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I just checked the salt content of the pool water and it came back at 3,150 even though the SWG says there is enough salt. So, I dumped in my last bag and am headed to Walmart to buy another 80 pounds. I did a manual check of the SWG and it reports 60% used life (i.e., 3 green dots lit up on...

What is "insane" is that it generates chlorine for 2 minutes, meaning it is capable of generating chlorine, but after an analysis it decides that it no longer wants to produce chlorine.

Yep, I did both of them back in the fall when it was giving me this issue. Just dismissed it as a cold water issue. Think I might have to bite the bullet and buy a new SWG. Just frustrating that it will generate chlorine upon startup and then do a "diagnostic" and shut down. Insane to think...

I have a Pentair IC60 that generates chlorine when initially turned on, and then a couple minutes later flashes "inspect cell". I've had it for about 3 seasons. It was doing the same thing toward the end of the season last year, but the water was pretty cold and I dismissed the issue due to cold...

Exactly what water parameters does the Guru measure? Is it just chlorine and PH, or does it test for more than just chlorine and ph? I am asking because I am thinking about getting it. Thanks

Looked at the label and the manufacture date is 5/31/2011. Guess I should be ecstatic that it actually made it through last season. How it only has 6,000 hours on it is beyond me. Time to buy a new chlorine generator and it looks like I am going with the IC60 since I cannot find the IC40...

I can get an IC60 for $959. Would this be a drop in replacement for the IC40, but with a longer useful life since I would need it to generate chlorine a lot less often than the IC40. The IC60 produces 2.0 pounds per day versus 1.4 pounds with the IC40? Since the useful life is supposed to be...

We have been in the house for 18 months now and this will be our second season with the pool. The IC40 was working just fine up until yesterday. Had 7.0 fc yesterday. Yesterday, the "Cell" light was flashing, which translates to "Inspect Cell". I found some debris on the cell fins on the inlet...

Yep, I had an ammonia issue when we opened up the pool. Poolgate helped me with opening the pool and figuring out my water parameters. Ammonia was above 8 ppm according to my aquarium test kit (highest it will measure since all the fish would be dead already) and dumping in 10 gallons of 10%...

Sorry for getting back to this so late. As Poolgate mentioned, this pool required 50 gallons of 10% pool chlorine to get rid of the ammonia issue. In the process, the ta and ph became what it is. I measured the ph with an aquarium test kit and that is how I was able to test down to 6.4. I added...

Got my SWG up and running yesterday. FC went from 3.0 yesterday morning to 7.0 today running the IC40 on high for 24 hours. CC went from 1.0 to 0.5 or less. Pool is around 37,000 gallons Today's tests resulted in: FC - 7.0 CC - 0.5 TA - 20 CYA - 20 but still have some in the skimmers and...

Thank you very much. Just bought 24 pounds of sodium bicarbonate yesterday. Thing is, I think I am going to end up using sodium carbonate (pot ash) right now because both my ph and alkalinity are low in the pool. Pretty sure I will have the "pleasure" of using the sodium bicarbonate at some...

I added 120 pounds of salt to my pool and raised the salt reading by 325ppm. I am trying to work backwards from this to get a better feeling for what my pool size is. The previous owner told me that it was 37,000 gallons and I am just trying to confirm this number. I have used the Pentair...

Breaker at the house for the subpanel is 50 amps and there are two 20 amp breakers in the subpanel (i.e., pool pump and booster pump) and two 10 amp breakers (i.e., lights and IC40). This does not shock me because no repairs done to this house were done well, much less to code. I have room in...

I have 50 amps running from the house to the Pentair Easy Touch panel by the pool. I am about to install an Intelliflo 3hp variable speed pump, which would most likely go on a 20 amp breaker at the pool panel. This is the same breaker powering the current 1.5hp single speed Pentair pump. Only...

Thanks for that link. I was going to put PVC unions right before and after the pump. Those pump unions are what is on the current pump, so I will just order them too and use them on the new pump. Of course, that reminds me that I need to deal with the unions for the Pentair CCP420. Whoever...

Yes I can add the Easytouch to my sig and believe I have now done so. If there is anything else you think I can add to my sig to help people understand what I have, I will be more than happy to do so. Thanks for the reply and for the newer model number. Copied that model number off a review...

Thanks for the welcome, thanks for coming over this weekend, thanks for helping me understand things, thanks for helping me open the pool, and thanks for the starter TF-100 test kit. Just thanks a lot. I would probably still be spinning my wheels and trying to figure all of this out if it wasn't...

Bought a 19 year old house with a pool. The pool is most likely as old as the house. I am in the process of understanding everything and upgrading some of it. Going to stick with the Pentair CCP420 Clean & Clear filter, but looking to replace the single speed pump with a variable speed pump. The...

Thank you very much for that. I have no idea why I didn't look for the online manual myself, especially since it will really come in handy since we have decided to continue using this filter. Looks like it is a CCP420 that we have.

Hello everybody. Hope everybody is doing well under our current circumstances. I am new to the pool scene and new to the forum too. My wife and I bought a 19 year old house with a pool. This site was recommended to me by at least 5 people on another site completely unrelated to this subject...