- Aug 28, 2019
- 215
- Pool Size
- 12000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Turbo Cell (T-CELL-5)
I started my opening process about a month ago. After the rainiest winter on record, my salt levels (along with CYA and CH) were rock bottom. I got the salt up to 3000 ppm, and left it there. Well in the month since, we’ve had two rain events of 5”+ (each) that have required me to pump out several thousands of gallons of water, so I wasn’t surprised when the SWG threw me a low salt alert on Friday. On both the SWG and via manual test, I was down about 400ppm, which was in line with the ratio that I lost CH and CYA as well. I went and got some salt today, and as I always do, I did another test before adding anything. I noticed on the SWG panel that my salt had supposedly drifted back up by 200ppm. To my surprise, my manual test revealed the same increase on two separate tests. That’s the equivalent of 20 pounds of salt. So, anyone know what gives? I didn’t think NaCl levels could drift up without a source of NaCl being introduced to the water! Is there something I don’t know about that can alter the reading? Only thing I did between readings was add some calcium the other day. Maybe that did it?