Adding Cal Hypo Granules

[LaurenB]

I have some bags of shock from the pool company. I figured it can’t hurt to use them. I don’t want to sprinkle in front of the return and then have to frantically sweep if they reach the bottom. Can I dissolve them in a skimmer sock? I’ve only ever use liquid chlorine… except my first summer with a pool when I was chronically pool stored.

Thanks in advance.

 

[DrewLG]

The high concentration of chlorine might not be great for your equipment -- TFP recommends against placing trichlor pucks in the skimmer for that reason, and your cal-hypo granules will raise the chlorine concentration a lot higher than pucks would. And pushing such a high concentration of chlorine past the organic matter trapped in your filter is likely to produce lots of chloramines.

Why not just store the cal-hypo somewhere, as insurance against temporarily running out of liquid chlorine? If it's someplace dry and where it can't get in contact with your other chemicals, it'll last basically forever.

 

[LaurenB]

Ok I’ll just do that, thanks for responding! I love all things pool maintenance with the exception of a rush rush sweep job while praying the liner doesn’t bleach.