What was your salt level before draining?
I would highly recommend getting a SWCG. An IC60 would be perfect.
No need to drain because of salt. You were almost at the salinity needed to operate a SWCG.
Its really expensive up front, and pumps need to run longer to generate the chlorine.
An IC60 produces about 1000 jugs of 10% worth of FC. If purchased at Walmart those jugs would be $6160 after tax for me. We all have slightly different sales tax, but still.
Anything above and beyond what you already run only needs to be at a speed that satisfies the SWG flow switch. For me that's 700 rpms which draws 35 watts. Even with a more complicated system with more restriction, you won't need enough RPMs to care it draws more power for some hours.
Not sure where the speed was last set but it was approximetely 2100 rpm. The pumps are down slope from the pool and spa, so higher rpms are needed.
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True, there is a significant upfront expense. However, over the long term it's by far the cheapest way to chlorinate. More importantly, it's incredibly convenient and makes pool care so much easier. Even if a cell would cost 3x what it costs today, I'd still get one.
Many SWCG users operate 24/7 at slow speeds. I operate at 1,000 RPM 24/7 and it costs ~$5/month in electricity. I like the constant chlorination, skimming, circulation, and filtering. Even with California electric prices, it's not much.
Salt is easy to add and very cheap. A 40 pound bag of quality salt is ~$7. I can't stress enough the ease and convenience of a SWCG. I would never consider any other method of chlorination. I would suspect 99% of SWCG users here feel the same way.
What were his reasons? He gave you poor advice, intentional or not.
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True, there is a significant upfront expense. However, over the long term it's by far the cheapest way to chlorinate. More importantly, it's incredibly convenient and makes pool care so much easier. Even if a cell would cost 3x what it costs today, I'd still get one.
Many SWCG users operate 24/7 at slow speeds. I operate at 1,000 RPM 24/7 and it costs ~$5/month in electricity. I like the constant chlorination, skimming, circulation, and filtering. Even with California electric prices, it's not much.
Salt is easy to add and very cheap. A 40 pound bag of quality salt is ~$7. I can't stress enough the ease and convenience of a SWCG. I would never consider any other method of chlorination. I would suspect 99% of SWCG users here feel the same way.
What were his reasons? He gave you poor advice, intentional or not.
Do tell how going from 4% of the salinity of the ocean all the way to 10% will change anything. And with every gallon of 10%, the gap closes by 8ppm.
That is likely higher than you'd need for the SWG for the extra hours it needed to produce enough FC for the day. Even if it was 135W at whatever lesser speed you needed, would that amount to anything noticable on the monthly bill for 5 hours a day for a few months ? Again, for some of the season the current 3 hours would be plenty.
