It says 3000 to 3200 PPM of salt. For a 11,000 gal plaster pool, how do I figure how much salt to add to get that PPM? I'm changing to SWG.
SWG
- Thread starter bkmichael
- Start date
- May 3, 2014
- 58,656
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Use PoolMath. Put the size of your pool in the box to the upper left of the page. Then go down to salt and put 0 now and 3200 in Target. Will give you ##'s to add.
Sams Club in BHC has the cheapest salt. Use Water Softener salt. The plain one, no iron stuff. Next best I have found is Home Depot. No need for Pool Salt.
Also -- you can eliminate the Ozone and Nature 2 stuff from your equipment. The Ozone thing does nothing and the Nature 2 adds copper that you do not want.
Get a good test kit -- TF100 from TFTestkits.net. You need it to manage your CYA and higher FC levels you will have with the SWCG.
Take care.
Sams Club in BHC has the cheapest salt. Use Water Softener salt. The plain one, no iron stuff. Next best I have found is Home Depot. No need for Pool Salt.
Also -- you can eliminate the Ozone and Nature 2 stuff from your equipment. The Ozone thing does nothing and the Nature 2 adds copper that you do not want.
Get a good test kit -- TF100 from TFTestkits.net. You need it to manage your CYA and higher FC levels you will have with the SWCG.
Take care.
Yes, forgot to look at pool math first. And yes I stopped using the Nature 2 last year and am having them remove the Ozone. I have a Taylor K-2005 test kit. Is it OK or is the one you mentioned better for SWG?
- May 3, 2014
- 58,656
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
The K2005 is OK but you need a FAS-DPD test for high FC. You can only buy them online. TFTestkits.net has that too. You might get a CYA reagent refill while you are at.
You will be running your CYA at 70 to 80 and FC at 7-9 with the SWCG. That is what I do. Works great. I have never had any organic issue with our pool in 3 years using this system.
You will build Calcium Hardness. I just drained as my CH hit 900. Took about 16 months to get there.
Take care.
You will be running your CYA at 70 to 80 and FC at 7-9 with the SWCG. That is what I do. Works great. I have never had any organic issue with our pool in 3 years using this system.
You will build Calcium Hardness. I just drained as my CH hit 900. Took about 16 months to get there.
Take care.
Luckily I have a friend up the street with SWG too. Got to straighten the learning curve. Thanks for the help. Stay cool.
Make sure you measure the salinity before adding any salt to the pool. It will have some in it already.
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