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Location: Central FL
Pool Size: 11k is what my builder told me but I think it's higher (3.5 to 6ft deep, non sunshelf is 14 x 28 which puts me around 15k)
SWG: Jandy Truclear
CYA: around 90 (overshot a bit on the way up)
PH: 7.6
TA: 100
Salt: 3500
CH: 430
CC: 0 (or close to)
FC: see below but wont stay about 1-2 w/o manual dosing
RPM: 1500
Runtime: 24hr
We just had to replace our SWG (check cell) so we have a brand new one. Before we replaced it we had issues with the swg not keeping up with demand, at the time I was running it at 100% for about 10-12 hours a day then it died. Upon replacement and a lot of research I switched to running 24hr/day at 1500 rpm. During the time when my SWG was down while I was manually chlorinating I SLAMd to make sure I didn't have a hidden bloom and everything was fine. At 50% I wasn't able to maintain over 1-2ppm. I went up to 70% and it slowly decreases but requires that I still manually dose chlorine occasionally. Now I'm at 80% and I did a slightly heavy dose yesterday which brought me to about 7.5FC, we'll see how quickly it drops. Again I'm running 24hr/day.
One other comment, I had a heatpump installed about 2 months ago (before the old SWG died). I had no issues prior, but something else that happened after and continues today, is that I get a lot of continuous bubbles when the SWG is running. I understand they produce gas but it looks and sounds like a small suction side leak. It's only out of the nearest jet but I previously never saw/heard the bubbles. I've checked the system over and don't believe I have a suction side leak, I imagine my pump basket would have a lot of air in it if I did and there isn't.
Is this just what it means to have a SWG or should I not need to be manually dosing?
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Location: Central FL
Pool Size: 11k is what my builder told me but I think it's higher (3.5 to 6ft deep, non sunshelf is 14 x 28 which puts me around 15k)
SWG: Jandy Truclear
CYA: around 90 (overshot a bit on the way up)
PH: 7.6
TA: 100
Salt: 3500
CH: 430
CC: 0 (or close to)
FC: see below but wont stay about 1-2 w/o manual dosing
RPM: 1500
Runtime: 24hr
We just had to replace our SWG (check cell) so we have a brand new one. Before we replaced it we had issues with the swg not keeping up with demand, at the time I was running it at 100% for about 10-12 hours a day then it died. Upon replacement and a lot of research I switched to running 24hr/day at 1500 rpm. During the time when my SWG was down while I was manually chlorinating I SLAMd to make sure I didn't have a hidden bloom and everything was fine. At 50% I wasn't able to maintain over 1-2ppm. I went up to 70% and it slowly decreases but requires that I still manually dose chlorine occasionally. Now I'm at 80% and I did a slightly heavy dose yesterday which brought me to about 7.5FC, we'll see how quickly it drops. Again I'm running 24hr/day.
One other comment, I had a heatpump installed about 2 months ago (before the old SWG died). I had no issues prior, but something else that happened after and continues today, is that I get a lot of continuous bubbles when the SWG is running. I understand they produce gas but it looks and sounds like a small suction side leak. It's only out of the nearest jet but I previously never saw/heard the bubbles. I've checked the system over and don't believe I have a suction side leak, I imagine my pump basket would have a lot of air in it if I did and there isn't.
Is this just what it means to have a SWG or should I not need to be manually dosing?
--edit to remove unnecessary sentence and add additional test results--
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