Sanitizers

Chlorinating Your Commercial Water Application

Commercial water applications are rightfully held to certain health, safety and operational standards by state and local municipalities. And staying in compliance can sometimes be challenging due to a number of factors. At Gibbons Pools, we care about keeping commercial pools and spas in compliance and running at their maximum efficiency, and that’s why we offer the Accu-Tab tablet chlorination system, courtesy of Axiall.

The Accu-Tab system consistently and accurately delivers chlorine to your indoor and outdoor commercial pools to kill bacteria, control algae and destroy contaminants, and it performs more predictably than other chlorine options on the market due to the quality of tablets and the controlled high water flow/lower chlorine concentration delivery technology. It also minimizes safety concerns that are sometimes associated with chlorine gas, liquid bleach and chlorine tablets, reducing the risks of leaks, spills, inconsistent batch-to-batch chlorine levels and stabilizer build up.

Nassau County, Suffolk County & Long Island Accu-Tab Chlorination

Gibbons Pools can incorporate the Accu-Tab system into your new custom commercial water application and is also able to retrofit this easy-to-install system to your existing commercial pool, as well as suction-side, gravity flow and pressure-feed applications. As soon as it’s installed, you’ll notice a drastic difference in how simply and effectively the Accu-Tab system works.

The Gibbons Pools Accu-Tab specialists provide the recommended yearly maintenance, as well as any installation or technical support necessary. Contact Gibbons Pools today to learn more about incorporating the Accu-Tab tablet chlorination system into your commercial water application, or take a few minutes to read through the comparison chart below to see just how the system compares to other chlorine treatments on the market today. We invite you to also take a few minutes to watch the Accu-Tab video here to see the benefits of incorporating the chlorination system into your commercial application.

 

	Accu-Tab® System	12% Chlorine Bleach	Chlorine Generator	Trichlor Tablets	Chlorine Gas	Peroxyacetic Acid	Chlorine Dioxide
Risk Management	Solid chemical – no dual containment required	Dual containment required for concentrated liquid solution	Salt Handling	Tablet odor is strong and pungent	Major gas leak concerns	Spill and leak concerns	Spill and leak concerns
Handling and convenience	Easy to add tablets in 55-lb pails; only one person needed	Cumbersome to handle and maneuver; 55-gallon drums weigh 555 pounds	Large quantities of salt required	Package sizes range from 7-lb to 100-lb pails	Hard to maneuver cylinders require 2 people, special handling and training are needed	500-lb drums or totes are hard to maneuver; require large storage space and possible containment pad	Multiple precursor chemicals need to be purchased for CIO2 generation; large space required for generation equipment and chemical storage
Equipment and maintenance	Chlorinators typically require cleaning and maintenance once per year.	Feed pumps need constant repair and tubing leaks regularly. Gas locking of pump is not uncommon.	Must replace costly cells every two to four years	Low maintenance	Eductors, regulators have small orifices that are prone to plugging	Troublesome metering pumps required	High capital and maintenance costs associated with complex generation equipment
Chlorine strength	Consistent strength allows for reliable control; minimal strength degradation when stored properly	Unstable liquid is difficult to control; rapid strength degradation especially in hot weather	Must maintain ~ 3,000–9,000 ppm salt concentration in the pool; salt is converted to chlorine as it passes through the cells	90% available chlorine; frequent monitoring of pH and calcium needed to maintain proper water balance	Consistently 100% chlorine	Loss of strength makes control difficult	Delicate balance between precursor chemicals needed for efficient generation
Material compatibility	Relatively dilute 100-300 ppm hypochlorite solution; more neutral pH (~10.5), less corrosive	Concentrated (120,000 ppm) hypochlorite solution, high pH (~13.0) is very corrosive	Stray voltage from generator cells can cause corrosion	Low pH (~2.9) is highly corrosive; reduces life of equipment and surfaces	Low pH (~3.0), very corrosive	Low pH (~2.8), very corrosive	Low pH (2.8 – 3.5), very corrosive