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Is plumbing in a bypass for the SWG something I should consider? I'm not sure I understand the point of it. If I wanted to remove it for the winter I could just use one of the dummy cells? I was planning to put a check valve after the exit from the heater around the back closer to the heater...

After going back and forth with mental gymnastics I'm leaning towards the rj-60+. I haven't pulled the trigger yet, but that's what I'm leaning towards. It seems like great cost for the size. The more I think about past interactions the more frustrated I get with the pool guy. I'm thinking of...

Certainly fair, I see that same phenomenon in my line of professional work.. My current automation turns the pump on and off, lets me go between pool/spa mode and can control the heater. I mentioned above, but in terms of the swg it would just be automation to decrease output in spa mode...

There is an attached spa, yes (I should put that in my sig). The current swg is plumbed upstream of the valve controlling the returns to the pool / spa. That is, it would produce in both modes. I've seen some threads that suggest I need to be worried about over-chlorinating in spa mode. I...

I'm handy enough that I believe I'm capable of taking over the equipment as well, but with the move and work I've been so busy that I don't have the time to take on the equipment install learning curve right now. I've decided I'll pay what seems like exorbitant labor costs to outsource that for...

One of the things that's giving me hesitation about the circupool is that while it's not in the budget to upgrade automation right now, I could imagine updating that in the future. I'm concerned that if I decide to do that upgrade in 3 or 4 years, and I went with pentair automation, I'll kick...

I moved into a home with a new to me pool very recently. I've taken over the testing and chemistry in the last few weeks and am getting the hang of things. The pool has an old Astral E35 SWG (control box has 5 leds not an LCD like the pics I find online) system with a series 9 chlorinator. Long...

Sig should be updated based on what I know to be true now. I'm working on raising my CYA one sock-full at a time (petrified of overshooting). My tests from this morning have that up to 50, shooting for 6 and expect that to be another 4 ish lbs. I'm also learning I have to stay vigilant to keep...

Thank you! I just reread the CYA - Further Reading page. I will work to elevate my CYA level. I'm a bit nervous about overshooting especially given that it's so much harder to decrease than increase, and that I had such a different reading for the value from the local pool store. My plan is to...

Making progress I think. I added 1.2 Gallons of 10% liquid chlorine I got from the local big box store. I did this yesterday (first thing Sunday morning) with a goal of getting to 5ppm. Why 5ppm, mostly because it looked in the range of both SWG and liquid cholorine in the table for my CYA...

Thanks, Texas Splash. I tested again the morning around 11:15AM. We had a very sunny day yesterday afternoon and it's been overcast today. My readings are updated with this round of tests. This mornings test were as follows: FC 1.5 (CC 0, TC 1.5) PH 7.8 (This is still difficult for me to...

Greetings all, I closed on a house in north Texas today with a 35k gallon in-ground pool with a SWG. After browsing the forums and reading through pool school I purchased a tf test kit TF-Pro Salt. The water looks clean to my untrained eye. It's certainly not something I would think twice about...