SWG conversion

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lsurefugee

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Jun 21, 2023
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Baton Rouge, LA
Pool Size
15000
Surface
Plaster
Chlorine
Salt Water Generator
SWG Type
Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
About to change from in line chlorinator to SWG. Excited to make this change rather than dealing with 3” tabs. Pool is 6 months old. Getting it installed on Thursday. Any advice on adding salt now in preparation or should I wait until install? Current salt level is 1000 ppm and SWG calls for 3200 ppm.

Any advice is appreciated. Details of pool are in signature.
 
Belated Welcome to the forum, and Welcome to SWG club. You're having a heckuva 2 weeks making things WAY easier. :)

How'd you get the 1000 ppm salt baseline ? A k1766 ? If not, order one and report back.

Salt can be added at anytime. Add 75% from the baseline to target and then creep up the rest of the way. Never add large amounts of CH, CYA or salt in one batch. If you overshoot, they only come out quickly by draining.
 
Newdude said:
Belated Welcome to the forum, and Welcome to SWG club. You're having a heckuva 2 weeks making things WAY easier. :)

How'd you get the 1000 ppm salt baseline ? A k1766 ? If not, order one and report back.

Salt can be added at anytime. Add 75% from the baseline to target and then creep up the rest of the way. Never add large amounts of CH, CYA or salt in one batch. If you ovwrshoot, they only come out quickly by draining.
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Yes, used a k1766. I have been using liquid bleach for a few weeks so I don’t know if that contributed some to the salt load. I’ll repeat the testing to make sure it was accurate before adding any salt. Thanks!
 
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When you install the SWG, make sure your FC is at your desired level along with the CYA which will be higher than non-SWG pools. That way when you turn on the device it will *maintain* your FC .
Can you tell us which SWG you are getting? Is the cell sized to at least 2x your pool's volume?

Maddie :flower:
 
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