Hey all, this is my first post after following this forum since last summer. We purchased our home in 2018, this is our second summer of pool ownership. I've recently started considering switching to SWG as an alternative to my daily liquid chlorine routine. I can't imagine myself continuing to use this method of chlorination year after year moving forward. After reading all the forums here and researching online, I'm really liking the Circupool Core 35.
I have two specific questions, one plumbing and one electrical related. For the plumbing, I have one vertical 17" pipe and one horizontal 12" pipe available. I believe the manual says minimum straight pipe needed is 11". Despite having this minimum on the horizontal pipe it would be safer to install vertical. Are there any cons to having it set up vertically?
Now for the electrical. I definitely don't want to rely on the flow sensor as my primary failsafe. I have zero experience in electric work so my options are either hire an electrician to wire the SWG directly to my Intermatic timer controlling the pump or purchase a separate plug in type of timer since I do have a GFCI outlet available. Is there any downside to the latter? I would set the plug in timer to coincide with the Intermatic timer. Worst case scenerio I can think of is a power outage or GFCI tripping which would make the SWG not turn on. I would pick up on that doing my pool chemistry checks. Anything else I'm missing or any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
I have two specific questions, one plumbing and one electrical related. For the plumbing, I have one vertical 17" pipe and one horizontal 12" pipe available. I believe the manual says minimum straight pipe needed is 11". Despite having this minimum on the horizontal pipe it would be safer to install vertical. Are there any cons to having it set up vertically?
Now for the electrical. I definitely don't want to rely on the flow sensor as my primary failsafe. I have zero experience in electric work so my options are either hire an electrician to wire the SWG directly to my Intermatic timer controlling the pump or purchase a separate plug in type of timer since I do have a GFCI outlet available. Is there any downside to the latter? I would set the plug in timer to coincide with the Intermatic timer. Worst case scenerio I can think of is a power outage or GFCI tripping which would make the SWG not turn on. I would pick up on that doing my pool chemistry checks. Anything else I'm missing or any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!