AutoChlorinator™

Sep 18, 2024

The material, the weight — and the wait

Work has been stalled for a few months. After taking the time to review the state of this project, I realized what the sticking points were. They come in three forms: Our hot tub has been out of commission with a leak. I’ve been struggling to choose the…

Mar 13, 2024

Rounding the final corner on design and development

At this point, individual “chunks” of the project have been fully tested successfully in isolation and we are ready to bring it all together. We are now waiting on the first run of PCBs (and finalizing the 3D models while we wait). This project has been…

Feb 29, 2024

The iteration toward a productive interface

For some time, we’ve considered how to keep the hot tub owner informed. One obvious answer is to “have an app”. This is a really good solution because it brings our data into a virtually unlimited medium. But, what about if the internet goes out? or the power…

Feb 2, 2024

Faster iteration to find a physical design

Because the physical design of the AutoChlorinator™ has many strict requirements , it’s become apparent that we need to turn them into “real life” objects for testing — and iterate upon them quickly . Just in the design stage, we’ve gone through countless…

Jan 16, 2024

On the requirements of an auto chlorinator

Working from first principles, let’s discuss the MUSTs and MUST NOTs of the auto chlorinator; there is little-to-no wiggle room on these requirements and they are in no particular order. Liquid-tight: Electronics and chemical solutions must be isolated from…

Sep 6, 2023

On the purpose of an auto chlorinator

Manual treatment of water often leads to over-treating or under-treating pool and spa water. It is more expensive, takes more time, contributes to swimmer discomfort, and impacts water safety. Let’s discuss the reasons for having an auto chlorinator, what it…