RVJames: Going on Vacation for a week how do I leave my pool?

[AnnaK]

Yes. Use them at the beginning of the season to build up your CYA. Your inground pool in Jersey probably doesn't freeze as our AGP does, and I don't really know whether the freezing has anything to do with it, but we lose all our CYA over winter, from 60 ppm at closing in October to 0 ppm when we open at the end of April. That's when I run trichlor pucks in my inline feeder exclusively. I switch to straight bleach when I've reached my goal CYA of 50 ppm.

We also use the pucks when we go on vacation because we don't have anyone to add bleach now and then. Our vacations are always toward the end of the season and I don't care that much by that time about adding more CYA since we close the pool soon after returning home anyway.

[aylad]

If you keep the bucket tightly closed, and stored in a dry place, they will keep until next season. Just don't let them get damp, and if you see the top of the bucket bowing outward, wear safetyglasses and don't breathe when you open the lid!!

Janet

[Rvjames]

Thank you All this is the most useful information I have got.