Switching from Baq, recommendations for a SWG for AG 9000gal pool?

[CarlD]

Patrick,

In all this you didn't mention the actual conversion and if you've gone through it. You'll probably need to do the conversion first before you install the SWG because of all the Baqua-goo you're going to produce. If you have a sand filter, you'll need to replace the sand after the process is done. If you have a DE filter, you'll have to clean it thoroughly, probably dis-assemble it to do it. If you have a cart, you'll need to clean or replace the cartridge.

Your pool is small enough that you can probably use one of the inexpensive SWGs. The Intex, is, for example, rated up to 12,000 gallons.

You COULD replace all your water, but you'd need the plastic sheet method to do it (that's where you put a giant plastic sheet on top of the pool and add water on it, while draining the old out of the bottom--this prevents pool collapse.) but you'd STILL need to go through a "conversion" to get all the residual baq out.

Just my thoughts. Read the stickied thread on Baq conversion.

[Gizmobyte]

Thanks for the reply. No, I hadn't began the conversion yet. We've had some heavy rains of late but probably will start in a few weeks. From the looks of it in the Baquacil section there's a lot of help and instructions for doing conversions so am thinking that should go through ok.

I'm concerned about the daily / weekly upkeep of the Intek and those cheaper SWG's. As we do not use the pool extensively I'd like to only baby-sit it weekly at most so am considering a more expensive unit that self-cleans (reverses polarity). Anyone here using a sub-$200 unit with good success and minimal mainenance they'd recommend?