SWG Owners in Warm Climates: Remove Cell During Colder Months?

[DanF]

Hi,

I just installed a Circupool RJ45+ SWG and I am wondering whether it is beneficial to remove the cell during the colder months when the pool is still running...but either chlorine demands are very low or the SWG isn't producing chlorine due to low water temps.

Just an informal poll. If you do remove your cell, please indicate the reason, the duration, how/where you store it, and whether you clean it with MA prior it storage. If you don't remove the cell indicate why.

Thanks,
Dan

 

[mknauss]

No. My IC40 generates chlorine for all but 6-8 weeks a year. And no chance of freezing. So why take it out?
You really do not want to clean the cell with acid unless you really need to. Each time you do, you reduce the life span of the cell. Maintain proper water chemistry and you should build little to no scale in your SWCG.

 

[revitup]

Left mine in last off-season and it seemed to continue to generate chlorine. Can't see any real reason to remove it. I paid a lot of money for a salt system, why would I go to the hassle of manually dosing if I don't have to?

 

[Rancho Cost-a-Lotta]

I leave it in. My SWG was still generating chlorine with water temps in the low 50s in January.

 

[markayash]

I am taking mine out, in Atlanta our low temp is unpredictable. I shut my pump and drain the pad around December and stay that way until March.
Our winters in Georgia are up and down, might get in the teens, and may never drop before 30..Never know

 

[Turbo1Ton]

I am debating on this as well. I have the dummy cell, if I want to remove the SWCG, but up until this week, the cell has gone back and forth from generating to cold water shut off. In the next week or so, I expect we will get low enough temps that the cell will not be generating any more until next spring.

--Jeff

 

[markayash]

I noticed mine wasn't pulling any watts from the smart plug even though it was on last night. Checked water temp today and it was 65 so probably on the edge of stopping.

 

[YippeeSkippy]

I have never removed my cell in the off season. Never affected the cell life that I can tell? First cell lasted near 9 years....
Turning off the entire device is all I do.

Maddie