- Apr 29, 2024
- 3
- Pool Size
- 20500
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair iChlor 30
Hi - this is my second season with a pool but the first year we’ve opened it from winterization. It’s been open for one week. Water temp is running between 65-70 degrees F. After 48 hours of the pump running (Thursday) I tested it at the pool store. Chlorine was at 1. Cya at 39. Salt was 2900. Came home, backwashed, shocked it, added 80 pounds of salt, upped the SWG to 50 (it was at 35). Sunday strip tests were showing 0 chlorine. I put it on super chlorinate for 24 hours. Today (Tuesday) I had it tested again at the pool store - Chlorine was 0, cya 42, salt 3600. (My test strips and SWG match this)The pool store says I have a SWG issue. My pool builder says my SWG won’t produce chlorine with water at 65. However the manual (pentair ichlor30) says it WILL produce chlorine in water above 52F. So who is telling me the truth? Why don’t I have any chlorine? I added more shock tonight to try and boost it. We had a warm day and the water is now above 70. Does it need a big boost when opening to then maintain chlorine levels?