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It is orange. Edit: Decided to investigate anyways and sure enough, the bottom manifold is quite cracked. Can you please review the following photos and advise? And...how can I identify my model? It's Swimclear CX020...can't figure out how to discern the 'X'. 1. Cracked Bottom Collector...

Already re-thought that strategy. Failed to consider the wear being placed on the cleaner...that 10 hours was just to maximize energy use during my energy credit window. I will cap it off at 3 hours.

Again, I have historically used chlorine tablets and shock...with great results (from a water quality standpoint). Very rarely clarifier or algaecide. PH is almost never out of range, and any issues regarding hardness, CYA, and alkalinity all work themselves out by the time I get the pool clean...

Understood. Tentatively, I plan to run the primary pump for 14 hours and the booster pump for 10 hours a day (10 hour period of energy credit at night; plus another 4 hours during mid-day. cleaner/booster will not run midday while people may use it obviously). A few questions... My pool is a...

Okay, because... 1. You don't trust the estimate and think I shouldn't either? 2. The estimate is too close to the recommended limit and might be over? 3. The R15 far outperforms the R9 model?

Okay! The experts have spoken...Purchasing a Hayward W3AQR9 (pool was 'estimated' to be about 24,000 gal; the estimate came from the pool builder, which apparently has no concrete info on the pool except for its build year...said for some reason they didn't record much info back when it was...

So what is the solution here if I don't want to drop 1K+ on a SWG? Just install the tab feeder after the pump? Or what?

Clean break into 2 pieces. The remainder of the center is still attached to the pump...need to pry/grind that off somehow.

I hose them down at least twice a year actually (just did it). But again, these are very old filters that I imagine degrade over time. The content of the in-line filter was all algae/organic material.