Rinsing scuba gear in a swimming pool?

[Tigerman]

Just drive freshwater lakes and you wont have to worry about chlorine damaging the gear or the saltwater damaging the pool

 

[Sideband]

Just drive freshwater lakes and you wont have to worry about chlorine damaging the gear or the saltwater damaging the pool

But you do have to worry about getting all the water out of your car or truck.

 

[Tigerman]

Pffft!! Minor details!! Who cares about the water in the trunk, I got wet didnt I??

 

[trigfunctions]

Thanks for the info everyone. FYI, after we went snorkeling Sunday, I soaked and rinsed our gear as usual ( a mix of shampoo and Mirazyme). My gf's fleece-lined wetsuit had a powerful ocean funk. I tried soaking in Mirazyme again but that didn't kill it. So, after consulting Scubaboard, I soaked the gear in the pool for about half an hour, rinsed with water, and the funk is gone. Hooray!

I have a feeling the resorts were sick of people using the pool as a rinse tank, as someone said above.

 

[PlayaCountryBoy]

I've taught hundreds of course in the pools of resorts, and they shoud be mad at anyone rinsing anything in their pool. If they would just put a mask on and jump in a busy pool, they'll see tons of pieces of toilet paper floating around and sometimes more than that! So a little ocean funk is NOTHING compared to what is already there. Thats why I prefer to stay in a more quaint bed n breakfast style hotel, or a private condo when travelling. :14:

 

[GrandpaScuba]

Gosh, am I the only one who read the OP and understood his question?

He did NOT ask if chlorine was good for dive gear ...

Actually, the question did include the following...

...Chould the chlorine damage the gear? ...

 

[JahJahwarrior]

I only read the first page....but would liek to add that my city adds chlorine to the water to clean in

So really, we should all be washing our gear in distilled water, I suppose.

 

[GrandpaScuba]

I've been using this stuff for many years. Not every time, but periodically, especially after a long diving spell or trip.

Salt-X: http://www.saltx.com/

 

[MBH]

I'll guess that the owner of the pool want's to keep salt water contaminated dive gear out of the pool in order to reduce the "bather load". Any increase in the bather load increases the amount of chlorine needed to sanitize the pool.

Here's a quick course on pool chlorination from a working diver who owns a pool company.

There are many different chlorine compounds used in pools.
There's; Gas chlorine, Sodium Dichlor, Trichlor, Sodium Hypochlorite, Calcium Hypochlorite, Lithium Hypochlorite, and a few more.

The deal is...when one adds a chlorine compound to water it creates Hypochlourous Acid. Hypochlourous Acid Destroys organic matter by oxidation.

I won't bore you with chlorimines and the production there of.

As for the gear that I use while working in pools-
I just give it a really good rinse in fresh water (tap water) when I'm done with a job. Yes, you'll get a bit of color fading over time but what the hay.


As for salt pools...I'll let you in on a little secret- the generator cell creates through electrolysis....Hypochlorous Acid. Sound famaliar?

 

[miketsp]

Maybe they just heard that some divers pee in their wetsuits and the rest just lie about it?