Do Phosphates Affect ORP?

joesc230

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Aug 3, 2015
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Central, NJ
Pool Size
34000
Surface
Plaster
Chlorine
Salt Water Generator
SWG Type
Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Hi all,

I'm continuing my "battle" with my IntelliChem and I was wondering if it's a coincidence or not that after I used a phosphate remover to go from 500 ppb to 0, that the ORP value being read by the IntelliChem rose significantly in value. Is there a relationship between phosphate levels and ORP readings?

I know, I know, ORP isn't a recommended method of managing chlorine...nevertheless, I'm trying to see if I can get a reasonable grip on the FC levels anyway, as Pentair has advised that to have the IntelliChem allow a the percentage-based generation of chlorine, I still need to have a non-alarm level of ORP (at least 650) being read by the IntelliChem (you apparently can't just tell it to ignore ORP and have the IntelliChlor create chlorine as you wish).
 
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