intellichlor or chlorine

[Iolly]

Hi ,please guys ,can you let me know if a SWG will save my money compare a normal chlorine service?
i wonder know if the intellichlor from pentair (intellichlor ic20) work good, and if ,in term of maintenance is more easy or not?

also,if i buy an intellichlor ic20,my pool is around 19'000 gallon, how much salt i have to put in my swimming pool (weekly,montly?) (( my pool is everyday on,under the sun as i live in a tropical climate))

other than salt i have to put some other chemical?

sorry for my 10000 quests,im quite a dumb with swg
Thank you very much

 

[YippeeSkippy]

Iolly- here in the USA, the cost of chlorine purchased over time over the years ends up being just about the same cost as a SWG. The only difference is you're buying the SWG and paying at one time instead of many, many smaller purchase over time (years!).

But.. what you get with the SWG is convenience! You don't run out of chlorine on a holiday when the shoppes are closed. You don't have to lug jugs of chlorine home frequently. You basically get to set it up, monitor its production via testing and enjoy the pool!


I've only had to add *more* salt (after the initial salt) twice in 7 years. The salt only leaves the pool with splash out or draining of water. And almost every product added to your pool chemistry will also add or leave some residual salt in the water so you pool almost never starts out at zero salt. So before you add more (if you get the system) please check your baseline salt level and use PoolMath app to tell you how much *more* salt to add to get to your goal level amount. No need to overdose.

My SWG and cover allow me to go away on holiday and leave the pool unattended and yet return to a pristine algae-free pool. That can be difficult when you don't have a SWG or someone else to babysit the pool.

Please shop for a SWG that is rated *at least* 2x the size of your pool. THis is so that you don't have to run it full power or all day/night to produce enough FC. You want to use it the least time possible to extend its lifespan. For a 19,000 gallon pool the IC40 would be a better choice.

You will need a salt water test kit to monitor your salt levels. Taylor's K-1766 test kit ought to be available to you?

Pool School - Salt Water Chlorine Generators

Maddie

 

[Iolly]

Dear maddie,thank you very much for your reply.
well right ,here in Indonesia, my pool is costantly under the sun,everyday all daylong ,around 35-40 celcius,so pretty hot.
at the pool shop the guy told me at the beginning i have to start the chlorination with around 350 kg salt (4-5 kg per 1 m3), and he told me i have to add every 1 week 50kg salt (its quite strange to me) as ''the sun evaporate the salt''...
is it true?

what about if one day the ph is too high? can i use chlorine or just add or decrease salt?

as i know,since i have an other pool with chlorine oly,when i have ph out of a normal rage i can add cloridric acid an follow some few other step.

unfortunately here many products are not available so i have to understand if its convenient to me the swg.

ps: here the salt start from 25 usd per 50kg to 35 usd per 50 kg.

is it worth it?

thank you again

Iolly- here in the USA, the cost of chlorine purchased over time over the years ends up being just about the same cost as a SWG. The only difference is you're buying the SWG and paying at one time instead of many, many smaller purchase over time (years!).

But.. what you get with the SWG is convenience! You don't run out of chlorine on a holiday when the shoppes are closed. You don't have to lug jugs of chlorine home frequently. You basically get to set it up, monitor its production via testing and enjoy the pool!


I've only had to add *more* salt (after the initial salt) twice in 7 years. The salt only leaves the pool with splash out or draining of water. And almost every product added to your pool chemistry will also add or leave some residual salt in the water so you pool almost never starts out at zero salt. So before you add more (if you get the system) please check your baseline salt level and use PoolMath app to tell you how much *more* salt to add to get to your goal level amount. No need to overdose.

My SWG and cover allow me to go away on holiday and leave the pool unattended and yet return to a pristine algae-free pool. That can be difficult when you don't have a SWG or someone else to babysit the pool.

Please shop for a SWG that is rated *at least* 2x the size of your pool. THis is so that you don't have to run it full power or all day/night to produce enough FC. You want to use it the least time possible to extend its lifespan. For a 19,000 gallon pool the IC40 would be a better choice.

You will need a salt water test kit to monitor your salt levels. Taylor's K-1766 test kit ought to be available to you?

Pool School - Salt Water Chlorine Generators

Maddie

 

[ping]

The salt does not evaporate or get used up. The only way the salt gets lowered is if you drain the water or water splashes out of the pool. In 8 years of use in a dry climate I've only had to add 4 forty pound bags of salt due to backwashing the filter and a couple of big rain storms.

 

[Iolly]

wow cool.
so i think the dealer dont know much about it.

here in Indonesia for 6 month is a dry season and for 6 month its wet season,so it means almost every day rain.

except salt,what i should be aware or prepare o buy to regulate the water ? some sort of chemicals or what?

The salt does not evaporate or get used up. The only way the salt gets lowered is if you drain the water or water splashes out of the pool. In 8 years of use in a dry climate I've only had to add 4 forty pound bags of salt due to backwashing the filter and a couple of big rain storms.

 

[Griswald]

wow cool.
so i think the dealer dont know much about it.

here in Indonesia for 6 month is a dry season and for 6 month its wet season,so it means almost every day rain.

except salt,what i should be aware or prepare o buy to regulate the water ? some sort of chemicals or what?

A salt water pool is EXACTLY like a regular pool except that you dont need to manually add chlorine. All other normal maintenence chemicals are the same. In actual use, a salt water generator does raise pH up, so you may need to add acid a bit more than before, but not that much.