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After 6 years of faithful service my Circupool RJ-60+ controller decided to meet its untimely demise last week on the Saturday before hurricane Beryl landed in Texas. Monday while the Huricane was making a landing, I called Circupool ( I was not aware they were in the path of the hurricane)...

Ahh, reading your initial post, I interpreted that your SWG runs continuously and once every 5 days the SWG would fault while powered. Based this post, your SWG power cycles daily but still every 5 days the unit faults. In this case adding the current sensing relay would not solve that...

Few thoughts and comments: Have you considered installing a current sensing relay on your salt water generator? It's an excellent protection to ensure the pump is running before the salt water generator receives power. In your case, whenever your pump de-energizes(turns off) your salt water...

I'd guess it's unlikely to be effective or cost effective. Colgate publishes their SDS which gives and idea of the ingredients in the product. They have not updated the SDS in 4 years and suspect they are trying to obfiscate the active ingredeints in the product but calcium and sodium carbonate...

1) Backwashing: Are you certain you have proper flow on the backwash? Looking at your black flex hose there appears to be kinks in the hose which will create back pressure and restrict flow, remove constrictions. Pay attention to the little site glass to determine when the DE has existed the...

Wish that was correct. As stated in the original post, the previous owner built the pool with Aqua genie skimmers. the return is built into the skimmer. The water level is 4-5 inches below the returns.

That was my thinking exactly. So I felt the vinyl linking around the entire pool. The only penetration on the pool at this level is the connection to the stairs. Both the returns and the skimmers are above water. Other possibilities are a crack in the light conduit or in the main drain. I...

Hi I'm late to this conversation. Another thought on the possible source of the issue. Have you checked the connectors on the head unit and the salt cell? I had issues on my RJ60+ this would not work at startup. I turned the head unit over and noticed corrosion on the connectors. Quick...

I have a 40' x 20' inground vinyl lined pool. Shortly after closing last season, I noticed the pool water level dropping underneath my mesh safety cover after inspection the pool would lose water down to about 4-5 inches below the skimmer basket and then stop (oddly almost perfect winterization...

Hi Everyone, After too much time without a current sensing relay, I finally added one to my system. I know I was living dangerously but life happens and this project fell down the list. Additionally, I struggled with the design limitations of the CR magnetic relays with an operating range of...

With a VSP and the 45K and a 20K gallon pool, your needs should be easily met. You cannot really go "overkill" with the Circupool units as you can adjust the "output"(quotes cause output is fixed based on the equipment purchased, so the unit runs 5% of the hr) in 5% increment units. The...

Little background on the function of a SWG. Each SWG only operates at a specific production rate, when the unit is adjusted to 25% the unit goes from a 100% duty cycle. In other words, it runs at 100% for 15min per hour. The only time one can produce chlorine is when the pump is flowing. As...

Congrats on the new pool liner. Replaced my inground pool liner 18 month ago and just seeing a new liner makes me a proud owner! I suspect your pool water is still clear as you likely filled it late in the year and now opened the pool before the temperature has risen above ~65F when algae can...

Some ideas to remove the cap. 1) wedge a short bar into the slot. Use a deadblow to slowly hammer the cap off. 2) Same as above but use an air hammer 3) Blunt chisel or punch and mallet. Place at one edge near thread and hammer around slowly <-- not recommended as the plastic is old and will...

Congrats on your purchase and welcome to the world of SWG pools. I purchased the RJ-60+ prior to the 2019 season for my 35K gallon pool. Overall, my experience has been amazing as my pool remained much cleaner and clear for the first years use. I wou;d have recommended the RJ series due the...

I don't hate flex pipe and most here don't seem to either. It serves a purpose in a place and time. The interior wall of the flex pvc has the spiral in it which to prevent the hose from collapsing. The spiral either affects the wall the ID of the flex pipe or increases the resistance along...

Would think it's better underground, if the earth shifts or compacts it's likely to move opposed to rigid may just crack.

Heater Bypass: Totally agree with Proavia. Wonderful idea to have. Biggest challenge for me would be explaining to my wife how to operate the pool heater by pass valves while I'm traveling for work. If you travel a lot like me, you could have that issue but overall the bypass will some day...

I suspect this is not a good idea. Valve failures mechanical or human can result in a situation of chlorine and hydrogen enter or even build in the heater which will lead to premature equipment death or explosion. Even if a heater bypass is installed, I do not see fitting a check valve, SWG...

You should leave a minimum of 12 inches in the shallowest part of the pool. You need to keep weight on the liner ensuring the liner does not shift or shrink. Additional liner age can impact the liner, if old you may want to be conservative and leave a little extra. High water table can be an...

Hi Bab's, I have just gone done the same decision tree as you and landed on the Circupool generator and pump. I've only had the unit installed a few weeks but so far it works great along with the 3HP smartflo pump. Salt Water Generator thoughts: Thoughts so far: DIY, RJ series are great in...

Hi Joyful, Totally valid points and I agree COMPLETELY. Home vs commercial pools are different animals with different micro loads completely. Commercial pools are much harder to clean and maintain cleanliness. The challenge we'll find in the literature is the best and abundant work will be...

Nothing revelatory here and additionally, I'm not recommending anything which could result in harm as my position is more filtration/cleaning and not less. As to filtration cleaning pathogen out of water and pools see my previous citations. But to summarize, DE will give 1 (90%) to 6 (99.9999%)...