Has anyone ever heard of putting liquid bleach in their swimming pool as opposed to chlorine tabs or powder?

Question

My neighbor does this and I was just wondering how safe it was/potency?

Answer 1

I sold a lot of liquid chlorine (highly concentrated bleach) when I worked at a pool store. It's actually a better way to add the chemical, because you don't have everything concentrated in your skimmer basket.

Answer 2

In recent years, concern regarding the safety hazards associated with liquid chlorine has grown to such an extent that several major cities now restrict transportation of chlorine within their boundaries. Tablets, ( KINTABS) on the other hand are easy and convenient to store and transport. One pallet containing 600 jars each of 200 tablets is equivalent to 120,000 x 1 litre in use bleach solutions of 1,000 PPM active chlorine concentration.

Liquid chlorine is bulky, heavy and prone to leakage and spillage. Chlorine tablets are compact, economical and safe to ship and can even be sent by airfreight.

Answer 3

Yes I did that, but I would have to use about 5 times as much household bleach as pool chlorine.

Answer 4

There are more factors to a pool than just the chlorine level. You need to check the Acid/Ph balance to. I would spend a little bit of cash and get the proper equipment. Or at least get a tester. They are only like $5.

Answer 5

Pool supply places have liquid chlorine. It's very common to use it.

Answer 6

It gives it a good shock especially if algae has started to grow. It's not unusual for people to do this to chlorine pools, can't do it to salt pools.