Difference between revisions of "SWG Generation Cycle Times" - Further Reading

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*Pentair Intellichlor ICXX - 5 minutes
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==Pentair Intellichlor ICXX==
  
*Hayward Aquarite - TBD
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*4 hours between polarity changes
  
*Circupool SJXX - 120 minutes
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==Hayward Aquarite==
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*180 minutes
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"If you are running the system for 9 hours per day at 20%, you are producing chlorine for 36 minutes for every 3 hours of runtime. After 3 hours, the unit will automatically reverse polarity and run for 36 minutes of the next 3 hour cycle. Because you are running for 9 hours per day, you produce on one polarity twice one day and the other polarity once. On the second day, you'll have the opposite."<ref>https://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/hayward-aquarite-swcg-cycle-times.105496/#post-922072</ref>
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==Circupool SJXX==
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*120 minutes

Revision as of 20:19, 13 August 2019

Most Salt Water Chlorine Generators (SWG) adjust their chlorine output by turning their generation on and off. The user sets the % the cycle should generate chlorine. Different models automatically turn their chlorine generation on and off with different time cycles. The cycle time of the SWG you have or are thinking of using can interact with your pump runtime.

A SWG with a long cycle time will not work well with the pump running in many short cycles.


Pentair Intellichlor ICXX

  • 5 minutes for generation
  • 4 hours between polarity changes

Hayward Aquarite

  • 180 minutes

"If you are running the system for 9 hours per day at 20%, you are producing chlorine for 36 minutes for every 3 hours of runtime. After 3 hours, the unit will automatically reverse polarity and run for 36 minutes of the next 3 hour cycle. Because you are running for 9 hours per day, you produce on one polarity twice one day and the other polarity once. On the second day, you'll have the opposite."[1]

Circupool SJXX

  • 120 minutes