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FYI. The two gasket solution in the drain cap seems to be holding up fine. No signs of leakage, so I'm just gonna not touch it until I have to :rolleyes:

I tried a winter plug but I don't have good size that fits in there. Is there a specific size plug that works well? In the meantime I seem to have stopped the leak for the moment, by taking the gasket from my old cap, and putting it under the gasket in the new cap, so now there's two gaskets...

Yes.. I got a new cap and gasket... I hadn't thought of using a winter plug (presuming you mean the same type of winter plug I also use for winterizing the other pipes). That might be something to try.

My Hayward filter is also leaking from the drain cap. I just bought a brand new cap, and it leaks also. I've tried teflon tape and plumbers putty to stop it, but to no avail! Last year I had to use a wrench to tighten it enough to not leak, this year that didn't work, and I'm worried that even...

Thanks for the explanation, and for the really useful link.

Thanks for the replies. I was worried about running the SWG directly off the timer, so it's good that it's not a problem. My first thought was to just go with a VS pump and run it all the time (just most of the time at low speed). It hadn't occurred to me to by a 2nd timer and run the SWG only...

Our pool has a single speed main pump that runs all the time, it also has a timer that controls a booster pump for our Polaris. We converted it to a salt pool last year, adding the SWG. I'd like to reduce our electric bill if it's at all possible. I've seen postings on here that there's no...