Chlorine Tabs for when on vacation

[isabelo]

We only use Leslie's 3" Chlorine tabs when on vacation so the rest of the year, I keep the container bucket outside the backyard against a fence for shade (kept it inside our tool shed until it got all my tools rusty - a rookie pool owner mistake). But now, someone told me to be wary of keeping it outdoors when the temperature reaches ~110 deg F abd above because oxidized Chlorine tabs can self ignite and cause fire. This is the first time I heard this and so I am concerned now. Can someone verify this is true? Thanks.

 

[hoosierrun]

We only use Leslie's 3" Chlorine tabs when on vacation so the rest of the year, I keep the container bucket outside the backyard against a fence for shade (kept it inside our tool shed until it got all my tools rusty - a rookie pool owner mistake). But now, someone told me to be wary of keeping it outdoors when the temperature reaches ~110 deg F abd above because oxidized Chlorine tabs can self ignite and cause fire. This is the first time I heard this and so I am concerned now. Can someone verify this is true? Thanks.

Regarding use of Chlorine tabs.... I do the same thing for extended vacations. I keep my stabilizer a little on the low side up until vacation. One of my son's monitors the pool when on vacation. I have him keep 2 or 3 tablets in the floater. Here in Florida it is not unusual to get a flooded pool during the rainy season, so some water gets drained off, taking stabilizer with it. I replenish it with tablets during my vacation trips away from the house.

We have a screened back porch and I keep my bucket in the corner away from the sun. I tend to agree that it shouldn't be left out in the Summer sun, but I can't verify if it will self ignite in very high temps.