Winter storage of SWG cell

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Kind of feel bad for even bringing this up at this point in the season, but how do you guys "store" the cell in the off season? I realize you don't have to take the cell offline in the off season but I'll have to take it off to clean at the end of the season and I have a bi-pass pipe so easy enough just to keep it off during the "cool" season. Just throw it in the garage for the off season? Is it better to keep the cell in water?

By the way I absolutely love my circu pool RJ45+. A few start up challenges but year 1 experience is outstanding with the CircuPool SWG

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Jon
 
Just put it on a shelf. Don't store it in water.
 
I have enjoyed my first year with the RJ-45 as well. August gave me a bit of a fit, but probably because it was so dog-gone hot and I could've used just a little more CYA (closer to 80). But I'll be removing mine in a month or so, cleaning it, then letting it air dry in storage.
 
Thanks Pat, yeah my RJ-45 has been a super star, hope we get many years with RJ. I am not sure but I think my solar cover has also helped a lot (on almost all the time except when swimming or we need to cool her down a bit). We keep our pool temp just under 90 and my CYA is only about 50 yet the RJ keeps the FC on point at 5 to 6 without fail. RJ runs 9hrs at 40%. PH creeps so a little MA and daddy is a happy camper!
 
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Mine gets air dried and stored in an inside closet. Wouldn’t want the poor little fella getting cold in the garage.
 
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Leave it installed. You should be able to use it for chlorine until early December and start it back up in late February.
 
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I use a bypass pipe, clean the cell with a high pressure hose nozzle and store it where it is safe from being dropped on the cement. My theory is if its sevice life is 10,000 hours, then why have current going through the system at all.
 
Here in the Northeast U.S., of course one should remove the SWG cell from the pool (which may freeze, even with the salt). But once detached, can one leave it in the shed, or must it be brought indoors to avoid (dry) freezing temps?

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TishTash said:
Here in the Northeast U.S., of course one should remove the SWG cell from the pool (which may freeze, even with the salt). But once detached, can one leave it in the shed, or must it be brought indoors to avoid (dry) freezing temps?

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For 30 years I have never removed a SWG cell from the plumbing in the Northeast in the winter and never had a freezing problem. Just blow it out and winterize the system properly.

My SWG cells have done fine living outside in the Northeast winters.
 
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I actually got busy and let the pool go for about two weeks and had 26.5 FC! I finally have mine back on. With totally new run times and percentage. Definitely check the FC levels as the temperature go down and the days get shorter if you can leave it on until December like me. :)

I also plan on taking it out and putting it back in. I want to not only clean up the cell, but I have it so I can remove the panel. I want to get in and take out the critters and clean that up too. Since even doing that is at most a 20 minute job twice, meh. If you store it somewhere it can freeze blow it out really good with compressed air or let it dry out inside for a day or two. Then yeah, you should be able to store it anywhere.
 
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It shouldn't. What can is water freezing in between the plates. Like I said, since it's a 2 minute job twice, I am going to do it. That way I can clean up the whole system yearly. But if you leave it out and the pool is properly winterized or running with frost protection on it should be fine for the whole season. The electronics on these units will shut them down then the water gets too cold anyway.
 
I just installed a new RJ45+ and didn't realize it was beneficial to remove it during the colder months. What do you use to connect the two unions once the cell is removed?
 
DanF said:
I just installed a new RJ45+ and didn't realize it was beneficial to remove it during the colder months. What do you use to connect the two unions once the cell is removed?
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Since the system is shut down over the winter, I don’t use anything. I just cover the open pipes with bags to keep critters out.
 
mknauss said:
Leave it installed. You should be able to use it for chlorine until early December and start it back up in late February.
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Dusting off an old thread, this is still valid? I should not plan on removing cell in the winter? In Texas I probably wont see water temps under 60 until late Nov (hopefully). I can leave it in all winter?
 
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I can leave it in all winter?
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You can leave it all winter up by me too. I choose not to because it’s expensive and I wouldn’t leave anything that cost me $1500 sitting in a snow drift for a month if I didn’t need to. But that’s all to make myself feel better. In TX I wouldn’t care at all.
 
You certainly can if whatever freezing spells you might have can be compensated for by running the pump. I ended up leaving mine in last year because if I set the timer correctly, most of the winter I could still have it generate Chlorine if I told it to turn on after noon... If I couldn't have done that, I probably would have put the bypass in and not risked the cell.... but it was fine even with the couple of times it hit 20F here (for a couple of hours at 4 AM in early January)....
 

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