Pool Opening and Converting to Salt

[proavia]

No idea - I saw the "Core" and "55" in your signature. Guessing the Core "Control" 55 would use the same SWG cell as the Core 55.

Doesn't make much sense breaking from their cell numbering.

 

[proavia]

No idea - I saw the "Core" and "55" in your signature. Guessing the Core "Control" 55 would use the same SWG cell as the Core 55.

Maybe call Discount Salt Pool and ask. Let us know what they say.

 

[sande005]

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[Bill1974]

Not to preach, but pool stores are not always accurate in there reading. I took the same sample to 3 stores the same day and got different reading from all of them and from testing myself. The time it takes to drive to the pool store you could have tested already. If you want to continue to use a pool store, please double check by testing yourself or with other stores to see if they are providing accurate results.

You can open either way. I would get everything installed and not use the SWG to start. Get the pool running and the water clear and chemistry in check. Then check the salt level and start adding salt to get to the level your SWG requires. Don't add all at once. I add 50% of what I think I need and check the salt level to see if its gone up half way to where it needs to be. I then add 80-90% of what is recommended and recheck. If you start early you can do it in a day, or you can stretch it over a few days. At this point you should be at the lower end of the salt range and can add a bag or two or three to get to the ideal level. For me the SWG and my testing don't match, I try to keep the middle of the range based on the what the SWG reads, but will skew it higher or lower depending on what the Taylor kit result are.

At this point start using the SWG for chlorine and figure out what amount of time it needs to run. Take a few days of trial and error and I will add LC if need to keep the FC in the safe range.

 

[Enzodast]

Not to preach, but pool stores are not always accurate in there reading. I took the same sample to 3 stores the same day and got different reading from all of them and from testing myself. The time it takes to drive to the pool store you could have tested already. If you want to continue to use a pool store, please double check by testing yourself or with other stores to see if they are providing accurate results.

You can open either way. I would get everything installed and not use the SWG to start. Get the pool running and the water clear and chemistry in check. Then check the salt level and start adding salt to get to the level your SWG requires. Don't add all at once. I add 50% of what I think I need and check the salt level to see if its gone up half way to where it needs to be. I then add 80-90% of what is recommended and recheck. If you start early you can do it in a day, or you can stretch it over a few days. At this point you should be at the lower end of the salt range and can add a bag or two or three to get to the ideal level. For me the SWG and my testing don't match, I try to keep the middle of the range based on the what the SWG reads, but will skew it higher or lower depending on what the Taylor kit result are.

At this point start using the SWG for chlorine and figure out what amount of time it needs to run. Take a few days of trial and error and I will add LC if need to keep the FC in the safe range.

appreciate everyone's input thank you. i've officially decided to dive all the way into the proverbial deep end. Tf-Pro Salt and instruction manual have already been shipped and are on their way to me. Just can't wait to open the pool...been stalling because the company i'm buying the heat pump from is taking care of everything (including pump and SWG install)...they can't give me an install date until it actually ships and it's been a few days waiting.