SWG Creating bubbles?

[johnnybravojr]

I just had to replace my IC40 with this Generic Replacement Salt Cell for Pentair IC40 | Discount Salt Pool . Installation was pretty easy. The only strange thing is it seems like when the SWG is running, it produces a cloudy bubble stream. I attached a photo for reference. If I set the SWG to zero (turn it off) the jets become clear.

Is this normal?

 

[johnnybravojr]

I uploaded a video on youtube to make it a little easier to see.

 

[Jimrahbe]

Pretty normal.. Seems to depend on the plumbing and the pump speed.

It is not an indication that anything is wrong.

The IC 40 has an on/off cycle of about 2.5 minutes.. At 50% it makes chlorine for 2.5 minutes and then is off for 2.5 minutes, etc.

I would be interested to know what kind of cycle period your generic cell has.

Thanks,

Jim R.

 

[mknauss]

On another subject, that pool water is really cloudy. Might consider doing a Overnight Chlorine Loss Test

 

[johnnybravojr]

Since we didn't have a working SWG over the weekend, we had to manually chlorinate the water. The chlorine levels are pretty low still so I'm thinking once the SWG gets it back in the normal range it should (hopefully) clear up some.

 

[Oly]

Don't wait on your SWCG to catch up, bump up your FC with liquid chlorine before things go sideways.

 

[Newdude]

Don't bump it up........ SLAM first and ask questions later. Like 'why was my SLAM so quick' and 'I wonder what would have happened if it went south, Meh, the water is amazing right now'

 

[jeffchap]

Bubbles from the SWG while it is running are normal. That's one way I know mine is working.