What I hate most about the Hayward CL-220 Automatic Chlorinator 

Thank you! What number should I set the dial to? And if I only fill it half way how often should I be refilling it? Thanks so much!!!!

Great idea!

Just get yourself a tube of 100% silicone lube. Clean your o-ring and relive every few weeks. I never need a mallet or a tool to get the lid off; all by hand. My unit is 3 years old.

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Thanks but use Jack’s multilube instead of Vaseline. The gaskets will still need to be changed, but they last longer with Jack’s.

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Replace the gasket and use Jack’s Multilube. Not petroleum jelly.

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Genius!

I learned my lesson too. I found Jack’s Multilube works the best.

@@handydadtv I have been telling my customers for years but they never listen.

You can put a tablet in the skimmer, that’s fine. But it will dissolve quickly in the rushing water. A chlorinator is easier to regulate.

I've been told by many a pool "expert", that it's only fine if you run the pump 24/7. Otherwise the chlorine tablets will cause the water to become very acidic as they sit. That water will them damage/wear anything it contacts including the skimmer basket itself, and the pump. I believe them, because I used to do it, and it did in fact wear the skimmer basket down. Chlorinator is the way to go 100%.

True. Before I had a chlorinator, I would only put in one tablet at a time and it would dissolve in a couple of days.

You can, in some cases, put chlorine tabs/sticks directly in the skimmer basket but as noted in other replies there are important considerations to consider. 1st - Only put tabs in the skimmer basket if skimmer body and basket are plastic (some older pools still have metal skimmers and/or baskets and the low pH environment the tabs create in the skimmer will erode the metal), as well as the suction piping running from the skimmer to the pump should only be rigid Schedule 40 PVC pipe, as metal at any point in the pipe will have the same chemical erosion due to the constant low Ph in the water at that point and if flex pvc is used, the tri-chloro causes a breakdown of the inner wall and it swells inwards significantly narrowing the inner diameter of the suction line (much like a narrowed artery) and can actually collapse due to the vacuum being pulled on it being a suction line. 2nd - If you use a timer, divide your pump run time into segments so that the off time with the tablets just sitting in the skimmer and creating an extreme micro chemical enviroment is shortened thereby reducing the levels. For example, instead of running the pump for 12 hrs on and 12 hrs off, make it 3 hrs on, 3 hrs off, 3 hrs on, etc. . You will also have a little cleaner pool due to the skimmer action being spread over a longer period of time and debris having less time to sink. 3rd - as mentioned you will get MUCH better control over the disolve rate of the chlorine allowing you to not waste chlorine and save money. (Also be sure to check your chlorine stabilizer level especially at the start of the season). You also don't have to deal with trying to pick the chlorine out of the basket every time you need to empty the skimmer basket or again possibly throwing some of it out and again costing money. My company provided pool service contracts for residential customers and when starting a contract with a new client, if their pool did not have a chlorinator on it, we provided and installed one as part of our service wherever possible for the reasons mentioned above. Me - 40 plus years in the pool service business

Why does my chlorinator overfeeding my pool? It is Set on 1 and my chlorine is at 10

Jacks multilube is best

+Mark Greer Any recommendation on something better?

Yes agreed. I switched to Jack’s multilube.

Don’t make shit up

Go easy on Dad, will ya?. He must've seen the sign at Leslie's hiring pool guys **free 3 week training ** and no experience necessary. Week 1) we don't fix anything. We only install new. 2) week 2 .Tell client Everything's broken. You need a new pump. New filter. New heater, New chlorinator etc 3) week 3: install all new equipment and walk away $$$ collect paycheck. Learn as you go on the client's time money and equipment. I don't blame this Dad. He doesn't have $10 000 to give to con artist pool guys.