Testing a SWG Pool

[waterbear]

Ok so I just need to stay on top of the pH and keep it low, and continue to aerate to "bubble off" the TA. I'm working on trying to find a salt test kit. I'll post those shortly.

The AquaChek salt test strips are generally easy to find and are not that bad. I tend to use them a lot (and I also have a salt meter and a titration test for salt.)
I have found them to be within acceptable range of the other testing methods.
However, the are sensitive to humidity so keep them dry. I store mine in an air conditioned house.

[dustybecca]

Salt is at 2930 ppm. I've been running the SWG almost 16 hours a day and it still won't keep FC up.

[PoolDoc]

Apparently, SWCG's are sized with the assumption that you'll have 60+ ppm of CYA in your pool.

Get some dichlor (sodium dichloroisocyanurate) -- almost all the quick dissolve shock at places like Walmart is this stuff -- and use IT to get your chlorine up, and keep it up UNTIL your CYA is more than 60.

Then see if your SWCG will maintain.

PoolDoc.

[BigTallGuy]

O.K. I just have to ask some very simple and basic questions. When I first got my SWCG it was loaded with features and display readings that I didn't understand at first. The owner's pamplet was no real help and I had to call the company to get instructions on how to set the unit up.

So are you sure the SWCG is actually running?

Mine has an Internal timer that can be set to any time of the day or night and also has the ability for the internal timer to be completely shut off and controlled by an external timer. If you look at your display does it give an output percentage? Mine can be adjusted in 10% increments from 10% - 100%

What is your set at?

If your pump is running, but the display says "IDLE" or "OFF" the SWCG is not producing chlorine. If my pump is running outside of the Internal time setting for the SWCG to be "ON", I get the "IDLE" message on the display.

The Housing on my unit has a blue plastic where the cell is and you can see the water running through it, but more importantly you can see the bubbles forming on the cell telling you that the unit is generating chlorine.

Can you see the water in your cell and the bubbles when the pump is running? No bubbles = no Chlorine.

My SWCG has a SuperChlor button. When I push it, it turns the SWCG on its max output. Does your unit have this button? If so, what happens when you push this button?