Hello, this is my second year owning a pool. My first year I got a chlorinator installed and when they closed my pool I did not watch where the tubes connect to and they are now closed down. I would rather not pay for someone to come out just to tell me if I reconnected this right. Instructions say Tube that connects to the bottom of the chlorinator should go to outlet and other one goes to inlet but I looked at my pump and my pipes are not labeled, I hope somebody here has the knowledge to tell me just by looking at the image. I very much appreciate the help
Did I install my chlorinator right?
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ferretbone
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Yeap, your all good. Hopefully you used the 90 check valve under where the "outlet" is.
Running unfiltered water into the chlorinator will definitely clog it. That installation will also destroy your pump when it is off as the very corrosive "soup" that is in the body will flow backwards into the pump. It will attack the spring on the shaft seal, weakening it, the seal will leak, the motor bearings will be damaged. You've already replaced the motor at least once. It will also flow into the MPV and attack the spider gasket.
If you are going to use that (not recommended), the inlet should be plumbed after the filter.
What would you recommend I use instead? Like I said above I just bought this house with a pool and still learning how to care for it properly.
The inlet to the chlorinator should be after the filter and the outlet after the heater
While a SWG is best, if you are going to use tablets, they should be in a floating chlorinator made for that purpose. Don't get a "cutsie" one that looks like a duck, swan, firetruck, etc., they just fall apart. DON'T put them in the skimmer, that's as bad as that chlorinator.
ferretbone
In The Industry
I'm sorry I must have been half asleep when I responded because I didn't even notice your inlet was plumbed in before your filter. I thank poolman1 for catching that. The check valve that comes with that one I think is a little black 90 that goes under the chlorinator. But it would best to move the inlet line past the filter/heater and then plug that hole old hole. Sorry I missed that.