I have a hayward in line chlorinator that was maintained by previous owners. I never used it myself so I want to know how to set it up for a 7 day vacation. From what I read, for my size pool I need 4 pucks and I should set the chlorinator to 5. Is that correct or should I use 3 pucks since its 1 per 5k gallon? What does the 5 setting do?
Secondly, I want to use 2+ year old pucks left from previous owner. Are those as effective as new ones? I read here that they are but it still makes me nervous.
Also, how do I know the chlorinator is working? Should I set it up a day before I leave just to make sure chlorine is coming out? I had to reconnect the chlorinator this year as it was my first year opening the pool myself and want to make sure I did it right.
My CYA, rounding up is at 30. I read each 3" (8 oz?) puck adds 7 ppm per 10k gallons. Is that right? so for 4 pucks, I'll add about 7 ppm to my pool. That seems good to me. Will it last 8 days? It seems that is based on chlorine usage? I read 5.5 ppm per tablet. I am still in the process of dialing in my chlorine usage, but I think I lose about 2 ppm per day on sunny days. So I need like 16 ppm, so 3 tabs will do it.
Finally I am going to leave my water feature on to keep aerating the water as I've read the pucks lower PH and I am at about 7.5 now. Does all of this sound good?
Secondly, I want to use 2+ year old pucks left from previous owner. Are those as effective as new ones? I read here that they are but it still makes me nervous.
Also, how do I know the chlorinator is working? Should I set it up a day before I leave just to make sure chlorine is coming out? I had to reconnect the chlorinator this year as it was my first year opening the pool myself and want to make sure I did it right.
My CYA, rounding up is at 30. I read each 3" (8 oz?) puck adds 7 ppm per 10k gallons. Is that right? so for 4 pucks, I'll add about 7 ppm to my pool. That seems good to me. Will it last 8 days? It seems that is based on chlorine usage? I read 5.5 ppm per tablet. I am still in the process of dialing in my chlorine usage, but I think I lose about 2 ppm per day on sunny days. So I need like 16 ppm, so 3 tabs will do it.
Finally I am going to leave my water feature on to keep aerating the water as I've read the pucks lower PH and I am at about 7.5 now. Does all of this sound good?
