Gary, I have neither attacked you or the equipment you sell. What I have done is attempted to put forward facts--facts that do conflict with some of the assertions you have put forward--particularly the assertion that inline erosion pellet feeders are less expensive than solution feeders for chlorine and the assertion that inline erosion pellet feeders have the least maintenance.
Yes Bob, I have already agreed with you that you are correct that your dinky 15 gal tank (most of my chlorination customers would be refilling it about every two weeks or less) and the lowest cost proportional pump is less expensive than my system.
I have also told you based on my 23 yrs experience in treating water with chlorine that without a correctly sized retention tank, your way fails.
George here with his need for chlorine would not get the job done with your system for very long because there is no 20 minute contact time with your system.
I have also asked you if you sold water treatment equipment. You fail to answer and keep repeating and error that I have not made. I see that as a personal attack on me and /or my system. This is making you look bad Bob.
Answer the cost of the retention tank and if you sell equipment or are you just going on your one time experience wit ha solution feeder?
You showed the price of the tank I use (my price is less than the web site you used) and if you add in it's cost, IIRC your system then is the same price as mine or higher.
In my opinion having to don googles and gloves to open and clean an inline pellet erosion system with acid at six weeks is heavy maintenance--particularly compared to the maintenance required with a solution feeder.
Bob, recall that the lady is paranoid; you've read all her posts on my forum. I've never heard of another customer doing that and I nor my wife have ever done that. Glasses is a good idea though.
As to the 6 weeks, most customers do it the first time in 8 weeks but, it is done to gauge how much pellets have been used so the customer can establish the schedule they need to fit their pellet usage; so it isn't necessarily maintenance. Some customers go 3-4 months between 'maintenance' but, not all of them have to use acid.
All systems require maintenance but my opinion is that working with a liquid chlorine that is a 6% solution before dilution, as is done with the solution feeder, is much safer and easier than working with the extremely strong chlorine solution created in a pellet system--particularly considering the safety issues of using acid as recommended for periodic cleaning of erosion systems. In an industrial setting working with those chemicals together would only be allowed with a respirator and a chemical protection suit because mixing acid with a chlorine solution will cause the release of chlorine gas.
The acid is a very weak solution, vinegar can also be used but it will take longer to clean the clean tube they replace the tube they take out and the cleaning of the tube is done after getting their unit back in service. Also, I mention the acid product by name and not all customers have to use acid of any kind. Also, it isn't chlorine they are removing/cleaning as much as hard water scale and, the formation is dependent on the customer's water quality and many don't have the problem.
Anyway, thanks for the opportunity you have provided me to fully explain my system and its maintenance procedure etc..