Steve, make a video showing your pool equipment. I think we all are curious about what you use in your pool.

Liquid has been my first choice for 30 years. I disperse it right in front of the jet to mix it in. I use a cheap siphon pump to transfer about 5 liters at a time into a smaller, easier to manage container, then pour into a 1 liter container the correct amount that need for that days treatment. Always added at the end of the day, after the sun is no longer shinning on the pools surface.

This is what I tell all my pool owner friends. They don't always get it. The pool stores have a "spell" over them. Thanks for helping others as I was years ago. CYA and liquid chlorine addition is easy.

I used LC exclusively until 3 years ago when I got a SWG. LC works well and it is the cheapest. But I did SWG for convenience and peace of mind.

Your videos are so informative! What are your he down sides of liquid chlorine?

Been using liquid chlorine since i first saw your recommendation to never use stabilized pucks.

Excellent video. I live in Phoenix az and have used pucks for 4 years. My cya has always stayed between 40 - 70. I figured after 4 years of use my cya would skyrocket....but it hasn't

thumbs up steve. Any way to slow release liquid chlorine while I away from the pool?

Why not use a colloidal copper generator? I have been using one for months now. I have slowly lowered my chlorine so that the copper can build up. I am now at basically unreadable chlorine levels, and my pool sparkles. I brush and hand vaccum maybe once a week, usually less often. I used to have to brush maybe twice a week before with chlorine. I only add muriatic acid now to lower my ph once a week or so. What are your thoughts? Thanks for everything. Love the channel.

I find using boric acid, liquid chlorine, and a solar copper ionizer works great. The pool water that is surrounded by trees on three sides has been crystal clear for over 5 years in the hot Arizona sun. Plus, I use an 1100gph bilge pump that runs off a 100-watt solar panel to shoot out a five-foot stream all day when it is sunny out

Off topic to this video, but could you do a quick how-to video of how to properly bond the old style black piping with the new flexible PVC hose?

Would 100% agree. (Sorry, long comment) What I’d really love to know is, how does the level of chlorine differ between the various forms? So let’s say you have a 10k gal or 38m3 pool, how much of each would you need to reach say 3ppm, you could then calculate the effectiveness per $/€/£. Our liquid chlorine in France, I can buy sodium hypo which is labelled for cleaning patios and roofs etc (it does also mention pools) it is approx 18€ for 20L, in a white container. The pool shop on the other hand also sell 20L jugs, which is something like 27€, in a blue container. I’ve used both, and despite them being the same %, I find the pool place’s chlorine to be far more potent. I don’t know if it’s a storage thing or what. I don’t know how much your chlorine liquid is over there, with the absurd prices I see pucks at in the US, I’m 100% certain that liquid is cheaper. But here in France, you can buy cheaper supermarket stuff, and god know they’re probably mostly almost all the same but the pool shop, 10Kg multi action is 61€ If you had to put in 1L every other day, vs 4 tabs a week. I just can’t see liquid being cheaper. But sure, you have the cya issue with the tabs. Weirdly, if you have any explanation for this, as I have not been able to figure this out in 9yrs, how do you winterise a pool with high cya in Nov, to then open it in May and the cya is minimal, where’s it gone? Seeing as the only way to reduce is via dilution. Surely the rain wouldn’t dilute it, not by that much??

From what i heard liquid chlorine doesn't have stabilizer in it so you have to add chlorine every day if u use liquid chlorine because the sun breaks the chlorine down

I had a CYA problem and had no idea the pucks and some chlorine packages had CYA in them. I half drained my pool twice before someone told me to switch to liquid chlorine. I'm scared of pucks and packages now.

Hi Steve. Thanks. Much wisdom here. But I don't get the "LQ is cheapest" argument. My salt cell in its lifetime will produce 1000 pounds of available chlorine (rated 800 hours, 1.25 lb/hour) using 240 kwh of power. A gallon of 12.5% LQ contains 1.2 pounds and costs at least $6 per gallon where I live. That's $5000 for the 1000 pounds. My entire salt system costs $1900 new. Say $1000 to pay someone to install (though I can do it myself). The power to make the 1000 lb is about $40. So we're looking at $2940 vs $5000. If you don't trust the 800 hour rating (I don't), then note I haven't added the cost to go fetch the LQ and that the 12.5% is very often degraded by the time I use it. Also that a replacement cell for another 800 hours costs me $650, not $2900. I'm also skipping the cost of replenishing salt once a year, but that's minimal. The upshot is I just don't see the LQ cost advantage. A video about this would be really fascinating!

