a question for the "puck gurus"

[waste]

Dave, thanks for posting your #s . I've always told my customers to just pull them out and put them on a plastic lid from one of their old buckets - it saves the deck from bleaching and keeps the tabs close to the skimmer for reinstallation the next day.
(Don't want to start a huge debate but; why do you want to raise the cya?)

[PhantomAndy]

I would agree with other posters - just put the pucks on a dry surface (away from children's reach, or animal's reach).

Don't put them in a closed container - I'm pretty sure that once they are wet, they will continue to react with the water and gasses may build up in a close container and possible lead to the container rupturing.

I also think you are about right on the CYA level's for your pool size. I'm back on tabs this year - 2 months so far and no problems. CYA is still in a reasonable range. I usually have to pump enough water out over the winter months that I'm changing out about 1/2 of my water every year. The tabs in my online feeder do a fine job for me

Good luck

[duraleigh]

Hi, Ted,

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why do you want to raise the cya?)

I seem to lose about 4ppm each day in this pool (absolute full Sun....I think I might even get some at night!)

I'll be curious to see if I can cut that loss back by going to 50CYA....maybe even 60. I lose it every winter, anyway.

[waste]

Hi, Ted,

(I seem to lose about 4ppm each day in this pool (absolute full Sun....I think I might even get some at night!)

I'll be curious to see if I can cut that loss back by going to 50CYA....maybe even 60. I lose it every winter, anyway.

Dave, hi, you know what you're doing, so I won't question it further.

[CarlD]

Dave,
Yeah, floaters are cheap--an adjustable one is $10-$15. Get one. I don't advise handling wet pucks. The fumes and the acidity could hurt you. With a floater, you can lift the WHOLE thing out, but have a safe place to put it as it can bleach a circle on your deck!

[duraleigh]

Thanks for everyone's input. I'm getting the picture.

Bear and Carl, How do you prevent the floater from drifting to the edge of your pool and super-chlorinating the liner in that area?

Sorry, but I'm obviously floater-challenged!

CARL...3000 posts!!!! Congratulations!!!

Ben will double your salary! (maybe triple...quadruple...)

[CarlD]

1) The top of the floater is ALWAYS a lot wider than the puck area for bouyancy, so it doesn't flow directly down the pool wall
2) They have slits in the sides, not the bottom, so the chlorine sort of trickles out, pre-dissolve in the water in the floater.
3) adjustable ones allow you to dial down the slit size
4) It just doesn't seem to be a problem
5) The REAL problem is keeping them from going to the skimmer opening and sticking there!

(PS: I rarely use puck either )

[duraleigh]

Carl,

I edited my post above....re-read!

[waterbear]

5) The REAL problem is keeping them from going to the skimmer opening and sticking there!

If you have a ladder then tie a string around the floater and to the ladder, sort of like those floating thermometers have. If you don't have a ladder then find something else not near the skimmer to tie it to. I used to do this in my portable hot tub when I used bromine tabs in it to keep the floater from 'going crazy' when I turned on the bubblers.