Hi Everyone - We are in the process of securing quotes for an in-ground pool build. The lagoon shaped pool we are looking at is 30x18 and 3-5.5' deep giving me a volume of 17213 gallons. The pool builder is quoting an Pentair IntelliChlor IC20. I have seen numerous times on this forum that the SWCG should be twice the pool volume. Should I have the pool builder up it to the IC40? Why does the SWCG need to be twice the size of the volume. Thanks everyone!
Salt water generator and pool volume
- Thread starter Wineutopia
- Start date
- Jun 7, 2017
- 9,336
- Pool Size
- 29000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Jandy Aquapure 1400
Yes for sure go with the 40. SWGs are sized according to volume and running 24x7 at 100% output. This greatly reduces the cell life. You want to run it no more than 50% of the time.
- Jul 21, 2013
- 54,833
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
A SWG rated out put is based on running at 100% 24/7. So a 20K cell can provide the chlorine for a 20K pool if your un the pump and SWG 24 hours a day at 100%. You don't want to be locked into running your pump 24/7. And you want to have some excess chlorine capacity in case your water needs it.
With an IC40 you can run your pump 12 hours a day and the cell at 100% or the pump 24 hours a day and the cell at 50%. An IC60 would give you even more flexibility is pump run times and long cell life.
With an IC40 you can run your pump 12 hours a day and the cell at 100% or the pump 24 hours a day and the cell at 50%. An IC60 would give you even more flexibility is pump run times and long cell life.
- Jun 7, 2017
- 9,336
- Pool Size
- 29000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Jandy Aquapure 1400
Also it does not hurt one bit to seriously oversize the salt cell. It is just that much less time it needs to run.