Bill, I, too, am in NC. I've been using pool tablets for about a year...BROMINE, not chlorine. They don't seem to really keep down growth in the strainer itself but do seem to keep the outflow of water from the pump stronger (maybe I'm just imagining this)..also I have a March pump that is water-cooled by very small diameter tubing. This is an achilles heel of this pump because if they become occluded, the pump rapidly overheats and is destroyed. The tablets are said to help prevent this.....
Hope this helps. Will be interested to get other feedback..... Melinda Celerity Morgan 382 --- On Mon, 2/2/09, Bill Pardee <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Bill Pardee <[email protected]> > Subject: [Liveaboard] Chlorine tablets in the strainer > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, February 2, 2009, 8:13 PM > A couple of friends have told me they put chlorine tablets > in the water > intake strainer for the reverse cycle ac unit to prevent > fouling with > algae or slime. I have had growth in the strainer during > warm weather > here in North Carolina brackish water. However the > corrosive nature of > chlorine is a little scary. > > Is this a common practice? Do any of you use this > preventive measure? > > Thanks, > Bill > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected] > The archives are at > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
