Kevin,

I believe the general concensus here is that you need to get your water chemistry corrected before turning on the SWG. Do you have updated results since you added the acid?

First off, get a drop-based water test-kit. Once again, I will plug Ben's as that is what I have and I love it. In the meantime, go out and get an HTH kit from Walmart or something similar. They are like $13 or so if my memory serves me.

I'll try addressing the problems I see though (note: all my recommendations will be based on an aquarite cell as that is what I have. I am not familiar with Mineral Springs systems, but I am hoping the water chemistry requirements will be close though as I have read they are by the same company or something...regardless, you should seek the guidance of your owner's manual and disregard any information I type here that is in contradiction.

Sat index of 1 is WAY off, I believe you should have something in the range of -0.2 to 0.2 (with 0 being best). This is a derived value, getting the rest of your pool chemistry in line will bring this into line as well.

CYA is low range is 60-80, and you should shoot for the high side.

Free chlorine (obviously low, use bleach to get it to where it needs to be 1.0 - 3.0 before trying the SWG).

pH is very high, knock it down using muriatic acid to 7.2 - 7.6

no reference to demand drops in the aquarite manual.

Total Alkalinity is high, should read 80 - 120

Calcium Hardness 200-400 your reading is a little low.

no reference to "minerals" in the aquarite manual.

Salt level should be 2700 to 3400 ppm

Hopefully someone more knowledgable will chime in soon and support or refute my guidance, regardless, I hope this helps at least a little.


Regards,

Mark