Care Free Summer

Haven't posted in a while because of the great pool season we had this year and enjoyed a flawless season of pool upkeep. After year 2 of the Compupool chlorine generator, I can honestly say that this is the best setup for a pool.

The only problem I had this year is that the pool clouded up on a Wednesday. The reason was that the mechanical timer that turns the pool pump and the generator on had the "ON" lever fall off. Fixed the problem, hit the super chlorinate button and things were fine 24 hrs later.

Since it was a very dry summer, I frequently added water to the pool and never had to add salt this year either.

If you have a pool this is something to seriously look at!

Chlorine Generator - Update Week 5

Well, all is well with the salt water generator. Have had no problems with it and seems to be holding quite well. One thing of note, I assumed that you could set the level of chlorine that you wanted and it would maintain that level. Not so with this model. You adjust the level of chlorine generated by adjusting the percentage of output. I have learned that this unit pretty much can be adjusted by the water temp. If it's in the 80's, set it on 80%. 90's set on 90%. 20,000 gallons of water does not heat up or cool down very fast so it is very easy to adjust.

CompuPool Salt Chlorine Generator Part IIII

Ok !!!

All installed and hooked up and generating Chlorine (I think) When the unit is on, you can see bubbles coming off the plates in the chamber. Looks a little like a battery when it's hooked up to a charger.

Through the process of electrolysis, water passing over the chlorine generator cell produces chlorine that is instantaneously transformed into Hypochlorous acid. When any type of chlorine is added to water it ALL makes the SAME thing: Hypochlorous acid. It does not matter if it is Sodium Hypochlorite (liquid chlorine), Tri-chlor and Di-chlor or Lithium based, Cal-hypo or even gas chlorine--it all makes Hypochlorous acid. Hypochlorous acid is the active sanitizer; this is what kills algae and other harmful stuff in the water. Its effectiveness is totally predicated on balanced water conditions and, more importantly, proper pH. So, with a salt water system or chlorine generator, you still must maintain your water balance (pool chemistry) properly.

The last of my chlorine tablets has just run out today and the chlorine level is up around 9 ppm, A little high but I will update as the summer goes on.

Happy Swimming!

Whoopsie Daisy

A little set back during the installation of the salt water generator. Had to cut some hoses to install the generator in line and forgot the first rule of using a knife.

ALWAYS CUT AWAY FROM YOU !

This little accident included 8 internal stitches and 11 staples outside.

Think I'll have to add the bill to the pool project.

On a good note, the Dr. who stitched me up and the nurses were super. They did a fantastic job and I am really thankful of the job they did ! It did suck parking my car and walking a block to GET to the emergency room which was no fault of the ER personal. I did express my feelings to the person who called and asked for my opinion of the service and facilities on the stroll to get there.

CompuPool Salt Chlorine Generator Part II

From the instructions, it calculates at .03 lbs of salt to each gallon of water. Since the pool is 20,000 gallons that works out to 600 lbs of salt. Pool salt at Wally World is about $6 for 40lbs. I needed 15 bags and who wants to pack 15 - 40lbs bags thu WalMart? Went to Farm & Home Supply and got water softener salt that met the 99.8% purity that was required. It was on sale for $3.99 a bag. They loaded it up with a forklift and I was off.

This is what 600 lbs of salt looks like in the garage.

One footnote about the Salt generator since last post is that noticed that the box it came in said "for in ground pool". Emailed Compupool and they had a quick reply that the above ground and below ground had the same physical makeup but the above ground had a timer and the in ground did not. Since I run mine off a timer they said it would be fine and wire it up to the timer.

Next was the adding of the salt to the pool.

CompuPool Salt Chlorine Generator Part I

Did about a year and a half researching the salt water chlorine generaters and decided to go with Compu Pool. They seemed to have the best reviews on the internet.

Ordered it through PoolnPatio since they had the best price. Total was a little over $500 shipped. Arrived in about 10 days. Was a little cold at the time to install at the time.

Next up is buying the salt.