Going on vacation & not sure what I should do !

[hairgirl]

Hi All,
I am going on vacation tomorrow and won't be back until Sunday. I am not sure what I should do for my pool so it doesnt go back to green and really cloudy by the time I get back. Right now it is almost clear, I can see my feet but cant really make out my toes

I have not been able to order a good testing kit but planning on it next week so in the meantime I have the strips and a dropper that tests Ch & Ph, these are my results from this evening.

TH 250
TC 3
FC 1-3
PH 7.6 -7.8
TA 80-120
CYA 30-50

My plan was to dump a couple gallons of 12.5% bleach in the pool tomorrow morning before I go to work and run the pump, come home around 1:00 shut off pump and add 2 maybe 3 of the 3" disk to a floater and pray for the best???

Any help would be great !!
Thanks,
Mindy

 

[PaulR]

If you have time after you get home in the afternoon, that's when to put the bleach in; otherwise you're losing a bunch of FC before you even leave.

If you have a cover that would be best, and two pucks would probably be enough. With no cover I always needed 3.
--paulr

 

[hairgirl]

Ok I will add the bleach before I leave instead, do you think 2 gallons will be ok? I will also add 3 pucks to the floater.
Our cover is brand new in a box in the attic of the garage and I know we wont have time before we have to leave to get it down and figure out how to put it on
Thanks for your help
Mindy

 

[PaulR]

The Pool Calculator says each gallon of 12.5% in 13,500 gallons will raise FC by about 9. So your starting-on-vacation level will be around 20. That's plenty!
--paulr

 

[hairgirl]

Thanks Paulr