Leaking chlorinator in a new pool, suggestions?

[matt4x4]

OUCH, that could really get someone into hot water!
Thanks for the chuckle!
gpshemi, why don't you use bleach and only use pucks when away? it's WAY cheaper, easier, more controllable, and you don't get the issue of raising your stabilizer continually - that in itself can become a maintenance problem since too high of a stabilizer content makes your chlorine ineffective and you have to raise your Chlorine levels just to keep algae out. The only way to lower stabilizer is to dump some water and replace with new - depending on how high your stabilizer count is, this can mean a lot of water.
Using bleach is your best alternative and you do not need a chlorinator.
I just removed my bypass chlorinator since i haven't used it in years and the little tubes seem to need replacing often, then there's the issue with the taps into your lines, seals drying etc..... I just ripped it out, replaced the lines since they had tap holes drilled into them and all is well now!
On my AG pool, I have drop in steps (blowmolded) these types of steps can get notorious for algae buildup within them because the water has a hard time circulating through them, so I use the steps as my puck holder, I place a puck inside the stairs every couple of weeks it in turn keeps the chlorine level up inside the stairs eliminating any possible algae from forming.

[gpshemi]

You have a bypass chlorinator. Not an inline then. I'd go with an inline.
Less hoses and junk to worry about. In the steps is an original idea.
I have steps too, but no where in them to put tablets. Guess I could tie them to a post and put them in some stockings. We'll see.

Hey maybe a piece of 4" pvc glued inline with a cleanout cap on top. Hmmmm....

[matt4x4]

gpshemi - is your pool an IG or AG, if you have steps, can you get behind them (underneath) that's where I have access holes to slip them in, it's got all sorts of nooks in there that i can place a puck centrally up high and another lower down - really and endless amount of choices.
I did state the my chlorinator was a bypass.

Mom2... sorry about hijacking your post!
Were you able to remove it?

[gpshemi]

Yeah we did sorta hijack this didn't we. Sorry about that.

My steps don't really have any holes in them that would get any kind of flow to them. That won't really work for me. The weight is a big triangler pc that's fill with sand and capped from one end. No where there either. I could hang something from it though. I'll figure something out.

gpshemi

[matt4x4]

Sounds like my steps - the triangle slides in up top first then drops into a hole in the bottom and just hangs there.
The holes in the back is where I stick the pucks in - you may want to do that just to keep algae at bay - my first year went well without it, but in the second year, i was continually getting algae just past the steps (direction of flow), and I finally looked inside and it was greener than green in there - threw a couple of pucks in and stuck the hose in 3 days later to get rid of the dead stuff - problem gone.

By the way, ever time someone uses the stairs, your Chlorine will disperse out of the stairs some - especially when the kids are jumping and goofing off from teh steps.

[gpshemi]

Yup. Those are the steps. There's a set of holes towards the bottom.
That wouldn't get much flow thru though to keep the chlorine up. Might keep algae out of the steps though. I'll remember that.

One thing to question though. If the chlorine attacks the skimmer and makes it brittle, won't it do the same to the steps. I'd rather have a brittle $50 skimmer, then brittle $400 steps.

gpshemi

[matt4x4]

I don't know about your steps, but mine are rotomolded Polyethylene which is highly resistant to attacks from chlorine, however, I can't say the same for a plastic skimmer which oxydizes, dries and disintegrates after long term exposure to higher concentrations of chlorine.
There are many different types of plastics, all have different properties and react differently with chemicals.