How long should it take a 20,000 gallon pool to use ten of the 3″ chlorine tabs in the dispenser attached to the pump/filter?
Makes sense Mitheral. However, I’d expect the pool maintenance guys to know that, and not put 10 of them in for a 20,000 gallon pool if it should only use 2 a week. As I said the pool came with the house so we didn’t get any training except what I have read in books and online, and this is the first that I have heard that it’s not supposed to be filled – because the guys that maintain it fill it up! lol.
Then why the hell does it hold 11! Our pool is outdoors, and if the walls and floors don’t get brushed they get very gross. Right now the pool is over chlorinated and we still have a small bit of green algae on the side. Is the chlorine making the algae grow? I thought it kills it. I’m going to go post on a forum because this has just led to more questions. And now I’m pissed off about this stupid feeder that holds 11 tablets when it doesn’t do anything automatically at all. The books I got on pool maintenance make it sound much harder than just flipping some switches. 🙁 Stupid pool.
Grither, we have a “feeder” attached to the pump. In theory it is supposed to dispense them as needed, otherwise why would it be big enough to hold 10? Then the pool would have WAY too much chlorine. It is this model: http://www.bestbuypoolsupply.com/320chlorinator.html It says it “Holds approximately […] 11- 3 ” chlorine tablets.” I am not the one who put 10 of them in, but I would think if you filled it up the “automatic” part would imply it would only use what is needed over the 7 days, so it would automatically use 2 tablets a week for my pool. However, the person who did put 10 in says he put them in on a Tuesday and the next Friday my husband looked and it was empty. So either he lied about putting them in, or it used all 10 in a few days. I am inclined to think the first, but I don’t know enough about the pool or equipment (which is why I pay the people to do it for me).
The reason the feeders are big is because they want to sell you all sorts of things to put in them. I suspect the pool chemical manufacturers and dealers have dreams where every week, every pool user uses three chlorine pucks, two “ultra clear” pucks, one copper herbicide puck, and one “super mineral” puck. I am not making those up. You can buy all kinds of “make your pool amazing” crap to put in there. But you don’t really need any of it- other than the chlorine which is 1/5 the price if you buy it in liquid form. if you don’t believe me
