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Can household bleach be used to increase the free chlorine levels in a pool?
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The answer is yes. To maintain a safe bacterial count in a swimming pool you need to have a free chlorine value of around 1.2 parts per million. Household bleach can achieve this at the correct dosing rate. The dosing rate will vary dependant on the concentration of the bleach. Typically household bleach can have a sodium hypochlorite concentration of between 3 and 6% when manufactured. Dependant on storage conditions and age this figure can alter as well. Best practice is to use a free chlorine tester to measure the chlorine in the pool and dose accordingly. The downside of using houshold bleach is that continued dosing can raise the pH level of the pool which reduces the effectiveness of the chlorine. In this case it is necessary to add an acid (usually hydrochloric acid) to keep the pH value between 7.2 and 7.4. CAUTION never mix household bleach directly with acids as it will release large quantities of toxic chlorine gas.
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Household bleach usually uses calcium hypochlorite as its active ingredient, as do most chlorine-donor swimming-pool disinfectants, but I would NOT recommend bleach for two reasons.
1) It may not be a simple hypochlorite solution in water, but may contain additives such as surfactants and perfumes.
2) It's extravagant! You buy bleach as a solution of chlorine-donor in water. Although granular Calcium Hypochorite sold for Swimming Pools contains a binder, it is far more concentrated - typically 60% - so far more economical than the bleach. You'd need many gallons of the household cleaner to give your pool the Cl level it needs! Also of course, bleach contains no stabiliser against UV degradation - you can buy pool disinfectant with this already in the compound.
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What happens when you mix bleach and pinesoL?
WHAT IS CHLORINE? Chlorine is a poisonous, greenish-yellow gas described as having a choking odor. It is a very corrosive, hazardous chemical. Usually combined with other chemicals, it is used to disinfect water, purify metals, bleach wood pulp and make other chemicals. Household bleach, used to whiten fabrics or remove mold from surfaces, is a 5% solution of a stabilized form of chlorine. Do Not Mix household bleach with base-containing or ammonia-containing cleaners. Dangerous levels of a very harmful gas can be released. Most of the chlorine that enters lakes, streams, or soil evaporates into the air or combines with other chemicals into more stable compounds. Chlorine-containing chemicals that seep through soil down into groundwater can remain unchanged for many years.
What household chemical can you use in your pool?
Yes what helps me is using about three gallons per thousand of pool water of hydrochloric acid! It'll balance out all of your levels to a homostatic state! I put in chemicals and within 30 min we were swimming! Hope the tip helped ! Happy swimming!
Can you use chlorine bleach to clean your pool?
Answer#1You sure can. One gallon of regular household bleach (5.25% concentration) will raise the free Chlorine level in a pool of 20,000 gallons by 1ppm. If you wished to "shock" a 20,000 gallon pool you would need 20 gallons of household bleach. Keep the kids indoors, for safety reasons. Some swim goggles would be useful for your safety.Once your pool has seen it's "shock and awe", (and after Chlorine levels have fallen below 3ppm) Trichloro-s-triazinetrione (Tri-Chlor) is a better sanitizer, being that it contains the stabilizer cyanuric acid, slowing its degredation due to UV exposure.
Can you use pool chlorine in washing machine?
I do. Use half as much. Pool chlorine is 12.5% sodium hypochlorite Laundry bleach that I use is 6% sodium hypochlorite. Sometimes I dilute the pool chlorine by one part water to one part pool chlorine and use it just like regular laundry bleach.
Is chlorine odorless?
No. It smells like bleach, in high levels it can be extremely harmful to the respiratory tract and in high concentrations fatal.
Can you use bleach to clean your pool?
Answer#1You sure can. One gallon of regular household bleach (5.25% concentration) will raise the free Chlorine level in a pool of 20,000 gallons by 1ppm. If you wished to "shock" a 20,000 gallon pool you would need 20 gallons of household bleach. Keep the kids indoors, for safety reasons. Some swim goggles would be useful for your safety.Once your pool has seen it's "shock and awe", (and after Chlorine levels have fallen below 3ppm) Trichloro-s-triazinetrione (Tri-Chlor) is a better sanitizer, being that it contains the stabilizer cyanuric acid, slowing its degredation due to UV exposure.
What do you do if you have an intex 15' x 42' pool and can't get the chlorine level up on the test strip and it always shows up white with no color and your alkaline is very high at 180?
Adjust your pH to 7.4 ; alkalinity to 80-120 with acid. Add more 12.5% chlorine. If you are using household 5% bleach you are getting nowhere fast. k I agree. You can not control the chlorine levels with the PH being right first. Concentrate on the PH.
What is the ratio of bleach to water for purification?
Answer#1Use regular unscented 5.25% household bleach. Read and follow the safety instructions on the bleach container's label. Never mix bleach with ammonia or any other cleaner. Wear rubber boots, rubber gloves, and eye protection. Try not to breathe bleach fumes. Open windows and doors to get fresh air.For purifying clear water, add ~0.75ml bleach per gallon. Let stand for 30 minutes before consuming.For purifying cloudy (ditch water) add ~1.5ml bleach per gallon. Let stand for 30 minutes before drinking.I recommend that after the water has been sanitized and has settled for several hours, pass it through a charcoal water filter, to remove the excess chlorine. The Brita water filter will remove the nasty tasting chlorine from the water. A chlorine detection kit (available at your local pool supply store) will detect the levels. Just be careful not to add it to water you plan to drink, OTO is poisonous.Info from CDC.gov
How many kilos of chlorine need for 135600 liters of water in a pool?
Using regular chlorine bleach (5% solution) at a rate of 6.5 ounces of bleach per 1000 gallons of water gives a chlorination level of 2ppm per 1000 gallons. To get the rate for 2500 gallons, multiply 6.5 by 2 to get 13 ounces for 2000 gallons, then divide 6.5 by 2 to get 3.25 ounces (the amount of bleach needed to treat 500 gallons) and add that to the 13 ounces to get a total of 16.25 ounces of chlorine bleach per 2500 gallons of waterat a level of 2ppm.For a swimming pool, you would likely want a 3ppm chlorine to water ratio (24.375 ounces bleach per 2500 gallons water).
What do you do if chlorine in saltwater pool is high?
Adjust your chlorine generator levels.
How much of chlorine and other supplies do you need on filling an empty pool that hold 23000 gallons of water?
4 cups of regular strength bleach daily per 10,000 gallons will keep the chlorine levels between 1 and 3 ppm. This pool needs 3.2L of liquid chlorine daily if stabilised or double that amount if not.
What are the pH levels of different household liquids?
Bleach has a pH level of 13. Distilled water has a pH of 7 while the pH of black coffee is 5 and the pH of lemon juice is 2.
