chlorine

xmasia · 09/04/2009, 11:13 AM

i run a saltwater swimming pool. 3000 ppm in a 30,000 g pool the water passes thur a cell (metal plates with elec to them) this converts the salt to chlorine. my ? is with stray voltage in the tank is it possible we could be creating chlorine??

Boomer · 09/04/2009, 02:15 PM

No, that so called stray voltage is a false reading. Any electrical device in the water or near by will induce a decoupled voltage of a few volts. Only if that voltage reading is high, like 90 volts or more is it real voltage. You see called stray voltage up to 40 V or so. It more or less picks up on the electrical field produced by the device. If you park a 10 gal tank, will just seawater in in, next to an electrical outlet, it will show stray voltage in the water. Your lights are not in the water but if you turn them off and on the stray voltage in the water will change.

xmasia · 09/04/2009, 03:40 PM

thanks for the reply.i read about so many unexplained tank crashes then was reading a thread on grounding probes basicly it said probes can be more harm than good cause volts aremt bad but whrn your hand or probe goes in the tank it changes to current,thats what got me thinking on the chlorine.

09/04/2009, 11:13 AM	#1
xmasia Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Des Moines Posts: 85	chlorine i run a saltwater swimming pool. 3000 ppm in a 30,000 g pool the water passes thur a cell (metal plates with elec to them) this converts the salt to chlorine. my ? is with stray voltage in the tank is it possible we could be creating chlorine??

09/04/2009, 02:15 PM	#2
Boomer Bomb Technician (EOD) Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Duluth, Minnesota Posts: 11,883	No, that so called stray voltage is a false reading. Any electrical device in the water or near by will induce a decoupled voltage of a few volts. Only if that voltage reading is high, like 90 volts or more is it real voltage. You see called stray voltage up to 40 V or so. It more or less picks up on the electrical field produced by the device. If you park a 10 gal tank, will just seawater in in, next to an electrical outlet, it will show stray voltage in the water. Your lights are not in the water but if you turn them off and on the stray voltage in the water will change. __________________ If you See Me Running You Better Catch-Up Seawater Chemistry, Geology, ID Marine Life, Collecting Science Books, Explosives Technology, Audiophile An explosion can be defined as a loud noise, accompanied by the sudden going away of things, from a place where they use to be. Last edited by Boomer; 09/04/2009 at 02:23 PM.

09/04/2009, 03:40 PM	#3
xmasia Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Des Moines Posts: 85	thanks for the reply.i read about so many unexplained tank crashes then was reading a thread on grounding probes basicly it said probes can be more harm than good cause volts aremt bad but whrn your hand or probe goes in the tank it changes to current,thats what got me thinking on the chlorine.