SWG not keeping FC up..

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chicotunner07

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Dealing with very hot days and tons of rain here in Florida which is causing lower than normal FC. I’m worried about running my SWG at a higher value (currently 50 bumped up to 75) that may cause premature cell failure vs supplementing liquid as a band aid. The SWG is about 5 years old.
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Hey there, im in in the same boat as you also in florida!! I'm in PSL (between orlando and Palm beach) and am also struggling to keep my FC between 1-4ppm. I've been supplementing with liquid chlorine and am currently running my SWG at 85% for 9hrs of the day.

I also seem to be losing salt which i would assume is because of the heavy rain, ive been adding 1 40Lb bag of sale about every 45 days. How have your salt levels been?
 
chicotunner07 said:
Hey there, im in in the same boat as you also in florida!! I'm in PSL (between orlando and Palm beach) and am also struggling to keep my FC between 1-4ppm. I've been supplementing with liquid chlorine and am currently running my SWG at 85% for 9hrs of the day.

I also seem to be losing salt which i would assume is because of the heavy rain, ive been adding 1 40Lb bag of sale about every 45 days. How have your salt levels been?
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Unless your SWG is WAY oversized, 9 hours a day at 85% will not produce anywhere near enough chlorine. I run mine 24x7 at 55% and it is sized 2x the pool volume. Bump your run time until you are producing enough chlorine. What model is it?
 
I'm sorry in advance, but real talk time.

Why would you possibly struggle maintaining such a low level and need to dose manually when you're only running 9 hours a day ?

Add more hours.

Lots of them.

Your SWG produces FC 2x to 5x cheaper than buying liquid these days. You win no prizes trying to extend the cell life if it costs you more.

You also win no prizes being unsanitary. Treat low target as your minimum, and the closest you possibly want to be to min FC at the low FC point of the day. The pool still swings with daily demand, just typically not as much as a LC pool from daytime production and/or the higher CYA.

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chicotunner07 said:
Hey there, im in in the same boat as you also in florida!! I'm in PSL (between orlando and Palm beach) and am also struggling to keep my FC between 1-4ppm. I've been supplementing with liquid chlorine and am currently running my SWG at 85% for 9hrs of the day.

I also seem to be losing salt which i would assume is because of the heavy rain, ive been adding 1 40Lb bag of sale about every 45 days. How have your salt levels been?
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The other folks didn’t say it directly but the issue is the 1-4ppm chlorine level. That’s too low assuming you have some stabilizer in the water (you should). Take a look through the articles to learn more about it.
 
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1-4ppm… waaaaaaayyyyyyyy too low. In summer I’m not happy unless I’m shooting for a couple of points higher than target range for my CYA.
 
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Unless your SWG is WAY oversized, 9 hours a day at 85% will not produce anywhere near enough chlorine. I run mine 24x7 at 55% and it is sized 2x the pool volume. Bump your run time until you are producing enough chlorine. What model is it?
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Wow, thanks for the input!

I have a hayward TCELLS325, I'm diving head first (pun intended) into all the articles on this site, crazy the amount of helpful info and people on here!
 
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