So new to the SWG idea, but if we went with the Hayward T-15, what parts/components EXACTLY do we need?? Is there a separate electric box that goes with it too??
The rule of thumb is to have a cell that is at least twice the size of your pool, that one is not.Ours is 19,000 I think. The reviews on Amazon had several that had 20,000 gallon pools and they said they had no trouble with the product and had it for several years. I like the price too!!
Great, this answers my question. I have a 15k pool and my Intellichlor 40 looks to be going out and was wondering why I had a 40 vs the 20 installed. I am thinking of replacing with an Ichlor 30, that should work, right? It's 2x the size of the pool.While it is true that you should oversize the cell to maximize cell life, the real benefit is pump run time. Remember that an SWG only produce chlorine when the pump is running and it only can create a fixed amount of chlorine per day. So, if the amount of chlorine produced is not sufficient to replace the amount of FC lost every day, you will be running your pump 24x7 and still have to add bleach. That will cost you more in higher utility rates as well as extra chemicals.
While the price of an SWG seems high, you are essentially buying all the chlorine it produces upfront rather than paying for it with each bottle of bleach. The economics of bleach versus SWGs is pretty much a wash - either pay for all you chlorine up front or spread over time.
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