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How do you guys have your Salt system set up? I have that yellow dial with pins to turn on and off the Salt system, but since we installed the iAquaLink system, I don't use the pins anymore and the TrueClear when the pump is running it is chlorinating and when the pump is off it shows Standby...

I noticed my pool this morning was starting turn green after being away on vacation. Checked the Hayward OmniLogic screen and my average salt reading is 65,486ppm and instant 65,475ppm (obviously both in accurate). My question is has anyone had this happen? If so did it indicate a bad cell or...

We have a 24x12x52 Intext pool 8 years old with a salt water system. Been through two salt water systems and NOW all of the sudden the power is on but nothig happens when you try to get the pump working. No humming Nothing! It must be a simple electrical fix which I know nothig about. I took the...

My signature has most of the important stuff, but today I bought: Pentair 520554 SWG IC20 Pentair 520556 IntelliChlor Controller Pentair 520670 IntelliChlor Acid Cleaning Kit and from reading, I also bought a Pentair 350122 Comm Cable for my Pentair Intelliflow VS Pump to talk to the...

I purchased a Circupool salt system for my parent's pool. Before installing I wanted to test the pool's salt baseline so I ordered the TAYLOR K-1766 SALT TEST KIT. To my surprise the pool's apparent baseline is 2800ppm for sodium chloride. Is that normal for a non-salt water pool? It took 14...

I've been using Taylor's testkit for years and when checking FC before converting to a SWG pool the color would change quickly to pink to indicate chlorine. However, I just converted to a SWG and noticed that using the Taylor DPD reagent (R-0870) doesn't turn pink as quickly as it did before it...

Hi. Just a silly detail question. Usually the Taylor salt test is unambiguous: from yellow to obviously orange in one drop. This time was a bit different. The 16th drop caused a just barely noticeable orangish tinge. Then the 17th was all in: dark and obvious. The Taylor instructions are a...

This is our first year opening our pool and testing the water/maintaining it. We were built last year, and completed around early/mid August so we didn't have much to maintain before the pool builder closed us up. The pool builder "opened" by checking the system, cleaning the auto-cover, and...

Basically my old pump recently died. Been looking at the Hayward MaxFlo VS 1.65HP vs the Pentair SuperFlo VS Been a long time since my last post. Will try to find my signature with my equipment. But basically I have a ~16,000 gal salt water in ground pool. Any help/recommendations would be...

Man, this new pool is beautiful with crystal clear water! Installed early February, pool company cleaned it all out after concrete deck poured, etc. They had 3 chlorine tabs in a bobber which is long gone, put the proper amount of salt in about a month ago and fired up the SWG. All looks great...

We just had our SWG start up last week for my 10,000 gallon pool. The pool builder company came and added salt. I just did my first salt test (Taylor TF-100 salt kit) and it’s showing 4400ppm. Too high I know, but is it dangerously high? Will this go down over time? Here are my readings: Ph 7.6...

The pool servicer came yesterday to do the startup for salt. How long does it take for it to start producing chlorine? I tested today (24 hours later) and had 0 FC. Do I need to supplement with liquid chlorine right now until the SWG catches up and is producing enough?

Hi all, we are about 10 months into our 1st pool. I am trying to figure out which salt level result to trust more. Table below shows results from the TFT salt test (chromium/silver nitrate) and the SWG reading (pentair intellichlor-40) using the reading taken at same time as water sample for...

Hi all, Pool recently installed (deck currently being built). No pool school yet (although I’ve owned a pool before) so pool company has been managing water once a week. Today they came round and I noticed after they had left, that they had removed the chlorine tablets from the floater and had...

Above ground pool, installed mid last year. Intex pump/chlorinator. This seems to be a trend even from the start of installation… there are 2 chlorinator plugs going into the water flow (1 reg, 1 boost)… i always seem to loose chlorine over a week or two when the system is in auto mode (no...

