13k gallon pool, with SWG. I usually drain below the skimmer level in the fall when closing, then refill with either rainwater or municipal water in the spring when opening. This always leaves me with a bit of a CYA deficit (usually aim for CYA of around 60-70). Does anyone use pucks in the early season while water is still cold (i.e. before the SWG takes over) to ADD CYA to their pool? In past years I've just used liquid chlorine for the first couple weeks, then added powder CYA via sock method to get levels up to 70ish.
Pucks in the early season?
- Thread starter sandman98
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TFP protocol :
Know what your levels are
Know where you want them to be
Know what you are adding
Know what it will do
Watch it do
Verify it did
Pat yourself on the back for a job well done
Have at it Sandman.
Know what your levels are
Know where you want them to be
Know what you are adding
Know what it will do
Watch it do
Verify it did
Pat yourself on the back for a job well done
Have at it Sandman.
- May 3, 2014
- 58,849
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
You certainly can. Be sure they are adding enough FC each day and also not dropping the pH too low.
I have to drain quite a bit of water each winter to winterize my pool, so using pucks is the way I bump up the CYA to start off the year (knowing that it will lower the pH (but then I use Borax to increase it back up).
So as long as you know what you are doing and when to stop that seems most important.
So as long as you know what you are doing and when to stop that seems most important.