I will be leaving my pool in the care of a friend for 5 months over the summer. He is experienced in the testing of Cl & pH. I use strictly liquid chlorine and have a stock of it and muriatic acid available to him. He will be able to check the pool once a week. The pool will be virtually unused during the summer. Here in Arizona I have hardly any leaves or other organic matter blowing into the pool.
Question: do you think a good dose of liquid chlorine once a week will be sufficient or should I invest in a bucket of those darn chlorine pucks? My CYA is at the lower end of acceptable so I can probably absorb the added stabilizer without much worry. Calcium and alkalinity are pretty much out of my control here with the hard water we have so those levels will be ignored until the fall. So what's the verdict, pucks or no pucks?
Question: do you think a good dose of liquid chlorine once a week will be sufficient or should I invest in a bucket of those darn chlorine pucks? My CYA is at the lower end of acceptable so I can probably absorb the added stabilizer without much worry. Calcium and alkalinity are pretty much out of my control here with the hard water we have so those levels will be ignored until the fall. So what's the verdict, pucks or no pucks?