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I've heard that dichlor can render your warranty null and void.....I don't know why though....
Maybe the bromine suggestion was a subtle way to say "give me your money"! Bromine use typically involves many different chems, aka more money in his pocket!
Give me dichlor or give me death (Patrick Henry, 1775).
That would be Trichlor sold in many pool stores, not dichlor.