Startup SWG chlorinator salt for new pool

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Sounds good.

Just remember that the most important goal is to stay above min at all times. If you want to stay as close as possible to your 6ppm target, you will have to test rather daily than weekly. If you eventually want to settle with less frequent testing, you will need settings that ensure staying at target on sunny days, but then you have to accept that FC will get a bit higher when it's less sunny.
 
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mgtfp said:
FC will get a bit higher when it's less sunny.
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i understand and i am thinking at the end of the testing i will probably need to run 6 hours as my FC 6 is going to drop on those hot days, i defiantly don't want to test daily, weekly at most hopefully, so i get it now that there will be times when it runs high, but then a few sunny days should bring it back into line...

having said that 5 is really the tfp target, so even if my target of 6 dips to 5 its still ok going by tfp , as long as thats the lowest is goes, but really i hear you and i dont want to be stressing over 1 or 2 either way and testing every day, so i will see how it runs on the 5 hours at 50% but im totally ready to up levels if i see drops in FC, which i am expecting i guess.....

I am keeping a record of dates and cloudy v sunny days so next summer i have a good idea what to do, winter will be a new learn for me but should be ok....

im off to start step dads pool its filed and ready to fire up....
 
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hi all, just doing update on FC testing running pump 5 hours at 50%

Thursday 830am FC 6 mild sunny day
Friday 8.am FC 7 sunny day
Saturday 8.am FC 6.5 cloudy day
Sunday 8.am FC 7 sunny day....but on this day 3 people had a swim and i also brushed and vacuumed pool, at 630pm tested that day and got FC 5 so lost 2
Monday 8.am FC 4.5 very hot sunny day 6pm FC 4.5

so only day that dropped was Sunday the day 3 had a swim and i brushed pool, next day Monday started at 4.5 ended at 4.5 on a very hot day i did expect a drop from 4.5 as it was hot but all was stable

so i could leave it to see if it catches up back to 6 , but i decided to up hours to 6 hours at 50% , what do guys think wait and see or try 6 hours as i have set now ?
its FC 4.5 now at 6pm so will see how it recovers from here.....TBC
 
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Dirk said:
I suppose excess FC can irritate eyes. So keeping FC in range (based on CYA) is always best. But the more likely culprits are either pH or CC. CC being the most likely. If your kids are peeing in the pool, and generating CC as the chlorine goes to work, that might be what's going on. So monitor all three: FC, pH and CC and keep them all in range for a comfortable pool.
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Oh geeze I can't believe I missed this.. you need to monitor FC, pH, CC AND PP!
 
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I would set the runtime and see if you can adjust the SWG suit you.. I'm not sure I know your model but usually its easier to adjust the SWG knob than to reprogram the time. So lets say you start at 5 hrs at 50%.. does that runtime give you enough leeway to turn it up when you need more and turn it down when you need less? This is not a question you can answer in one season. I tinkered with mine for a few seasons until I found that happy run time that allows me to just turn the knob to suit the conditions (Batherload, Time of the year, temperature, etc). And remember I would use the tartget FC in the FC/CYA Levels as your minimum. It gives you more elbow room. And if you have a sudden party, use some LC to bump it up... if you know that party is coming next weekend, turn it up a tad to build FC in preparation for the bather load. And then if 5 hrs doesn't cut it, then bump it to 6 hrs the next year and see how you do.
 
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just to mention i was at my local pharmacy spoke with the owner and he said he has the same swg, owned his pool for many years, i mentioned how i am testing to get it right, he looked at me strangely and said why, all he does is put in salt, he could not understand why i had to test anything, i mean anything ! he does no testing, i asked again really nothing, how about a service guy that comes out, nope, all he does is put salt in, never had any issues, i mentioned in winter about adjusting output, nope he does nothing, this guy is a very switched on guy and i have known him for many years , so its not some story, i just dont get it, i can only assume his swg is set reasonably high to cover all issues and is just set that way all year...but that still dont take care of PH, TA, CYA etc....i will question him again next time as it just dont sound right.....
 
That's what we like to see. pool owners who realize what is involved with taking care of a pool. Kudos to you Fiesta' for allowing the hairs to raise up on the back of your neck. Yeah, if he is not testing even the basic stuff with an inaccurate pool strip, who knows what is going on in there.

And with this encounter you will find that not everyone wants to know what is going on in their pool. If you find he isn't interested in the details of his pool like you are about yours.. just back off and do what the Madagascar Penguins do.. Smile and wave boys, just smile and wave.
 
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mguzzy said:
Oh geeze I can't believe I missed this.. you need to monitor FC, pH, CC AND PP!
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The first three tests I understand, I got them down rather easily and quickly. But I still struggle with the PP test. Back to the sun (or is it back to the wind?). Hold it just below waist level. It's too fast to count the drops. And it's always a pale yellow. So I never know what the result is. I even repeat the test several times a day. Always the same...
 
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so 6pm here i just tested and FC has risen from 4.5 this morning to 5 with the extra hour run time today, but as you all have told me don't chase the target with the swg, use some liquid chlorine to target then let swg take over, i just put in 1 litre to get it up to FC 7,

CYA 70 target is 5, but i am going for 7, i see the need for that buffer, and the idea to use 5 as my minimum..... see i am listening ! just a bit slow

so i assume in morning i should have around FC 7 to start the new testing 6 hours at 50%

ok so i just realized i am up to 477 posts, that must be some kind of record , wow but i have learnt a ton of stuff, and i guess any fresh newby that come by can see the road i took and still taking to get my pool sorted

anyway i will check back in after this latest test runs its course...
 
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aussieta said:
nothing to do just add a bag of salt if water goes green
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thats exactly what my friend said, i was amazed at what he was telling me, i said have you ever had issues green pool etc, and he said nah just put more salt in.....i been to his home many years ago and can say its ultra modern big pad and i vaguely remember the pool was big too, gas heated all the trimmings, i wonder just how the pool really is going....
 

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