Been doing BBB for several years, zero problems, no SLAM since the first one when we bought the house. Never used a puck. CYA is a little below 30 right now. Family member comes over to check the pool when we go on vacation.
We're going on a longer vacation than usual (3 weeks) and I'd like to tell the family member that they can just come every few days to handle things. No clue what to do on pucks - if that's even a viable option. Should I buy a floater and...trichlor? It looks like trichlor might help keep the pH a little lower vs. using dichlor? I figure in 3 weeks it can't cause any sort of CYA disaster (maybe I'm wrong?) and I'm happy to work with the CYA higher when we get back if needs be (e.g. 50-60 wouldn't be a disaster). Will this reduce testing and adding liquid chlorine from daily to once every few days? Am I making a huge mistake to use a puck for a few weeks?
We're going on a longer vacation than usual (3 weeks) and I'd like to tell the family member that they can just come every few days to handle things. No clue what to do on pucks - if that's even a viable option. Should I buy a floater and...trichlor? It looks like trichlor might help keep the pH a little lower vs. using dichlor? I figure in 3 weeks it can't cause any sort of CYA disaster (maybe I'm wrong?) and I'm happy to work with the CYA higher when we get back if needs be (e.g. 50-60 wouldn't be a disaster). Will this reduce testing and adding liquid chlorine from daily to once every few days? Am I making a huge mistake to use a puck for a few weeks?