where is the best place to store a container of clorine used for cleaning home swimming pool?
I clean and manage the swimming pool at home without the help of a professional cleaner but I am at lost as to how and where is the best place to put ...
I clean and manage the swimming pool at home without the help of a professional cleaner but I am at lost as to how and where is the best place to put a container of clorine at home.At the moment ,I store it in a shed but the intensity of the clorine is slowly melting all of the metals components in and around the shed.I am also worried that it could cause harm to my plants and animals that walks past the shed
Chlorine should be stored in a cool, dry, well-ventilated area in tightly sealed containers that are labeled in accordance with OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard [29 CFR 1910.1200]. Containers of chlorine should be protected from exposure to weather, extreme temperatures changes, and physical damage, and they should be stored separately from flammable gases and vapors, combustible substances (such as gasoline and petroleum products, hydrocarbons, turpentine, alcohols, acetylene, hydrogen, ammonia,and sulfur), reducing agents, finely divided metals, arsenic, bismuth, boron, calcium, activated carbon, carbon disulfide, glycerol, hydrazine, iodine, methane, oxomonosilane, potassium, propylene, silicon, hydrogen sulfide and water, carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide, moisture, steam, and water. Workers handling and operating chlorine containers, cylinders, andtank wagons should receive special training in standard safety procedures for handling compressed corrosive gases. All pipes and containment used for chlorine service should be regularly inspected and tested. Empty containers of chlorine should have secured protective covers on their valves and should be handled appropriately.
SPILLS AND LEAKS
In the event of a spill or leak involving chlorine, persons not wearing protective equipment and fully-encapsulating, vapor-protective clothing should be restricted from contaminated areas until cleanup has been completed. The following steps should be undertaken following a spill or leak:
1. Notify safety personnel.
2. Remove all sources of heat and ignition.
3. Keep all combustibles (wood, paper, oil, etc.) away from the leak.
4. Ventilate potentially explosive atmospheres.
5. Evacuate the spill area for at least 50 feet in all directions.
6. Find and stop the leak if this can be done without risk; if not, move the leaking container to an isolated area until gas has dispersed. The cylinder may be allowed to empty through a reducing agent such as sodium bisulfide and sodium bicarbonate.
7. Use water spray to reduce vapors; do not put water directly on the leak or spill area.
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very good guide…help you it well i think…:D
Chlorine is a highly corrosive chemical, it’s bleach on steroids! The best thing to so is to build or have built a wooden container with vent holes.
Put the access door in front as opposed to the top (this makes it easier to get the jug in & out).
Put a hasp & padlock on it to keep it safe.
Try to keep the container out of direct sunlight as chlorine will evaporate rapidly.
Always use extreme caution when handling chlorine, as it is very unforgiving on skin & clothes.
Hope this helps, good luck!
Just throw it away before it rots down your shed or someone gets into it