Okay, I'm thoroughly confused. This is my second winter with our new pool and we have some questions. Right now we're showing no chlorine in our pool. Because it's winter time, we've stopped adding salt to the pool and started adding shock yesterday. I tested the pool today and I think the chlorine is going up but still reading low. We only have test strips right now to test our chemical levels. I added another bag of shock because I discovered the shock we bought says one bag per 13,500 gallons and we have a 22,000 gal pool. So, we're waiting to see if the second bag of shock helped. The other issue that's popped up is I got an error code 144 today for SWG. From searching I determined this is a low salt level error, which makes sense because we haven't added any salt since it's winter now.
Here's my question, do we need to worry about the 144 error code or is that common since we haven't added any salt since it's winter? We're not sure how long we should be running our pump during winter. I've read some of the forums saying anything from as little as 1hr per week (when you add shock) to as much as 4-6hrs per day. Even though this is our second winter with the pool, we've only had the pool for 1.5 years and feel like we still don't know much about managing it. We want to do it ourselves but we feel like we're totally lost. Any help is appreciated.
Here's my question, do we need to worry about the 144 error code or is that common since we haven't added any salt since it's winter? We're not sure how long we should be running our pump during winter. I've read some of the forums saying anything from as little as 1hr per week (when you add shock) to as much as 4-6hrs per day. Even though this is our second winter with the pool, we've only had the pool for 1.5 years and feel like we still don't know much about managing it. We want to do it ourselves but we feel like we're totally lost. Any help is appreciated.
