use gallons and gallons of
household bleach in the swimming pool, so it is not practical. You would not
be able to keep the level of active chlorine where you need it for a
swimming pool.

Answer 2

Sorry Mac, that s nonsense. Not only is bleach very cheap it s sodium chlorite which is the exact same +3 chlorine generated by a salt water chlorinator. I switched to bleach and I have never been happier. 55,000 L pool. One Gallon of bleach increased my free chlorine from 1 to 5 on the strip tabs. It s cheap to at around A$3 a Gallon. Contains no calcium hypochorite which makes pool cloudy and very hard (basically chalk). If your chlorine is fluctuating it s due to insufficient stabiliser (cyanuric acid) which should be around the 50ppm mark. By the way I put 2Kgs of normal unstabilised cholrine in my perfectly balance pool. It lasted for about 4 days and pool was cloudy for a week. Regular bleach is the way to go.

Answer 3

Yes, but no. The chlorine in bleach is chlorine dissolved in water. The chlorine in your pool, is also chlorine and water. However, it depends on which source of chlorine you want to use. Chlorine that goes into your pool usually comes in salt tablets, so when you throw them in the water, they dissociate/break up into individual chlorine and salt ions. So you do get chlorine, but you also get a salt. Take sodium chloride for example: NaCl2. It's a solid salt, throw it in water, it breaks up into Na+, and 2 Cl-, individually. I'm not sure if it's better to use the salt tablets or the chlorine by itself from bleach. The ion concentration in your pool and in your body will always try to maintain equilibrium. Having too much salt or chloride for example in your pool, will make you loose water from your body, or vice versa. So it helps to make them the same concentration as possible, and you'll achieve the safest water condition for your body. You can also consider the phosphorous level by just looking at your water, or how it smells. If there's algae; if it's green and starts smelling like fishes, you have too much phosphate compounds built up. Overal, yes, you can use bleach to put into your pool for chlorine; its there to minimize bacteria growth.

Answer 4

No!!!!!! They are as different as shampoo and conditioner. Go to a pool supplies store and buy some pool chlorine (that's what it's called) it's a huge yellow container, and buy some chlorine tablets, and acid. If you use regular bleach your pool will smell liek s-h-i-t and it'll turn yellow.

Answer 5

I would have to say no or everyone and their mothers would be using chlorine bleach in their pools

Good Luck
moskie257

Answer 6

No. Pool chlorine is much stronger and lasts longer

Answer 7

noo i really doubt it...cuz you're not supposed to touch chlorine bleach cuz it burns your hand or something..and you're gonna put in your pool???!

Answer 8

no, different concentrations. The pool stuff is stronger.

Answer 9

no and yea its not the same thing but if u wanna put it in ur pool ull pass away
thanxx

Answer 10

Technically, yes.