Sounds like a plan. Just make sure you give yourself some wiggle room for when you need to use the pucks (like 1-2 week vacations, etc.).
It takes a minute to find all the puzzle pieces, and how they fit together. We got you until then.
Remember that the data provided for effects of adding a single puck implies it is fully dissolved. Depending on your setting that could be a week or more of pump run time. So measuring the effects of that single puck is very hard especially when we are measuring
Dunno because I'm living proof that calcium doesn't matter for some of us.
I have to read the instructions once a year that I test because I ramdomly got curious about it.
Hang tight.
Depends on if you can add Calcium. If you have high CH fill water, not likely a good idea to use more calcium.
Sure it's not Calcium Hypochlorite ? Poolplus 73 shock from Leslie's is cal-hypo.
It was, I was mistaken. I edited it. My CH is on the lower end - ~250. I don't have a need for it now, mainly wanted to know if it can be used when CC is above 0.5 or if I ever see algae.
I would suspend the use of the chlorinator. Quickest way to kill a heater. I wouldn't put any more pucks in there...and I'd likely remove whatever pucks are left.
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Pointing this out for all the spring newbs we'll meet soon who find your thread. Not only does cal-hypo add calcium and cause temporary cloudiness, $54.90 after tax will get you 80 ppm FC with Walmart Pool Essentials chlorinating liquid and only raise the FC.
I know enough to not mix chemicals or put anything other than the pucks in the chlorinator. Why would the chlorinator kill the heat pump? If this is something well known and documented, why would the pool company not make mention of this and sell us a heat pump with a chlorinator? (Please no sarcastic remarks, very interested in understanding the logic here). This is becoming quite the rollercoaster of emotions. One minute I think I have a plan and things are under control, the next minute I am basically being told equipment we were sold and installed is invalid and should not be used.I would suspend the use of the chlorinator. Quickest way to kill a heater. I wouldn't put any more pucks in there...and I'd likely remove whatever pucks are left.
NEVER put any other chemical in the chlorinator. NEVER mix pool chemicals. i.e. don't put cal-hypo in the chlorinator.
Chlorinator cap exploded
Hi there. Tonight after putting in chlorine, the cap to our Chlorinator (pentair) blew off. Sounded like a bomb went off, and just blew the cap apart. The top flew up and over into the next door neighbor’s backyard. We bled the line as we always do when we turned it back on. Any thoughts on...My in-line chlorinator just blew up..
So this is nice.. Woke up this morning like I have been for years, the pool turned on like it has for years, I get my coffee like I have for years, I looked out the window like I have for years.. OH NO WHAT IS ALL THAT WATER SPRAYING EVERYWHERE?!!? I run over to the pool equipment and this...
(Cyanuric) Acid sits in the chlorinator and eats the valve when it's off, eventually oozing out when the pump is off. Then it eats whatever else is there. Check valves are installed between the heater and tab feeder specifically for this purpose, but the acid eats the check valve too, then the heater.
They all install a check valve, but as anything sacrificial, it only lasts so long. I circled yours.
We get it and generally do our best to use kid gloves to break the news. We have met 'you' lirerally hundreds of thousands of times. We will continue to meet you over and over again, starting from scratch each time with each newb.
