Will high chlorine level harm my new SWCG?

[Furbabyvet]

Timing is not ideal here, I just got my new SWCG installed today (Hayward). We leave town for 7 days tomorrow. No time to add salt to the pool and watch to make sure the thing is operating correctly before we leave. I was thinking I would just bump my chlorine level up to about 8-10 (12K gallon pebbletech pool with CYA at about 50) so it won't be green when I return. This level of chlorine is about what we would lose in 7 days this time of year in AZ.

I predict it will be a low chlorine level when we get home, maybe a dangerous 2 but hopefully I can dump some cl. in before algae takes over. I could make the cl. level even higher but... My question is whether this high level of cl. might harm my new SWCG. If so, then I guess I will add salt and CYA and pray it works while we are gone!

Thanks for your help...
Tabitha

[aylad]

You don't have time for CYA to dissolve and do you any good, so I would go ahead and add your bleach for now and start your new SWCG up when you get home. People shock their pools with chlorine all the time with a SWCG installed, so I don't see why it would hurt anything. I would get it up to shock level at 15 ppm, though....

Janet

[Furbabyvet]

Great! Thanks for the fast reply.

Tabitha

[madwil]

If you don't already have CYA in your pool, leave a floater with dichlor or trichlor in it while your gone- shocking to 12 ppm could be gone in 1 day in AZ sun/heat conditions!