Steve, what about peristaltic feeder pumps for liquid chlorine especially reliable & easy to maintain brand such as RolaChem? Any opinion on those? Also, any opinion on Hayward CAT Controllers vs. Pool Link Classic & new 501 model Controllers?

Steve, can/should you use liquid chlorine to shock a salt water pool? It contains no calcium to damage the SWG or CYA.

Steve i use shock, pucks, and algacude weekly. If i change to liquid, will i still use pucks and algacide. Sorry im new to pools

We have found a dead mouse in our I saltwater pool. We know that it’s been there more than several days.! What should I do ? Do I need to shock chroline the water ? Would that be enough for bacteries ?

I have a new in ground pool with a Frog Infuser. How would I use liquid chlorine with this system?

Here in south Florida it’s pretty tough to go too high on cyanuric acid since the pools lose a lot of water unless it’s screened or heavily shaded. Really depends on location. My pool usually just gets tri chlor tablets every week. Especially in the spring months where it’s not raining much at all and theres a ton of sun and evaporation. A trick I do if it ever turns green which is rare, after testing I just crush several tablets. Turns it into granular tri chlor which dissolves much faster and can very effectively shock your pool with some algaecide. Just have to be careful with it slamming your ph since Tri has a ph of about 2.8 I love tablets. Problems with liquid is it’s poor shelf life, it’s heavy, it’s pretty weak for the amount you use, it raises ph, so you’ll constantly have to add stabilizer and sulfuric or muriatic acid. Which makes for very frequent trips to the pool store. Instead I go like twice a year I’ll get some bi carb and a bucket of tabs. That’s it really unless I need algaecide or stabilizer which is rare.

I like your videos, but what is the ballpark amount needed. For example, for a 20,000 gallon pool I use three 3" tabs per week. Roughly how many gallons of Chlorine a week would be needed?

I have a 2 year old pool that all of a sudden has little brown bumps that feel like sandpaper but only on landing and steps. Any idea how to remove and what can cause it

Great video as always, Steve. Keep them coming! Liquid chlorine aka bleach is great in pools. Wanted to add some more info on adding any type of chlorine product. As Steve said the tablets will add Cyanuric Acid to your pool, other names of the same thing are conditioner, and stabalizer, all are the same thing. Once the Cyanuric acid is in your pool it's hard to remove. A general max is 50-ppm, depending on your pool. Any time you're adding these products to your pool you're adding something else you may not be considering. Liquid chlorine adds salt to your pool which is not really ever a bad thing coming from that because it's in small amounts. Calcium Hypochlorite (shock) will add calcium to your pool. Depending on what area your pool is and the water that you maintain it with will greatly effect the calcium in your pool.

many say LC is cheaper than tablets, but at the cost of multiple applications per week as the sun eats up the LC - Here in the HIOT Arizona sun?, sure you can add a stabilizer to the LC to make it last longer but now ur adding costs... I would like to here from the experts on the PER MONTH all-in costs of treating with LC ($7-$8 per gallon here in Tucson) versus using a Tablet (~$0.40/ounce or $2.50/each 3" tab at ~1/week)??

This is probably a very stupid question but does this apply to salt water pools? Thanks

I see there is different percentages of chlorine. What should we be buying?

Is this instead of shock? Sorry new to doing all this.

What is shelf life for LC?

Is it okay to use a combination of liquid and pucks?

Thanks, use LC all the time, $5.00/ gallon jug down here in Texas

SWG Brohan

How much to add daily weekly?

Very expensive the price has sky rocket in the last yr.

But not in pools with a high iron content.

Too aggravating having to add every other day plus how to know how much CYA to add so it doesnt burn off

Liquid chlorine seems more expensive. I have to pay $10 a gallon and it burns off in 2-3 days

The best is MAGNA POOL . No chlorine, just Magnesium Salt.

I have a 15x30 pool.. how much chlorine and how often. I watch my pool guy come out every week but never puts anything in it . Only checks the pucks in the basket 🫣