Swimming Pool Chlorinators & Chemical Feeders

While swimming pool maintenance and sanitization are absolutely vital to ensuring positive swimming experiences and protecting the health of your swimmers, many pool owners find the demands of pool maintenance tiresome and time-consuming. Naturally, everyone would rather spend more time swimming and less time measuring and administering chemicals. At the same time, however, adding sanitizing chemicals to your pool on a regular basis is a step that simply cannot be neglected. Fortunately, by using swimming pool chlorinators and chemical feeders, you can keep your pool water clean and sanitized automatically without the need for continuous work on your part.

Swimming pool chlorinators and chemical feeders are devices which hold pool chemicals such as chlorine and bromine and feed them into the pool water at the proper rate. This not only reduces the amount of work that you're required to do to keep your pool sanitized, it also ensures that the right amount of the sanitizing chemical is injected into the swimming pool, making it easier to achieve the right chemical balance in the water. As a pool owner, all you have to do is keep the feeder topped up with the proper chemical and the device will do the rest.

There are a variety of different types of swimming pool chlorinators and swimming pool chemical feeders available on the market today. Floating chlorinators are one such type and are particularly ideal for spas and smaller swimming pools, although some models can also be used for pools of any size. There are floating chlorinators and floating chemical feeders available for both chlorine and bromine, and some even come in combination with a thermometer.

Floating chlorinators can also be used to add a touch of color and fun to your pool, as many are available in cute animal designs such as duck, dolphin and shark designs. Since floating chlorinators and chemical feeders simply float on your pool's surface, unattached to any equipment, they can easily and conveniently be used for both above ground and in-ground swimming pools as well as spas and hot tubs.

In addition to floating models, swimming pool chemical feeders and chlorinators are also available in off-line and in-line models. Off-line pool chemical feeders can typically be used for either chlorine or bromine and will work automatically in conjunction with your pool's pump and filter system. Easy to install and trouble-free, off-line chlorinators and chemical feeders do not need to be incorporated into your pool's piping or plumbing and are a great option for both new and existing swimming pools. Due to their lack of plumbing requirements, off-line chemical feeders are frequently used for above ground swimming pools. However, some manufacturers also produce off-line models that can be used with in-ground swimming pools.

In contrast to off-line chlorinators, in-line swimming pool chemical feeders need to be incorporated into your pool's plumbing. These feeders are designed to be placed after the pool's heater in the equipment system and should be the last major component in the system before the water is returned to the pool. Different models of in-line chlorinators and chemical feeders come with different capacities and are designed for use in pools of different sizes. All of the major manufacturers of chemical feeders offer in-line models for in-ground swimming pools as well as above ground swimming pools.

Whether a floating pool chemical feeder or an in-line or off-line model will be the best choice for you and your swimming pool will depend upon the size and capacity of your pool as well as your personal preferences. As previously mentioned, some floating chemical feeders are best for above ground swimming pools and spas due to their smaller capacity. However, off-line and in-line chemical feeders as well as certain floating models will provide highly effective sanitization for both in-ground and above ground swimming pools of a variety of sizes. When choosing a chemical feeder, it's extremely important to match its capacity to the size of your pool in order to get the best results.

Once you have chosen a chemical feeder for your swimming pool, no matter what type you ultimately end up selecting, you will enjoy a wide array of benefits. All of the above types of chlorinators and swimming pool chemical feeders automatically dispense chemicals and provide a constant feed into the water. This will not only regulate the addition of chemicals, it will also reduce manual handling of chemicals for increased safety. Whether you have an above ground swimming pool, an in-ground swimming pool or a spa or hot tub, swimming pool chlorinators and chemical feeders will minimize inconvenience while providing you with safe, reliable, trouble-free and worry-free pool sanitization.

Linda Gordon is swimming pool owner with more than 12 years experience of pool maintenance. She describes how to use swimming pool chlorinators and chemical feeders for pool maintenance and sanitization. Floating pool chlorinators and off-line or in-line models could help you keep water clean and safe.