Help a newbie?

[waterbear]

Hi all,

Thanks for your quick replies... I went out and got the kit and will post numbers tonight.

In the meantime, I got the name of the 70# bucket from Sam's Club:

ProCare Granular Chlorinator
99% Sodium Dichloro-S-Traizinetrione Dihydrate

I'll get back to you with the numbers and thanks for all the help!

Glen

That is what we usually just call dichlor. It is a fast dissovling stabilized chlorine that has minimal impact on pH. It is fine to use for both regular sanitation and shocking until your CYA levels get too high (if you use it to shock this can happen quickly, you might want to use bleach to shock so you can get the maximun use out of the dichlor). IF you use it until your CYA gets to about 30-50 ppm and then switch to bleach you should be fine. This way you don't have to add stabilizer as a separate chemical. It was actually a good choice for a newbie with a new vinyl pool! You still have to get your water balanced so get those test numbers posted ASAP!