After months of research, I purchased and installed a Circupool RJ-60 SWG last weekend. I researched and compared pretty much every brand, but Circupool continuously stood out in terms of warranty, chlorine generation, installation ease, and price. There was also no warranty penalty for self-installation.
Started early afternoon on Sunday. It took me a few days to buy all of the elbows & unions, as PVC is still in short supply after the TX freeze a few months ago.
I cut the 2” PVC between my DE filter and the pipes going back to the pool. Dry fit most of the parts together to make sure I wasn’t forgetting anything.
My ‘aha’ moment was adding 2 unions right at the beginning of the SWG cycle, in case I ever needed to do any significant maintenance. My double ‘aha’ moment was installing the 2 unions in opposite orientations, so I’d only have to buy a 3rd one to complete the bypass unit (last picture). I then just started measuring, cutting, and glueing everything together. It took me several hours, but I went slow.
Final product in the pictures above. The water comes out of the DE filter, goes through about 15” of straight pipe into the flow switch, around the U-turn, into the SWG, and back out to the pool. Soon I’ll make a small roof/cover for it as the TX sun breaks clear PVC down quite quickly. I put a block of wood temporarily under the end of the unit, as it was torquing down a bit with all the added weight. I guess I could have installed it vertically to avoid that, oh well.
Once everything was done and working, I used the 3rd union to build the bypass system. I figure if I ever need to remove the unit for replacement, maintenance, freezing temps, etc, I can do that very quickly.
I did the wiring the next day after adding salt to the pool. It quickly started generating chlorine! So far really impressed with how easily it went it and how well it works.
Hope these pictures help someone else who is on the fence about it
(I don't know how to put these in the right order)
Started early afternoon on Sunday. It took me a few days to buy all of the elbows & unions, as PVC is still in short supply after the TX freeze a few months ago.
I cut the 2” PVC between my DE filter and the pipes going back to the pool. Dry fit most of the parts together to make sure I wasn’t forgetting anything.
My ‘aha’ moment was adding 2 unions right at the beginning of the SWG cycle, in case I ever needed to do any significant maintenance. My double ‘aha’ moment was installing the 2 unions in opposite orientations, so I’d only have to buy a 3rd one to complete the bypass unit (last picture). I then just started measuring, cutting, and glueing everything together. It took me several hours, but I went slow.
Final product in the pictures above. The water comes out of the DE filter, goes through about 15” of straight pipe into the flow switch, around the U-turn, into the SWG, and back out to the pool. Soon I’ll make a small roof/cover for it as the TX sun breaks clear PVC down quite quickly. I put a block of wood temporarily under the end of the unit, as it was torquing down a bit with all the added weight. I guess I could have installed it vertically to avoid that, oh well.
Once everything was done and working, I used the 3rd union to build the bypass system. I figure if I ever need to remove the unit for replacement, maintenance, freezing temps, etc, I can do that very quickly.
I did the wiring the next day after adding salt to the pool. It quickly started generating chlorine! So far really impressed with how easily it went it and how well it works.
Hope these pictures help someone else who is on the fence about it
(I don't know how to put these in the right order)
