I've been looking into going with a SWG system for a year or so now. I've been told you can't use SWG if you have any copper plumbing. Is this statement true?
Thanks in Advance!
Thanks in Advance!
Newbie SWG and copper plumbing question
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No not really true. You can't use copper pipe with ocean water, but at the salt levels used with modern SWGs (around 3,000 ppm) there isn't a problem. The largest danger with copper pipe is making sure the PH never goes below 7.0.
No not really true. You can't use copper pipe with ocean water, but at the salt levels used with modern SWGs (around 3,000 ppm) there isn't a problem. The largest danger with copper pipe is making sure the PH never goes below 7.0.
I've never tested the pool water for Cu ions but isn't there a "possibility" of Cu depositing on one of the SWG cells electrodes? BTW I've only heard that from the Leslie's Pool folks. Can I ask this question differently? Has anyone with SWG and Cu plumbing run into cell issues?
Again thanks in advance!
Again thanks in advance!
There is a lot of copper in most pool heaters, so many many pools with a SWG have at least a little copper plumbing and there have never been problems. There are also many other ways for copper to get into the water, for example copper compounds are often used as algaecides, and those products have been used in a large number of pools with SWG, and again no problems involving the SWG and copper have been reported.
i have an above ground pool with a swg from intex, it also comes with a copper cell to produce copper ions, supposedly as an algecide, and the manual states to keep this at .1 to .2 ppm
xaviergzz, we recommend disconnecting the copper electrode when using the Intex SWG.
Still, it is a valid point, copper in the water is extremely common with SWGs, and there are never problems.
Still, it is a valid point, copper in the water is extremely common with SWGs, and there are never problems.
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