shock level with solid cover when closing?

[FormerBromineUser]

Just an aside.... Are you also worried about high CL affecting your cover? Also, do you have a pump on your cover over the winter?

[rajung]

I take all my equipment to the garage,except heater which I cover.
More worried about the high chlorine level on the vinyl liner than the cover.
I think I am going to go to the shock level 20,and wait couple days,check FC and when it gets down to 5 ppm I will cover.My CYA is currently at 40ppm.

[CarlD]

The Best Guess table says your shock level, with a CYA of 40, is 15ppm, not 20.

I would suggest, if you are uncomfortable closing the cover with the FC at 15, that you wait until the water temp is around 60deg or lower, and then let the FC drop before you cover. Algae doesn't grow much in cold water.

Beyond that, I always use a mesh cover. Not this year, as I'm rebuilding the pool and there's no water in it. Also no liner and no walls!

[rajung]

Thanks for the info.
As far as a mesh cover, we don't have any trees, there is one large pine tree about 30ft away.
Last year we received 58 inches of snow, average normally is 36"
And I did get really tired of using a roof rake to remove snow off the pool almost every week.
I tried to keep all the snow off cover, but after awhile,it is really tiresome.
Never thought about a mesh cover,what is the advantage of that and in your opinion, would that work for the environment I am in?
Not certain on what winters are like in NJ.
Thanks

[CarlD]

Well, my mesh cover did GREAT for 10 winters. Then we had the freaky 2013/2014 winter. I didn't have pillows in my pool and the snow on top turned to ice, then merged/melted/refroze to the water in the pool, tearing down my copings. So....next year the mesh will have a pillow underneath (again) to prevent that.

[rajung]

wow, last year was a mess, agree.
So I am starting to think either way I go is a crap shoot.
Maybe I will stick with the new solid cover I just received along with the 15' pillow, and hope it doesn't deflate in a few weeks and continue to scrape snow off
Thanks again

[FormerBromineUser]

Can you put a pump on top of your cover? That's what I do on my auto-cover. When we get a melty day, on goes the pump and it removes all the melted snow so ice doesn't accumulate much at all over the winter. Only issue I have is when I accidentally leave the pump and out-flow hose outside and water freezes inside it. I use a black hose just in case so it will unfreeze faster if I screw up.