Newbie here. For a while my relatively new Pentair IC40 has been flashing that the salt level is too high. I have done multiple tests: - IC40 diagnostics says 4800ppm - Saline Aquacheck says about 4300ppm - New salt meter says 4500ppm (it also says TDS is about the same, which seems strange) I...

Hello! Any advise on how to effectively clean tile’s stains? I have a 16 gl Salt pool. Stains are only present i the tiles around the spillover area (rocks). Hopefully you can see my attached pics. Thank you in advance!

I recently filled a pool and have been trying all week to balance the chemistry. I make my own daily tests with a Taylor FAS-DPD kit and I confirm my test results by taking water samples to Leslie's. I have managed to get all the chemistry within recommended range except for pH and Total...

Hi all! Like many of you, I’ve decided to add a SWG to minimize storage of chemicals, save some money and time. In preparation, I balanced the chemicals to ideal levels FC: 5.5, CYA: 50, pH: 7.4, TA: 60, CH: 550, water temp: 76. Then I added Boric acid last night following the method exactly on...

Hey group. New pool owner. PB finished our new Fiberglass Pool 35x16 and I want to make sure to get the chemistry right. 10,100 gallon pool. Salt Cell Ichlor30. 1.5 variable speed pump. 200 BTU heater. Ordered by Taylor Test kit and performed my first tests. Readings are as follows. Salt...

Hi, everyone. Thanks in advance for your advice. We just had our 22k gallon pool rebuilt with aluminum coping and we're in the process of filling it back up with water. I've been using a Hayward SWG since we bought the house in 2012. As of last summer I was on my third generator. Also last...

I have an in ground salt water pool and the paint on my ladder flaked off at the end of 2019 - the section underwater only. I first tried Rustoleum because it matched the hammered metal look so well, but that peeled off by fall 2020. In 2021, I tried a Pettit paint from a marine supply store...

Hello All, Looking for some info to see if I'm doing things right and second to see if this is normal. My pool was built and finished April 2021. It is approx. 25k gallon. I always used 31% Muriatic Acid, but recently changed to Powdered Acid to see if it changed anything and still the same...

Hi there! Been reading all of the forums and went through "pool school" twice, but I'm at a little bit of a loss on what to do. ~15,000 Gal. Saltwater Pool Measurements: FW:1.2 Total Chlorine: .22 pH: 7.8 TA: 96 CH: 167 CYA: 5 Phosphates: 495 Salt: 1263 Water Temp: 62F Any thoughts on what...

Hayward T-9 (W3T-CELL-9) purchased exactly 1 year ago for a tiny 8,000gallon heated pool. Kept it heated and covered most of the winter in Atlanta area and kept good chemistry except my pH seems to average around 7.8 with frequent acid addition. Usually run the cell at less than 5% in order to...

Hi, When I got the pool redone many years ago, I was told by the contractor that going to SWG (salt) approach was not an option for me because my main drain pipe is a large copper pipe and the salt would destroy it over time. I have recently moved to using liquid chlorine which has the side...

We did decide on a fiberglass drop in pool, but my husband and I are having the great debate... chlorine or saltwater. I could use some help to ease my mind about the harshness of chlorine or to ease his about the damage salt can do. So a quick summary of what you chose and why would be a...

I'm trying to build a case to get the camp I work for to invest in a SWG system for our pool here in the middle of the desert. Currently, I'm experiencing about 4ppm of FC loss per day (from about 9 after adding down to about 5), which given the pool's volume of 25,000 gallons, equates to about...

Hello! I am grateful for any help here - I feel like I've been running in circles and have gotten opposing answers from local pool stores and experts I've consulted. I have a 26k gallon, vinyl liner pool with AquaCal AutoPilot DIG-220 with a PCC 1 salt cell I had the salt generator installed...

Apparently my salt cell is going bad and reporting erroneous salt levels. Unfortunately, I added more salt before I realized the problem. The Taylor K-1766 test indicates 4200 ppm, Leslie's test was at 3689 ppm and the cell is reporting 1900. I have a new cell ordered (backorder), so I am...