Best way to hold chlorine while on vacation

[Jesusfreak]

I am going to be away for a week. I have been using strictly liquid bleach (10%) to maintain chlorine levels. I will be gone for a week, should I use pucks? I have a chlorinator. If so, what brand, store, do you recommend purchasing these from? Thank you

 

[Mdragger88]

What is your current cya? If it’s within Recommended Levels a few pucks won’t raise cya too terribly much.
I usually raise fc to slam level for my cya w/ liquid chlorine & use a floater w/ a few pucks for a week away.
Here’s what each dissolved puck will do to your water.

Just get plain ones w/ no additives or “blue” stuff (they are usually the cheapest anyway) clorox active 99 or Wally World generic - 99% trichlor

 

[Jesusfreak]

What is a floater? Can I put these pucks in the chlorinator? Or are you recommending me purchasing a “floater”?

 

[Mdragger88]

A floater is a plastic floating tablet dispenser that just floats around in the pool- if u have an inline chlorinator you don’t need one.

 

[Jesusfreak]

CYA is on the low side

 

[Oly]

What is your CYA ppm, best rounded up in levels of 10, estimation from your self test?
Also what is your current water temp?
Any idea what your daily FC loss is recently?

 

[Jesusfreak]

CYA was 30 a couple of days ago. I did not look at the water temperature, but I would guess in the mid 80’s. I’ll report back when I get test results. I have the kit. I shopped (2) Walmart’s today and they shelves were void of any pucks.

 

[Mdragger88]

If u don’t find any you can guesstimate how much lc your would use while u are away & add that much right before u leave if it’s only gonna be a week or so. Otherwise you may need to have someone come by & add some lc mid week. Probably should check skimmers too. If u have a cover, using it should help w/ fc loss also.

 

[Mdragger88]

I usually have my in-laws come check the mail,the skimmer, the house, & water the garden about middle of the week when we’re away in the summer.

 

[Jesusfreak]

I recruited my neighbor to add LC while I’m away. I told him to please use the pool while I’m away.