Does Your Chlorine Jug Have a Yellow Cap? Liquid chlorine may have a label that says it was packaged at 12.5%, but what has it degraded down to by the time it gets to you? Per major liquid chlorine packagers: “This product degrades with age”. So…we ask you… how stale is your chlorine? Sodium hypochlorite, liquid chlorine, is a very popular method of sanitizing recreational water like swimming pools. While it is the same chemical compound as common household bleach, swimming pool chlorine is initially packaged around twice the strength of common household bleach. While one of the most popular and common methods of sanitizing and shocking your pool, even at its strongest, liquid chlorine is the weakest form of chlorine sanitizer you can use in a swimming pool. To make it worse, liquid chlorine degrades with age, so make sure you are getting the freshest chlorine possible from the nearest local packager. When choosing to purchase liquid chlorine, do your research on how far and long of a commute that container has had to make from its packager to you. There are packagers that are in other regions of the country which ship their chlorine to distribution centers first, which then redirect them to local dealers who finally have it in stock for you to purchase. As one example, Buckman’s packages liquid chlorine near Philadelphia, transports to distributors outside of Hartford and Boston which then finally ship to local dealers. How long has this chlorine been sitting on loading docks, on transport trucks, on more loading docks and storage and finally then delivered locally? And after all this time, how much potency is really left? Is that chlorine so much cheaper at the national chain? Regional discount store? Even another specialty store? How come? Where was it packaged and how long has it been degrading and decaying before it got on that shelf? Read the label and know where your chlorine is packaged! We choose to purchase our liquid chlorine from a much more local packager within Rhode Island. Accu-Care Supply, which packages and ship their chlorine directly to us, allows us to provide the strongest, freshest liquid chlorine available! Buckman's Yellow Cap from Pennsylvania vs. Accu-Care's Pool Clear Local From Rhode Island!
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6/23/2022 12:10:30 am
This is one of the essentials on pool maintenance. Thank you for sharing how it arrives in the destination from manufacturing to retail.
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9/6/2022 01:28:03 am
On my experience, not all pools has the same chlorine amount
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12/2/2022 07:58:09 am
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