Tablet floater during winter?

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uraceulose

uraceulose

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Redding, CA
Pool Size
43560
Surface
Plaster
Chlorine
Salt Water Generator
SWG Type
Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
This winter I haven't needed much chlorine so far. Maybe a few gallons worth the last 3-4 months with the cold water temps.

Pool lost about 100 PPM CH and maybe 30-40 CYA in that time span which also brought 40 inches of rain. With no one swimming for months...I'm curious as to whether any of the vets here run floaters or recommend considering running a tablet floater for a month or two during winter?

Might be a way to let CH and or CYA drift up and be sure I always have some chlorine in the pool. 10 tablets would probably last a month so it shouldn't ever allow me to get out of hand if they happened to dissolve quickly some how.
 
I put two tablets in a floater in mid December when we left for 5 weeks.
There was a portion of both tablets left when we returned. The FC was low, but there.

You can use tablets in the winter if you like. They dissolve very slowly.
 
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If you know what your are adding, there is no reason not to use tablets. Trichlor tablets are the most available. It adds FC and CYA. CalHypo tablets contain FC and CH, but these are not available as broadly.

If you decide to use both, use a different floater for each type. Never mix chemicals, even if you think you have cleaned it enough, you have not. Use separate floaters.
 
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uraceulose said:
This winter I haven't needed much chlorine so far. Maybe a few gallons worth the last 3-4 months with the cold water temps.
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I KNOW. But they tell everybody not to get a SWG like they'll be slaving over it all winter. :roll:

We don't say that. Not by a mile. Save tons of slaving many months out of the year and really get an appreciation for the SWG the handful of times you have to pretend to be a jug lugger over the winter.
 
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Thanks so much. That's what I was thinking...one floater to add CYA and I've got about 12 extra CalHypo tablets sitting in a container to burn so why not toss a couple in a separate floater and let the CH/CYA drift higher a bit.
I actually did float one when we left for a couple weeks and like you're saying...it used maybe half of 4 tablets over a 2 weeks period.
 
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