...OK, before I get blasted...
Our SWG has died. We have a Zodiac Clearwater LM2-24. The superchlorinate button has been staying lit since we opened the pool and none of the buttons are responsive. My spouse phoned the help line and they told him to do a "reset". He tried to reset the system and it won't even turn on anymore. The housing has split open. A few calls to pool stores have us thinking that it is dead. It is about 5 years old (we didn't install it, but moved into the house 2 years ago).
In the meantime, the kids want to swim. I know I need chlorine, but have no idea what to do! The previous owner had left some dichlor pucks (not sure what she was doing with them), but I don't see a dispenser. I usually use liquid chlorine to shock. If I use liquid chlorine as my source, how will I know how much liquid chlorine to add? Do I just dump it in the pool water daily? If I were to use the pucks do I have to buy a dispenser or could I use a make-shift device? FYI, my CYA is low (at 20), so perhaps I'm OK to use the the pucks for a bit, I think, to help to raise CYA.
We **hope** to get a new SWG in the next week or two -- we're just doing research and getting quotes...
Thanks in advance for all your help! My numbers were stellar last week, with a crystal clear pool. I want to keep it that way!
Our SWG has died. We have a Zodiac Clearwater LM2-24. The superchlorinate button has been staying lit since we opened the pool and none of the buttons are responsive. My spouse phoned the help line and they told him to do a "reset". He tried to reset the system and it won't even turn on anymore. The housing has split open. A few calls to pool stores have us thinking that it is dead. It is about 5 years old (we didn't install it, but moved into the house 2 years ago).
In the meantime, the kids want to swim. I know I need chlorine, but have no idea what to do! The previous owner had left some dichlor pucks (not sure what she was doing with them), but I don't see a dispenser. I usually use liquid chlorine to shock. If I use liquid chlorine as my source, how will I know how much liquid chlorine to add? Do I just dump it in the pool water daily? If I were to use the pucks do I have to buy a dispenser or could I use a make-shift device? FYI, my CYA is low (at 20), so perhaps I'm OK to use the the pucks for a bit, I think, to help to raise CYA.
We **hope** to get a new SWG in the next week or two -- we're just doing research and getting quotes...
Thanks in advance for all your help! My numbers were stellar last week, with a crystal clear pool. I want to keep it that way!