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DIY liquid chlorinator
I live in Texas where septic systems are pretty well governed. They
require that the aerator systems be adequately chlorinated... which I am grateful I don't have to smell my neighbors discharge. However, I am becoming annoyed at spending $180+ every year for chlorine tablets when I understand liquid bleach dispensers are also allowed by law. However, these dispensers typically run $300 and look like PVC pipes I could get from my local home supply stores. I want to try and do it myself and save the $300 equipment/installation cost and start using household bleach. Question 1) Can anyone point me to plans how to build my own? Question 2) From my research, it appears ~1 gallon/month is the typical bleach usage. Does this sound correct to people who already use/know about bleach dispensers? Question 3) Absent any plans, and believing the usage is ~1 gallon/ month, I believe I could cap a PVC pipe to hold some bleach and integrate an IV drip dispenser. According to my math (which I won't go into here unless requested), I figure I can set the IV drip on a 60 drop/ml to 1 drop every 11.4 seconds to dispense ~1 gallon of bleach/ month. By placing this dispenser between my two tanks (where I currently drop the chlorine tablets) I expect I would achieve approximately the same mixing effect as I do with tablets. The end effect of this is for $20 I could build my dispenser and start using household bleach saving an additional $150+ each year. Thoughts/Corrections/Answers? Thanks in advance! |
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