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I am needing to buy 14-16 pounds of Cyanuric Acid and am wondering if anyone knows of a good place to get it from. Currently my only choice within 30 miles is the local Walmart that charges almost $13.00 for 4 pounds.
Why do I need so much? Fairly new IG plaster pool (odd shaped so not exactly sure of gallons but approx 30,000 gallons) with a SWG. Not showing any discernible CYA level and what little I had has been diluted with all the rain and necessary draining.
edit edit edit..didn't see you had an swg and how big your pool was. well, now i'm not surprised you need that much given you have a 30,000 gallon pool..that's a big pool compared to many is one thing..most i see talked about here are between 10 and 20,000 gallons..and you need higher cya running an swg versus not..i.e. swg probably 60 to 100ppm depending on the system. i believe the autopilot for example specs out 60-70 as recommended..i don't quite understand the why behind it but, they make no money off me buying cya so i'm sure there's a good reason. a non swg pool only requires 20-30 if at all. i do wonder if you had a solar cover by the time you spend that much money on cya that a) you get the benefit of a solar cover if you could use in your area. b) you get a cover that's largely funded by money saved on the amount of cya you need as you wouldn't be losing so much water due to evaporation and such.
just a thought and it makes some assumptions but, i'll throw it out there. would love to see pics of it.