SWG Operation - Lessons Learned

[PatL34]

Pat, I have very little scaling now--less since the swg was installed (not what I expected, but it's great!). My TA is only 90 according to the PS233. My system is well-balanced except for the Ca level and that is the same as last fall when I closed. The cell on my Clearwater is clear so I visibly check it often and I did do a muriatic acid soak on it at the beginning of this spring. Why would the salt level change "while removing scale?" I had to adjust my salt level this spring because we got soaked this winter in California and my water was very diluted, but now we won't see rain until next fall so the salt level should be fixed.

Doesn't the salt water test use silver, which is expensive? That's probably why they don't have too many in stock.

You might have had some scale on the salt sensor which is now clearing up.
You should be able to get the salt water test kit easily. The chemical used is silver nitrate. This reacts with potassium dichromate indicator to give the red color of potassium nitrate.

The reason they don't have too many in stock, is that the test kit at $25, lasts a LOT longer than the test strips at about $8.00, a third of the price. They would rather you buy test strips.

Hope this helps.

Pat