Hot Tub Forum
Original => Hot Tub Forum => Topic started by: jenC on August 22, 2008, 03:28:28 pm
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On my chemical bottles it says "Store in a cool dry place" (I use Chlorine and Non-Chlorine Shock - Sani-Chlor and Sani-Shock is I think what they say on the bottles - by Nature's Way?). But I'm almost positve I've read of tubs that provide chemical storage in the cabinet.. which doesn't seem like a cool dry place. So which is it? I would really like to keep my chemicals in my garage but in the summer, it can get a little warm in there (I'm in Illinois). I assume it's ok to keep them out there in the fall/winter? Am I safe in the summer too?
Thanks!
Jen
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Except for my water test kit and liquid stuff I keep all my pool and spa chemicals in the garage.
I buy pool chlorine by the 50lb load and it lasts for years. My spa chlorine lasts for about a year.
Any liquid stuff is kept either in the basement or the stairs to the basement.
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Jen
Be careful where in the garage you store your chlorine. Powdered chlorine gives off a oxidizing aura and will attack everything close to the bottle it actually permeates right through the plastic bottle. If you happen to own a restored 1967 Mustang you do not want to store dichlor near the bumpers, it will cause it to rust prematurely. I keep ours inside a cabinet in the garage and all my liquid stuff stays in the basement like Vinny said
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Jen
Be careful where in the garage you store your chlorine. Powdered chlorine gives off a oxidizing aura and will attack everything close to the bottle it actually permeates right through the plastic bottle. If you happen to own a restored 1967 Mustang you do not want to store dichlor near the bumpers, it will cause it to rust prematurely. I keep ours inside a cabinet in the garage and all my liquid stuff stays in the basement like Vinny said
I thought that was a problem only with trichlor, that's why I didn't mention it. I heard trichlor will even eat up the electrical wires.