510 × 335 Caption Either chlorine or bromide can eliminate bacteria from your pool. Alternate Text Group Although bromine is more expensive than chlorine, many pool owners prefer bromine due to its numerous advantages. Unlike chlorine, bromine continues disinfecting after coming into contact with bacteria. Bromine also functions without a stabilizer like cyanuric acid, so you can add fewer chemicals to your pool overall. Swimmers will also notice less odor and eye irritation in a bromine pool. Concerting a chlorine pool to a bromine one is a simple process. You simply balance your water levels and start adding bromine instead of chlorine. Since chlorine activates bromine, you'll need to periodically shock your pool with household bleach to …show more content…
Wait at least 4 hours and test the water before letting swimmers back in. Add acid to water. Do not add water to acid as splashing may occur. Continue to circulate the pool during chemical adjustment. Add all chemicals in the deepest end of the pool. Adjust the pH of the pool using diluted acid to lower the pH and sodium carbonate to increase the pH. Use a calculation table that came with the test kit or find a table online to estimate how much acid or base to add to reach the desired pH range of 7.0 to 7.6. Use the same schedule for adjusting the pH as you did for the total alkalinity. When your water is properly balanced, add powdered sodium bromide to the water according to the manufacturer's instructions calculated for the size of your pool to reach between 3 and 5 ppm of bromide. When converting from chlorine to bromine you do not have to drain the pool as chlorine activates the sodium bromide. Add 1 cup of 5.25 percent chlorine bleach per 300 gallons of water in your pool to shock it. Continue this treatment as needed to keep the bromine activated. Test your pool once a week and add bleach when the bromine levels are low. Skip the shock if your bromine levels are within the desired range or are