During lockdown how can I use pucks to supplement bleach?

[Skenn81]

I have ten gallons of bleach ready to go and bought an 8 pound jug of pucks as I am unsure if we will be allowed to go to the pool store when lockdown is implemented.

I have only ever used liquid CL, how many pucks should I use to help supplement the liquids? It's a 15,000 gal in ground pool. With the warm Florida weather coming up I could have the cya be raised a bit since it burns itself off every season anyway, but I don't want to go overboard.

 

[markayash]

I am hoping home depot stays open but bleach is getting hard to find it seems.
Will see what the experts say but I have used them in my skimmer basket before.
Other option is if you can get a floater from home depot of walmart use it.

 

[ajw22]

What brand is the pucks? Post a pic of the label.

1 puck - 8 oz. of trichlor - will raise your 15,000 gallons by 3.7 FC, raise CYA by 2.2, lower pH by 0.2, and raise salt by 2 ppm.

 

[ajw22]

Will see what the experts say but I have used them in my skimmer basket before.

Putting pucks in your skimmer basket is not a problem if you run your pump 24/7.

The problem occurs when your pump is off and the puck continues to dissolve creating very acidic water in your skimmer. When you pump turn on you have a slug of acidic low pH water flow through your equipment. Over time it can damage equipment, especially a heater if you have one.

 

[Skenn81]

What brand is the pucks? Post a pic of the label.

1 puck - 8 oz. of trichlor - will raise your 15,000 gallons by 3.7 FC, raise CYA by 2.2, lower pH by 0.2, and raise salt by 2 ppm.

Here is what I purchased:

When using pucks, I do have a floater, do I just put 1 in and adjust the opening part? Should it be fully open or only partially? Going to check my stabilizer level today to see where we are starting from, but I expect it to be somewhere between 30 and 40.

 

[bmoreswim]

You would open it enough to keep your FC in line. Just some experimentation will get you set. And the setting will change as the sun angle increases.

 

[Skenn81]

Are my pucks considered 8oz or triclor to keep with the math you posted?

 

[ajw22]

Pucks are 8 oz of whatever chemicals.

 

[Skenn81]

Double post, sorry.

Is trichlor the ingredient I am looking for?

 

[Berger82]

Double post, sorry.

Is trichlor the ingredient I am looking for?

Yes, look on the bucket for the ingredients.