Auto Bleach Feeder

[eddiek2000]

I know there has been talk of this before, but has anyone built and tested one yet? I am finding myself in need of a setup. I go away for work often and the wife and kids have no idea nor desire to take care of my spa. I would love a simple method to give it a daily dose of bleach, and I can manually add more when the demand exists.

[dtherio]

Hi,

I know there has been talk of this before, but has anyone built and tested one yet? I am finding myself in need of a setup. I go away for work often and the wife and kids have no idea nor desire to take care of my spa. I would love a simple method to give it a daily dose of bleach, and I can manually add more when the demand exists.

Not sure if it would work, there are auto-feeders for aquariums. You might be able to modify one of those to dump the bleach in on a daily basis.

[PaulR]

I'm aware of a bleach doser for pools, but not hot tubs. It sounds like you might be better off using bromine, there is some info here. Bromine tabs in a floater will keep the tub happy while you're away.

--paulr

[eddiek2000]

I was really looking for someone who has experience with a peristaltic pump used for bleach. There was some talk awhile ago, but did anyone test it? Once the daily dose is set, the only additional bleach is when the spa is used and I can teach the rest of the family that part.

[dtherio]

I was really looking for someone who has experience with a peristaltic pump used for bleach. There was some talk awhile ago, but did anyone test it? Once the daily dose is set, the only additional bleach is when the spa is used and I can teach the rest of the family that part.

Since you are looking for specific information on apparently a specific device, you should have mentioned that in your initial post so people wouldn't waste their time trying to help you based on the lack of information in the initial post.

[eddiek2000]

I was really looking for someone who has experience with a peristaltic pump used for bleach. There was some talk awhile ago, but did anyone test it? Once the daily dose is set, the only additional bleach is when the spa is used and I can teach the rest of the family that part.

Since you are looking for specific information on apparently a specific device, you should have mentioned that in your initial post so people wouldn't waste their time trying to help you based on the lack of information in the initial post.

Thanks for your helpful post.

I am open to any suggestion, but I KNOW there was talk of the peristaltic pump and the Liquidator and was wondering if anyone followed through OR went and found a better option.

Thanks again.

[eddiek2000]

Picked up one of these dirt cheap. I'll rig it up in a box and see how it works out.

http://www.medicalresources.com/shopping/proddisplay.asp?catalogid=809

[polyvue]

Picked up one of these dirt cheap. I'll rig it up in a box and see how it works out.

http://www.medicalre...p?catalogid=809

Whew! They don't give these away, do they? Assume you got one from e-bay or somesuch outlet. Please post back and let us know if this works. Providing uniformity in sanitation is a perennial concern and having another (effective) solution can only be helpful.