- Sep 4, 2022
- 340
- Pool Size
- 15400
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Things seem to be progressing nicely. See update below.
Added 200 lbs of salt 2 days ago. Dumped one bag on baja ledge, brushed around until dissolved, added 2 bags, brushed till gone, and did the same with the last 2 bags. Was very easy to brush around the ledge and spent maybe 30 minutes. Had pump running at 2,000 rpms for a couple hours than dialed it back to 1,700 rpms round the clock.
Tested salt at 2400 yesterday, 2200 early this morning, and just tested again at 2400.
Turned off power to the intellicenter panel and installed the water temp sensor and intelliChlor. When electrician’s did their work they wired the communication cable from the main board to the j2 comm port on the SWG board. Instructions manual said to wire to j4 comm port on the SWG board.
I hemmed and hawed for a little while and decided there must be an error in the manual (underlined in red). It mentions the comm cable can be wired to any of the three comm ports on the intellicenter control system board. From what I can tell the SWG board has three comm ports and the intellicenter board only has two. I decided to give it a try as is. I figured they do this all the time so chances are it’s ok to install this way. Is there any reason to move the comm cable to the j4 port on the SWG board?
SWG control board
Main control board
I powered up the panel, put it in service mode, added the intellichlor in the configuration, set chlorination output to 0, and returned to automatic mode. After the pump finished its startup cycle the intellichlor was alternating flashing between red and green for the salt level. It did that for 5 minutes or so and eventually the red light was on constantly indicating low salt, as expected. Seems like it’s working as expected. The app showed salt at 2300. I know not to trust it and go off my own salt level testing.
I set the pump to 2,000 rpms and added one more 40 lb bag of salt. Per pool math that should add 310 ppm. We’ll see over the next few days what I get. I’m not in a hurry and I learned my lesson with CYA ending up a bit higher than I wanted so I’ll just creep up to the min salt level. Is it ok to have the SWG generating chlorine once it reads enough salt or should I wait until i hit my target of 3000?
Added 200 lbs of salt 2 days ago. Dumped one bag on baja ledge, brushed around until dissolved, added 2 bags, brushed till gone, and did the same with the last 2 bags. Was very easy to brush around the ledge and spent maybe 30 minutes. Had pump running at 2,000 rpms for a couple hours than dialed it back to 1,700 rpms round the clock.
Tested salt at 2400 yesterday, 2200 early this morning, and just tested again at 2400.
Turned off power to the intellicenter panel and installed the water temp sensor and intelliChlor. When electrician’s did their work they wired the communication cable from the main board to the j2 comm port on the SWG board. Instructions manual said to wire to j4 comm port on the SWG board.
I hemmed and hawed for a little while and decided there must be an error in the manual (underlined in red). It mentions the comm cable can be wired to any of the three comm ports on the intellicenter control system board. From what I can tell the SWG board has three comm ports and the intellicenter board only has two. I decided to give it a try as is. I figured they do this all the time so chances are it’s ok to install this way. Is there any reason to move the comm cable to the j4 port on the SWG board?
SWG control board
Main control board
I powered up the panel, put it in service mode, added the intellichlor in the configuration, set chlorination output to 0, and returned to automatic mode. After the pump finished its startup cycle the intellichlor was alternating flashing between red and green for the salt level. It did that for 5 minutes or so and eventually the red light was on constantly indicating low salt, as expected. Seems like it’s working as expected. The app showed salt at 2300. I know not to trust it and go off my own salt level testing.
I set the pump to 2,000 rpms and added one more 40 lb bag of salt. Per pool math that should add 310 ppm. We’ll see over the next few days what I get. I’m not in a hurry and I learned my lesson with CYA ending up a bit higher than I wanted so I’ll just creep up to the min salt level. Is it ok to have the SWG generating chlorine once it reads enough salt or should I wait until i hit my target of 3000?
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