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Also, one other question. Is it possible that it's not algae and it's just a bunch of organic contaminants? I've been getting lots of leaves and bugs in the pool lately... could that be eating up the chlorine?

I'll do the OCLT test and report back. Yes, salt and CYA dropped dramatically in the last month. CYA was 70 on July 5, 45 on Aug 7th. I know it's a lot but we've been using the pool a lot... 4 kids in it daily, then with friends over its like 8 kids splashing around and using the pool to fill...

To clarify, I used a salt test to confirm I went from about 3900 ppm to 2800 ppm. My SWG was saying the same thing over the last few weeks, but I confirmed with the actual test. My FC was going up initially, going from 4-5 to 10 in less than a week. This is when I turned it down. I turned it...

I'm nearly certain I don't have a leak and I didn't backwash during this time... so I am chalking it up to splash out and heavy use, but wanted to see what you guys thought. July 4th my CYA was at 70 and salt was 3800. It's a brand new pool and that was my baseline to have it ready for swimming...

I lowered the SWG to 30% two days ago to see if my FC would come down. I checked yesterday and FC was 10.5! Compared to 9.5 two days ago. So it's still going up even though it's very warm with full sun lately here in Socal. So I dropped the SWG down to 20% and reduced pump time by an hour.

Nope, no real reason other than it felt right to me... Haha. I am sure I could turn it down and increase the duration. Is there a reason why you run yours 24/7 at a lower RPM? I would guess if I did that I would need to turn the production on my SWG way down. Seems like at 50% 12 hours a day I...

Nope, bright sun. Normal schedule just higher flow. Anyways I just checked it and it's at 9.5 so I'm going to turn the SWG down to 30% and see if that brings my FC down.

I run my VSP 12 hours a day, at 1800rpm, from 8am to 8pm. I just fired it up on July 5th, the day after all my salt, so I've been tracking my levels pretty carefully since then. It's been holding pretty steady for several days and went up yesterday, and I'm trying to figure out why. Here is my...

Ha! Thanks for this. I am guessing I missed a calculator or an app or something somewhere? And with that, is there a way to calculate my FC loss each day? To know how much I should need to generate each day?

Another update: last night after adding salt the "LOW SALT" indicator on the SWG was on (no surprise, since I only added salt a few hours before) and my Intellicenter told me I was at 2200 PPM. This morning I went to go take a look and the reading was 3900 PPM. I didn't get a chance to do a...

All checks out... SWG turns on in pool mode, turns off in service mode. Current adding salt to my pool, with the Intellichlor set to 0%. Will start it at 50% tomorrow once all the salt dissolves! Also checked the GFCI, which turned off all my pool lights when I tested it.

Looks good so far. SWG turns on when I'm in "Pool Mode"...

Sorry you are right!! That was incorrect. So whats your assessment? Fire it up?

This is correct, to the best of my knowledge. Quick diagram attached. DTC means down to conduit. The red wires coming out of terminals #2 and #4, that are wired to the breaker the electrician marked with blue tape, I guess to indicate hot, and I would guess they go down to my Intelliflo. The...