DOES A SALT WATER CHLORINATOR IS DIFFERENT TO THE GRANULAR CHLORINE OR LIQUID CHLORINE?
Calcium hypochlorate contains 65% chlorine, sodium hypochlorite contains approximately 12.5% chlorine, but the chlorine produced by a Vchlorin salt-water chlorinator is 100% chlorine. The chlorine produced by a Vchlorin chlorinator is exactly the same element (chlorine) as is contained within sodium hypochlorite and calcium hypochlorate. HOW DOES THE VCHLORIN CHLORINATOR PUT THE CHLORINE INTO THE WATER? The Vchlorin cell produces elemental chlorine gas in the water, and the chlorine produced is exactly the same as other types of chlorine used for swimming pool sanitization. Regardless of whether the chlorine comes from the electrolytic action of a Vchlorin cell, or from the chlorine contained in granular chlorine or liquid chlorine, the chlorine dissolves into the water to form hypochlorous acid and hypochlorite ions. It is actually these two components, which are the active sanitizers in pool water. Hypochlorous acid is a strong sanitizer and hypochlorite ions are a weak sanitizer. It
