swcg

TL;DR I can't for the life of me keep my FC up in my 12,000 gallon. Used to use tablets causing skyrocketing CYA. Just balanced everything best I could, and installed a SWCG rated for 25,000g, still waking up with 0 FC in the morning. Hello TFP. This is my first time here, but I probably...

Hi all. I have a 14.5k gal ABG vinyl pool with a 1.5 HP Waterway 2-Speed pump and Hayward Cartridge Filter. The pool came with an old Hayward H150 natural gas heater that no longer works, and I'd like to replace it (currently considering an equivalent Raypak). The thing is, I use chlorine...

I may be overthinking this, but I'm wondering what to do if you need more pump run time for the heater than you do for the SWG? Without over-chlorinating our pool? I'm thinking with how small ours is (1,600 gal), the pump may need to run a lot longer to heat in the cooler months than what is...

My chlorine recently dropped to zero despite having my IC40 running at 80% then 100%. It seemed to be working fine before that because a) the chlorine level was fine and b) the ph increased (it always increases when the SWCG is running). All the lights are normal: Solid green Cell light, solid...

I installed a Circupool RJ45+ back in June. Since then, I've noticed that the salt level shown on the console varies widely depending on pump speed. FWIW, my Taylo K-1766 drop test indicates the salt level is 3600 ppm. If I run the pump at 3000 rpm, the RJ45 reports salt level as 3000 ppm. If I...

I recently installed an IC-20 (an adventure story all its own). It looked to be working fine, but then I saw that it was giving me a "low salt" reading one morning. I reset it a few times without success. Having read other posts on the matter, I thought maybe I have a bad flow switch, but the...

Love the forum. I have corrected about 428 things I was doing wrong with your help. One of them was deciding against a SWG when I initially installed the pool (PB was not well informed either). So now I'm putting in a CircuPool RJ-45 Plus and I have two significant questions: 1) Where to place...

I’ve got a new 13,500 gallon above ground with fresh water and the recommended level of salt (actually 50lbs short of 400 just in case it would go too high) added 3 days ago. I’m not near a pool store and won’t make it for two days and my salt test/k-2000 kit won’t arrive till after that. The...

So I decided to go with an SWCG. Planning on getting the Circupool RJ-60+ Here is the way I plan on setting it up. i attached 2 pictures of how my pool equipment is laid out and based on that I may need to get also the vertical set up kit. If anyone has some input as to what other options they...

Was going to install a double Stenner pump for MA & LC injection, but the more I read about SWCG, the more I am getting convinced that may be a better way for the chlorine part. Still planning on using Stenner pump for MA. The only thing that scares me is the PH issue. From my readings, PH seems...

So, I have been lurking here for a while and just completed my DIY SWCG install last weekend, Just wanted you guys to check my work, inspired by threads from @MyAZPool. Pentair Intellicenter i5p installed with ic40 SWCG. I wired the SWCG on it's own relay but tied to the pump relay so it will...

Hi All, About a month ago I was given a super-janky Intex EasySet 15' pool w/cartridge filter pump for free. I've managed to keep it alive for the last 4wks, and with daily doses of 10% liquid bleach it's been algae-free and mostly clear the entire time (minus the fine dirt/dust floating around...

Long-time lurker and a huge fan of TFP! Thanks to this collection of characters I've managed to keep my pool crystal clear with minimal work and money for the past 3+ years. You folks are all the best! So my 1HP single-speed pump is getting very loud, appears to be leaking a bit, and is time...

Getting a high 4200ppm salt level reading from my newly installed Intellicenter connected to an older IntelliChlor IC20. I got a 3260ppm reading from a recently calibrated LaMotte Salt Tracer PockeTester. Are IntelliChlor salt detection not usually accurate, or is my Salt PockeTester in need of...

I found this forum too late and my pool was installed last week. First time pool owner in Indiana, we installed an imagine 10x26 fiberglass pool 5ft deep (~10,000 gallons) and automatic pool cover (under track). The decking will be techo block. The PB put in a Jandy 1.85 hp vs pump, cs 200...

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...

So I want to ditch liquid chlorine (for the most part, I think you still need a bit with a SWCG and in case needing to SLAM?) and live the salt water life. There are a ton of options out there but you guys are the ones I trust so I am looking for recommendations. Also, all of my plumbing is flex...

Pool: 10k gal Inground PebbleTec PUMP: Hayward SP3400VSP FILTER: Hayward C3030 CF Single waterfall water feature, Hayward Navigator. Purchased a CircuPool RJ30, need to install that, and wanting to replumb the above ground plumbing. The visible PVC loop bottom right in photo is where the...

Thanks to all of you who helped me with guidance over the past few months as I learned the way of the TFP to balance my pool chemistry, and then installed a SWCG in my pool. Since the CORE-35 has a clear housing, you can see the hydrogen bubbles generated as it creates chlorine. For some reason...

I just purchased a Circupool RJ-60+ system for my southern Illinois inground pool (description in my sig) to try and get ahead of the chlorine shortage this summer. I have 0 experience with salt water pools, but have done a lot of reading about them. I'm still not 100% convinced that the salt...

I've ordered a fiberglass therapy pool 8'x12'x4'6" to be indoors. Is UV light purification worthwhile and is a SWCG the way to go or just chlorine? Thanks in advance, Deb

Good evening, all. Brand new owner of a 20,000 gallon salt water pool, here! Very excited and also a bit frustrated as I added 360 pounds of the recommended approximate 550 pounds of salt this afternoon just to try out my IC40 Pentair Intellichlor SWCG to find out that it won’t work for my 52...

Hello everyone. I'm toward the end of a SLAM at the point where the water tests good, low FC loss overnight, but is still quite cloudy. We've had rain on and off the past few weeks so that sets me back a bit each time. I figure I have another 1-2 weeks of 24/7 filtration to get rid of the...

I recently installed an RJ45+ it was running initially and I could see the haze like it was generating chlorine. However it was showing my instant Salt reading was only around 2600 and my average is still showing at 2500. The water was cold and around 57 so I thought it could have been something...

I recently received my RJ45+ but won’t be able to install it for another week or two. In the mean time I want to start getting my salt up in the water. I just received my K-1766 test kit and tested last night. First drop and it turned to the milky red brick color so I am calculating only 200 for...

Recently my SWCG stopped producing chlorine. It’s less than a year old so I thought maybe it was dirty so I cleaned it although it looked very clean. I put it back in the system and it still didn't work. I then decided to clean it with an mild acid wash. Still no change. At that point I...

Hi all, We are completely remodeling our pool, down to digging up and re-plumbing. I will start a post on the process so far asap. In the meanwhile I have two questions I haven't been able to find the answer to. We will be using all Pentair equipment (per builder, but I'm okay with that). I am...