Disinfection with chlorine

Disinfection of pool water with chlorine

Chlorine is the most commonly used chemical for disinfecting pool water. It is perfect for oxidizing organic pollutants and kills bacteria with the highest efficiency. Chlorine can be used for continuous disinfection. Chlorine products should be chosen by pool owners who want to use a safe and reliable disinfection method that ensures hygienic water, as well as those who want to choose a good value for money.

Products with or without chlorine stabilizer? Approximately 80% of indoor swimming pools worldwide are treated with chlorine tablets made from trichloroisocyanuric acid. Cyanuric acid (also called a stabilizer) reduces the natural breakdown of chlorine caused by heat and UV rays. This prevents the water from absorbing chlorine too quickly, resulting in an insufficient amount of disinfectants in the pool water. To avoid excess stabilizer in the pool water, the filter should be washed at least once a week. Backwashing should last 3 to 5 minutes and approximately 3% of the pool water should be replaced with clean water. If you want to avoid possible problems due to excessive water stabilization, use products without stabilizer.

Certain concentrated disinfectants have bleaching properties. For this reason, it is important that you never use slow-dissolving chlorine tablets, such as "Chlorilong" or "Chlorilong 5", directly into the pool, as the substances in these products can leave behind white stains. Always use a dosing float instead or put the tablets directly into the dispenser. Quick-dissolving chlorine tablets such as "Chloriklar" should be dissolved in a bucket, chlorine granules such as "Chlorifix", "Complete & Easy" or "Chloryte" can be dosed directly into the pool. Because the granules dissolve quickly, there is no risk of white spots. Use chlorine granules very carefully in different areas around the pool, preferably in front of the inlets when the circulation pump is running.

In this swimming pool chemicals category, you will find a wide selection of liquid chlorine, chlorine tablets and granules, slow and fast dissolving chlorine products, chlorine dispensers.