Well, the temps have dropped and I'm getting ready to close the pool. They'll be taking off crops and I like to have that giant dust and debris collector covered before the farmers hit the fields.
I purchased and installed my SWCG in the spring when the "chlorine shortage" hit (2021.. the year of the shortage). My concern was primarily keeping my pool balanced. I had read stories about trading bottles of chlorine for bottles of muriatic acid to balance PH as well as needing to keep tabs on alkalinity. Neither was an issue for me. In fact I found myself monitoring my water chemistry much less as the season went on and the PH and TA remained pretty consistent. I never got around to adding borates and after this season I'm not sure I'm going to worry about it unless it becomes more difficult to balance the pool. The best part was not having to worry about dips in chlorine. I was able to keep the generator running at 45-50% and the chlorine stayed in the 5-6 ppm range for chlorine. No more calling someone to add chlorine while I was gone! Overall a very positive experience.
Now that it's time to close, the pool water has dipped to 62 degrees which means the generator isn't generating due to low water temp, I'm going to add some chlorine and bring the pool up to shock level, as a normally do, before draining and putting a cover on. There aren't any issues with adding liquid chlorine as long as the cell is turned off to bring the pool up to shock level is there?
I purchased and installed my SWCG in the spring when the "chlorine shortage" hit (2021.. the year of the shortage). My concern was primarily keeping my pool balanced. I had read stories about trading bottles of chlorine for bottles of muriatic acid to balance PH as well as needing to keep tabs on alkalinity. Neither was an issue for me. In fact I found myself monitoring my water chemistry much less as the season went on and the PH and TA remained pretty consistent. I never got around to adding borates and after this season I'm not sure I'm going to worry about it unless it becomes more difficult to balance the pool. The best part was not having to worry about dips in chlorine. I was able to keep the generator running at 45-50% and the chlorine stayed in the 5-6 ppm range for chlorine. No more calling someone to add chlorine while I was gone! Overall a very positive experience.
Now that it's time to close, the pool water has dipped to 62 degrees which means the generator isn't generating due to low water temp, I'm going to add some chlorine and bring the pool up to shock level, as a normally do, before draining and putting a cover on. There aren't any issues with adding liquid chlorine as long as the cell is turned off to bring the pool up to shock level is there?
