On-site Chlorine generator for fresh water pool?

[swck]

Does anyone have an on-site chlorine generator for a fresh water pool?
I do not want to convert my pool to salt water and I’m well aware of the liquid chlorine systems.
The advantages seem obvious versus all the issues handling chlorine but I have not seen any units advertised except for commercial units. Are they too expensive or too complicated?

I have a 25000+ gallon pool in the Houston area.

 

[bmoreswim]

The uninformed answer is they must be one of those two. I’ve never heard of anyone with one or any discussion of them in my 5 years here. You may want to step back and look at what all the issues handling chlorine are (I can see buying it and pouring it in the pool) and what your reasons are for not wanting to go with a SWCG. The corrosion of stone and everything else are mostly bunk.

The only three ways to sanitize a residential pool we see and endorse are a) SWCG, b) pouring bleach and c) automated bleach delivery via a Stenner pump or similar. Use of pucks could ok be in specific cases.

Hopefully someone will be able to tell you for sure on your question. I wouldn’t be surprised if someone here uses one at the office!

 

[JoyfulNoise]

See The Chlorine Genie - Chlorine Genie - The Ultimate Pool Chlorinator as that is about as close as you’ll get.

An on-site chlorine gas generator would be too dangerous to have in a residential setting. Chlorine gas is toxic, corrosive and explosive and it requires appropriate chemical safety training to handle it. It’s not something that would ever be sold for residential use.

For a $10k to $15k investment, you could build your own sodium hypochlorite / mixed oxidizer (MiOX) setup

 

[mknauss]

See The Chlorine Genie - Chlorine Genie - The Ultimate Pool Chlorinator as that is about as close as you’ll get.

There was a forum member that was going to use one of those earlier this year -- never heard back from them if it works as advertised.

Good luck.

 

[Jimrahbe]

swck,

Welcome o TFP... A great resource for all your pool questions, whether your Land has Wood on it or not...

Before you try to reinvent the wheel, why not tell us why you don't want to use a normal salt water system?

I have three salt water pools and have yet to have any problems. Everyone that has used them, loves them...

I can't see any reason that I would every go back to a normal chlorinated pool. Just curious...

Thanks for posting,

Jim R.

 

[Shekkie]

I was hesitant to switch to a SWG due to what I read in some brief searches. Once I dug in a bit more I found most of it to be ill informed gibberish. My "pool guy" that I only use for closing due to the size of my cover (and convenience) was alarmed when I told him that I switched over. He relaxed and told me I'd love it once he found out that I do routine testing and balancing of my water. Many of his customers have treated the SWG like it makes their pool "maintenance free" and their poor chemistry takes it's toll on their decks, liners and equipment.

Zero chance I'd switch away from a salt wateer chlorine system at this point.

 

[Donldson]

Many of his customers have treated the SWG like it makes their pool "maintenance free" and their poor chemistry takes it's toll on their decks, liners and equipment.

I would say that this is likely the cause of nearly all problems that get blamed on saltwater. All forms of solid or liquid chlorine add salt to the pool so most pools will have 1/3-2/3 the salt level of an SWG pool and should be seeing the exact same wear on their pools, stonework, and equipment only a year or two delayed. Especially heaters, where I have seen trichlor chlorinated pool heaters completely destroyed within months due to failure to maintain the correct pH.

But this is a big problem in the pool industry, inaccurate information becomes "fact" and many companies have a financial interest in maintaining those facts. Just look at all the problems chlorine is blamed for, and the same companies insisting that anything higher than 3 ppm FC will melt your skin off are selling phosphate removers and algaecides. Funny that.

But all that aside, welcome to TFP swck! As said, there really isn't any freshwater alternative, but I would challenge you to test the salt level in your pool. You might find that your water is already much closer saltwater levels than you thought.

 

[swck]

There was a forum member that was going to use one of those earlier this year -- never heard back from them if it works as advertised.

Good luck.

Thanks. This is what I was looking for.