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If there is no stabiliser in a pool a person will need to use
twice as much chlorine!
One must however be careful. If stabiliser levels climb too
high it will interfere with the ability of chlorine to do its job
correctly. Therefore it is important to check these levels
regularly.
When purchasing look at the label, the active constituent
will say Sodium Dichloroiscyanurate
Stabilised Tablets
Also referred to as Ticca Tabs, Once a Week Tablets,
Trichlor Tabs and of course its chemical name
Sodium Trichloroisocyanurate Acid.
This chlorine
is the slowest dissolving of all chlorines and I
might add the strongest.
This is of course where the nick name Once a Week
Tablets came from, because these tablets are used to
place in a Tablet Dispenser or Tablet Floater to dissolve
slowly over a few days.
As Stabilised Chlorine it contains a stabiliser so one still
must be careful to monitor the stabiliser levels in the pool
to ensure they
don't get too high.
They are fantastic when one has to go away for a few
days. They give a person peace of mind that they won't be
returning to a yucky green pool or that the neighbour
doesn't have to leap over the fence to dose the pool every
day.
