Intex Ultra XTR Salt water system

[pcs800]

I just purchased and put up the pool in the subject.
Mind that I have never owned a pool before, so the filtration system is a bit confusing right now.
I have added the sand and salt and have been running the filter for a few hours each day, but reading the manual, it shows I can also set up operating hours for the chlorinator and boost.
Is this necessary? I assumed setting up hours for the filtration was doing all that needs to be done?
Pump is an Intex
ECO20110-2
ECO15110-2

 

[Texas Splash]

So perhaps you have the ability to program separately the pump run time (filter only) and salt cell? You do want to ensure that the salt cell is operating at a sufficient amount of time each day to product the free chlorine required. Salt cells will not (or should not) be ON when the pump is off. Boost is a term synonymous with super chlorinate for some other models. Generally not needed if the FC is consistently managed per the FC/CYA Levels. Also know that here at TFP we recommend an elevated CYA of 70 to adequately protect the chlorine gas produced by your salt cell.

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