What to do for Vacation

[Poconos]

Chuck, you're definitely not ruffling feathers with the quat. That's been recommended before. I'm a very paranoid person and even having the pump on a timer bothers me sometimes. Your comment about shutting off the skimmer assumes there is a main drain. I'd be worried about that. If a line blows you could drain the pool, and lose both the pump and the pool. Using just the skimmer the most you could lose is the pump. These scenarios are highly unlikely and just my paranoia kicking in. I'd fill the pool to the top of the skimmer, cover the pool as suggested, leave the Polaris off, and set the timer for only a couple hours a day, in addition to the chemistry Chuck suggested. I also wouldn't use a floater for tabs under a cover if that gets suggested. May I suggest a fridge full of beer and have someone come over every couple days to imbibe and run the pump? I'd volunteer if I was a little closer to Downingtown.
Enjoy the vacation.
Al
Paranoia, PA 18431

[ChuckD]

True enough, Al. Gotta have a maindrain to disable the skimmer and expect anything good to come of it. Thanks.

And also good point about filling the pool to the top of the skimmer, something I also do but neglected to mention. In fact I fill over the skimmer. With a cover on there usually isn't much that'll be sitting on the surface anyway tp be skimmed. Lately I've been filling to just enough to keep the cover just below the coping so the wind doesn't get under it and send it into the next town.

One other thing to mention would be a thorough backwash before you go and if you do have a main drain, and you do turn off your skimmer, a good vacuum to avoid debris clogging your drain.

Just a couple gotcha's I've encountered.

C.