Help new BioGuard Mineral Springs

[bethsg]

When you dump salt in it takes several days for it to register on the system. It won't happen in hours... in the meantime... you should keep using bleach until it detects enough salt, and the display shows the correct salt, and it starts generating chlorine. Until the unit detects the correct amount of salt, it won't operate. Just be patient... many of us have oversalted our pools thinking the mineral reading was accurate, only to later discover our numbers were higher than we thought. I would give it a few days until I decided something is wrong, but in the meantime you have to add chlorine in another format.

[wsmith002]

So it is normal that the low mineral and check cell LED to be on? Thanks for the help.

[waterbear]

Brushing the pool can help to distribute and dissolve any salt that might be in there. If the level is not correct in a few days you should take a sample to a pool store and tell them you want the salt level checked. How many gallons is your pool? 400 lbs of salt is just about perfect for a 15000 gal pool. If your pool is larger it won't be enough. Also, some pool professionals add less chemicals than necessary and then gradually bring the amount to the correct level because it is much easier to add a bit more than to try and correct it if you add too much. In the meantime just add some bleach to keep your chlorine level up. It is exactly the same thing that is created by the SWG...sodium hypochlorite.

The low salt light and inspect cell light are normal if the salt levels are not high enough. This is to help protect the life of the cell since it needs to work harder and thererfore wears out quicker if the salt levels are too low.

When my SWG was first started up it took almost a week for all the salt to dissovle and my builder's idiot startup guy, who he fired after my pool, ended up dumping too much into the pool. I had to partially drain and refill (NOT fun with fiberglass...could only drain about a foot at a time and had to repeat the process about 4 times to get the salt level correct!)

[wsmith002]

Just dumped in another 100 lbs, the pool is about 17k gallons. The ppm is working it's way up now. Just hit 2500 which was enough to turn off the check cell led. Low mineral is now flashing and the generating sanitizer is now on. Cool! Thanks again for the help.

[waterbear]

Just dumped in another 100 lbs,

That should put you at about 3500-3600 ppm salt. I would not add any more and just let the level stabilize at this point! Next step is to adjust the pump run time and cell output to get your FC at the correct level. You do have stabilizer in the pool, don't you? If so what is the reading...should be between 60-80 ppm. If you don't your chlorine levels will not hold.