In case it’s not obvious, a salt pool = chlorine pool. There is no difference except where the chlorine comes from and you keep the same level of chlorine in both. The SWCG just extracts the chlorine from the salt (NaCL) instead of making you pour it in every day. Then the Na and CL combine back together into salt and the process continues.
Thank you so much on the advice! my pools is about 26-27k gallons. any SWG you recommend for that?
Mine is the same size and I use the circupool RJ60. I have no experience with other brands. But I’d guess any big brand model would work well. I chose the circupool because they allow self-install without canceling the warranty.
WOW okay that sounds good ill check them out. any best time on when to purchase it when it comes to sales? Also, how has your experience been with it? any hiccups or anything I should be aware of?
You want 2X your volume or more because cells are rated for 100% run time. Running them half as often gets twice the lifespan. For you there are 2 brands. Circupool makes a 55k and 60k model and Pentair makes a 60k model
so essentially it says 15,000 hour life span so id be looking at around 30K life span? I usually only run my pool at night and during summer months in NY. June-August
12 (?) There are many many factors. Our short season and easier UV demand are two of them. Having balanced chemistry helps the unit live to its fullest.
It’s not quite like that. 15k hours is 15k hours. The device runs on a duty cycle so if it’s running at 100% it’ll be making chlorine for 12 hours and resting for 12 hours each day (for example). But if its large enough that you can run it at 50% instead each day, it’ll be twice as long before you reach the 15k limit. My numbers are just for reference. The bigger cell you buy the longer it’ll last generally but costs more up front.
Mine has been flawless for two years. I haven’t plugged it in just yet (just opened a couple weeks ago) so maybe I should wait a week until I do turn it on. It doesn’t work when the water temp is below ~50F or so which means you’ll have to use liquid to chlorinate during those times.
by chlorine do you mean pucks? In the long run pucks will build up CYA, causing you to need to drain your pool. I had a great stenner pump/bleach system I setup. I would buy 20 gallons at a time and fill a blue 55 gallon drum. It would last about 30 days in the summer and pretty much all winter.
I don’t even have to do that - my SWCG is programmed to run at a certain rate when the pump is running. I wouldn’t own a pool that didn’t have a SWCG. Maintenance is SO easy - about 10 minutes a week.
So was mine. And sometimes I needed more chlorine and it required going to the back yard to press a button. Way better than going to the store.
Ok
pureline also makes a cell for 60k
