vacation question

[V___25]

We leave Friday afternoon for 10 days but I'm concerned about the pool just over this weekend. My mother is coming down to dog-sit Friday night through Sunday night but she won't do anything with the pool (long story). I'll take care of it as best I can Friday - run the pump, backwash the filter, run the robot, etc. If I bring the chlorine up, do you think it will be ok until Monday, as far as chlorine levels and the filter not being run for 2 days or am I asking for trouble? Starting Monday, I have a different dog/house sitter coming and she will maintain the pool everyday. I'm super hesitant to use pucks even for 2 days because I'm already running at a high CYA of 80. I think SLAM level is too high (31) for 2 days and I burn about 3 ppm per day right now so I'm think to bump it up by 7-8 just to be on the safe side. Does that sound reasonable? Other suggestions please.

 

[JJ_Tex]

Normally I would say a floater with pucks, but if your CYA is 80 I would agree that you should avoid those.

Feel free to take your FC even higher for peace of mind. The SLAM level for CYA of 80 is a FC of 31. Taking it all the way to 31 may be overkill, but I would not hesitate to take it to 20+. That way you can be sure you stay well above the minimum FC of 6 while you are gone, especially since you have a new dog/house sitter coming.

 

[DorsalSpine]

I often leave for a long weekend at our second home. I just run the FC up based on my average daily usage and number of day gone. Never had a problem with a two/three day absence.