- Sep 15, 2018
- 938
- Pool Size
- 17000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite Pro (T-15)
Going on our third year with our SWG and pool. I've learned that as soon as it starts getting warm the pool will lose just a hint of sparkle, and the SWG is suddenly not "keeping up." I finally learned that the SWG can't catch up. But it can keep up as long as it's set high enough and you're not asking it to kill something that it can't kill. This morning FC was low, CC was zero, but that sparkle just wasn't there. Used pool math to bring up the FC to the high-end of the target range so we can nip whatever's going on in the bud. Also upped my SWG percentage so that it will be able to keep up once everything's good again.
Bottom line folks, don't try to use your SWG to catch up. Keep some liquid chlorine on hand so that as the days get longer and hotter if you see the SWG not keeping up, you can give the chlorine a boost and then dial in the SWG percentage and run time.
Our pool is all sparkly now and ready for a long overdue get together with friends this weekend. Hooray!
Bottom line folks, don't try to use your SWG to catch up. Keep some liquid chlorine on hand so that as the days get longer and hotter if you see the SWG not keeping up, you can give the chlorine a boost and then dial in the SWG percentage and run time.
Our pool is all sparkly now and ready for a long overdue get together with friends this weekend. Hooray!
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