So with all the advice I got on here last fall (Nov. of '22), thank you again, I am shopping around for a pool company to install a Hayward Aquarite 40k SWCG since chlorine prices are going nowhere but up. My question is does anyone on here know of a good pool company in the Phoenix area to install one. I only ask because the pool company I have used in the past just raised their quote to $3600 to install one. Thought I would do a little comparison shopping, but want to have a reputable company install it. As always thanks for any input.
SWCG install
- Thread starter edibower
- Start date
- May 3, 2014
- 58,475
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Do you have automation?
You can purchase the SWCG and power center if you need it and have most any handyman with basic knowledge of PVC and electrical install it. Post pictures here and the members can advise on where to install it, etc.
You can purchase the SWCG and power center if you need it and have most any handyman with basic knowledge of PVC and electrical install it. Post pictures here and the members can advise on where to install it, etc.
I was at Home Depot and was shocked 4 gallons of chlorine was $36
Thats why I am going to install a SWCG.....prices are crazy
There really isn’t much to installing a SWG. Most folks here have installed them their self.
If they can cut PVC and attach basic wiring you should be safe but I get it.
If they can cut PVC and attach basic wiring you should be safe but I get it.
- May 3, 2014
- 58,475
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Your return plumbing is very congested. You need to know what happens with the in floor cleaner. Do all your returns go there all the time?
If you wish to hire a pool company, they will install a SWCG that they market. Plan on install to be 2X the price of purchasing the unit yourself.
If you wish to hire a pool company, they will install a SWCG that they market. Plan on install to be 2X the price of purchasing the unit yourself.
For some reason
Yes they do....in both the pool and the spa.....they rotate......if its 2X, well I guess thats what it will cost.........most of the people on here are much handier than I am, so thats why I prefer going that route.....
- May 3, 2014
- 58,475
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
So no wall returns. If your pump is running, the water is always returning to the pool through the floor returns, excluding when in Spa mode.
- May 3, 2014
- 58,475
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
OK --
Get a 40K rated SWCG. Do not let them talk you into something smaller.
You need it wired so that it is powered off when the pump is not running. Either a timer or Smart Plug. Do not rely on the flow switch (they will tell that is fine). There is a risk of explosion if the SWCG is powered on without flow through it from the pump.
Be ware of the SWCG generating when in Spa Mode. As you do not have automation, it can over chlorinate if running when in Spa Mode.
Get a 40K rated SWCG. Do not let them talk you into something smaller.
You need it wired so that it is powered off when the pump is not running. Either a timer or Smart Plug. Do not rely on the flow switch (they will tell that is fine). There is a risk of explosion if the SWCG is powered on without flow through it from the pump.
Be ware of the SWCG generating when in Spa Mode. As you do not have automation, it can over chlorinate if running when in Spa Mode.
Got it.......a side note the pool is never in spa mode, we never use it.......thanks mknauss for all your info and help.........will give them all your specs that you advised....and again, really appreciate all the info
I didn’t get what you said I did until I read it again. Now make sense out of thatI see what you did there.
I was buying salt and even it’s $2 a bag more!
i saw this as well. Walmart still has reasonable prices for the same exact product for $5.24 per gallon.