First year with SWG. Wondering if there is any reason to bring in the control box for it with it being freezing for 3+ days without breaking 32?
Freezing. Bring unit in?
- Thread starter woodyp
- Start date
- May 23, 2015
- 24,432
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
If it’s easy to remove then there’s no problem brining it inside. My SWG stays on the plumbing because our “freezes” are a few hours at best and the freeze protect is always running so it’s no big deal. But if you’d rather have the peace of mind then that’s ok too.
Cell will be kept in place and pool constantly circulated.
- May 23, 2015
- 24,432
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
The electronics are fine outside as long as they are appropriately mounted. You can always throw a blanket or tarp over the equipment of that helps.
Have a heavy grill cover to put over filter, pump and cell itself to keep off wind and any freezing precip off of.
I only bring mine inside because I'd never leave $1800 worth of *anything* sitting in a snow drift for up to a month.
We haven' accumulated that much snow here since the last ice age!
- Jun 1, 2018
- 13,747
- Pool Size
- 26000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
I have my swcg control box mounted under my deck mainly to protect it from the sun (cuz it gets hot already) but this is also helpful for protecting it from other weather conditions.
Fwiw, Most swcg controllers are pretty permanently mounted & thus designed to be quite weatherproof. I wouldn’t worry about it. Cover it if you feel like you want to but its not necessary. I don’t think I would go through the process of removing it.
Fwiw, Most swcg controllers are pretty permanently mounted & thus designed to be quite weatherproof. I wouldn’t worry about it. Cover it if you feel like you want to but its not necessary. I don’t think I would go through the process of removing it.
- Jun 1, 2018
- 13,747
- Pool Size
- 26000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
That was my point. Go make margaritas. A few glasses of givelessadarnaboutit will work their magic.
- May 23, 2015
- 24,432
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
That was my point. Go make margaritas. A few glasses of givelessadarnaboutit will work their magic.
I prefer a cold DontGive2SheetzAboudit ale myself… comes in a blonde wheat beer too …
But bye bye palm tree fronds...AGAIN! Wrapped trunk sobit can frond backbout next summer hopefully.
Dang. Did you have the margaritas all at once ?
- Jun 22, 2014
- 47,843
- Pool Size
- 17888
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
My cell and module have remained outside and in-place since I got mine. Did fine through the 20201 (I mean 2021) freeze. Now I can sit back and watch the pesky fly's get wiped out by the freeze. Stay warm!
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- May 23, 2015
- 24,432
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Whoa, your cell lasted 18,177 years!?!?! That's got to be the record, hands down. Those CircuPool SWGs are really impressive ...
Let's see @Newdude do some of his magic FC production math and let us know what the return on investment was ...
PS - Care to share details on your time-travel machine??
Well just from today to when it failed is 6,634,592 days.
An RJ-45 will make 13 FC per day *cough* per circupool *cough* for 89,249,646 FC.
At the going rate of $1430 the RJ-45 (RJ-30+ current $1 upgrade) is $1547.98 out the door in San Antonio for a staggering $0.000018 per FC. PLUS whatever it already made since it was installed 2 years ago. (I didn't want to split hairs).
An RJ-45 will make 13 FC per day *cough* per circupool *cough* for 89,249,646 FC.
At the going rate of $1430 the RJ-45 (RJ-30+ current $1 upgrade) is $1547.98 out the door in San Antonio for a staggering $0.000018 per FC. PLUS whatever it already made since it was installed 2 years ago. (I didn't want to split hairs
).
- Jun 22, 2014
- 47,843
- Pool Size
- 17888
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
That might have been a typo. Let me check with my editing department.
Glad he talked me into the same model!
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