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Post by urbanprep on Oct 14, 2012 13:51:13 GMT -7
WOW!!! Never thought of this...Carol has several 5 gallon buckets of this stuff put away for her pool!! I think I will be keeping this in mind for future needs! She buys more every year, because when it gets to a new swimming season, she no longer wants to use the old stuff, but refuses to throw it out. Wanna bet I can take a few of those buckets off her hands and she will be happy to part with them!! Thanks! Just make sure it is Calcium Hypochlorite, the newer stuff isn't and isn't approved for sanitizing water for consumption. I try to buy HTH as itt is usually Calcium Hypochlorite. Also stay away from the Sodium based (don't know why, but a number of reference sites stated that.) I usually have to get it at Ace Hardware as WalMart, Lowes and Home Depot all carry the newer stuff.
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Post by WILL on Oct 14, 2012 14:00:33 GMT -7
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Post by missj on Oct 14, 2012 14:12:48 GMT -7
maybe you can return it? I don't know for sure if it matters or not, but to play it safe you might stick with the described ingredient.
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Post by WILL on Oct 14, 2012 14:20:17 GMT -7
maybe you can return it? I don't know for sure if it matters or not, but to play it safe you might stick with the described ingredient. I'll post the chemical later because I'd like to know how flexible this idea is. I guess I can always use it on my pool if it's not potable.....
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Post by geron on Oct 14, 2012 14:41:53 GMT -7
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2012 15:17:28 GMT -7
WOW!!! Never thought of this...Carol has several 5 gallon buckets of this stuff put away for her pool!! I think I will be keeping this in mind for future needs! She buys more every year, because when it gets to a new swimming season, she no longer wants to use the old stuff, but refuses to throw it out. Wanna bet I can take a few of those buckets off her hands and she will be happy to part with them!! Thanks! Just make sure it is Calcium Hypochlorite, the newer stuff isn't and isn't approved for sanitizing water for consumption. I try to buy HTH as itt is usually Calcium Hypochlorite. Also stay away from the Sodium based (don't know why, but a number of reference sites stated that.) I usually have to get it at Ace Hardware as WalMart, Lowes and Home Depot all carry the newer stuff. She has worked at Walmart now for 30+ years...it is HTH and yup...it is the right stuff.
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Post by baldninja on Dec 12, 2012 14:02:37 GMT -7
We had pools the whole time I was growing up, from the above ground kind that actually collapse when emptied, to an above ground fiberglass one with a deck, to an inground olympic sized one with diving board....and it was mostly my responsibility to do the upkeep on them from a very young age, as I pretty much lived in the things for 6 months per year....would have been all year but my dad refused to heat it in the winter, the cheapskate....lol
Unless they've begun using different formulas for shock treatment in the last 18 years, you should be careful with these products. Direct contact with the skin will cause chemical burns, inhaling the fumes will burn your entire respiratory system(and your eyes if hovering over the container) and using too much of it would certainly be toxic.
If proper precautions are taken, however, this is an excellent alternative to bleach. Although it seems I've seen granulated bleach concentrate as well and I wonder if that wouldn't be the best option overall. Say what you will about what bleach will and will not kill in comparison to shock treatment, but the Department of Health requires you to sanitize all restaurant surfaces, dinnerware and equipment with a bleach/water solution....so we know it to be safe for such things, including disinfecting water, as it's been done for ages now. I'm not sure what kind of studies have been done in connection to using shock treatment for prolonged treatment of ingestible water. Some of the "filler" stuff may actually be dangerous over time, especially if ingested, even in small amounts. Not saying that's the case, just that this isn't something I'm aware of having been done by many people or for very long to have that kind of data available.
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Post by woodyz on Dec 12, 2012 15:52:12 GMT -7
Even the FEMA site recommends pool shock over liquid bleach. What seems so confusing is the measurement system to use.
Here is what I have used for several years. I store the pool shock in CPVC, what size would depend on the amount to be stored.
What I carry in a 48 or 72 hour kit is a piece of 1/2 " CPVP cut to the length where it fits with a cap on both ends. I use 1/2" CPVC because the cap will hold exactly 1/8 of an ounce. So one cap gets added to one gallon of dirty/filtered water, mix well and let set 1/2 hour NOTE: DO NOT DRINK THIS GALLON.
After the mixture sets add 8 of the CPVC cap fulls of the treated water to 2 liters of water, mix well and drink. 16 cap fulls of the treated water to a gallon.
Even if I am storing the pool shock in a 1" pipe I put in a 1/2" CPVC cap to measure with.
The pool shock has other uses as well. Add a quarter cup to a couple of inches of brake fluid in a small container and it will create fire in a couple of minutes. Don't, mix, don't shake, don't stir.
Never add liquid bleach to pool shock or pool shock to liquid bleach. Never mix drano or a bleach solution.
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