Convert indoor Baquacil pool to salt water chlorination?

[cchase009]

All,

I have a ~24000 gallon indoor pool on Baqaucil. I developed water mold and I am looking to switch to salt.

Good idea? Which salt generator works best?

My pool store is recommending an Intellichlor IC20 because I'm indoor and will not have the direct sun or outside element....is this correct? Just perusing the forum, everyone seems to oversize the salt generator.

What steps should I go through to do this properly? Is this a DIY job? Do I need to drain the entire pool?

I drained the pool halfway so far. Diverter won't suction properly to let me drain the entire pool through the bottom drain.

Regards, C.Chase

[PoolDoc]

You say you are switching from Baquacil to salt. You do realize that salt systems are just a METHOD of feeding chlorine into a pool?

If you continue with the switch, you'll need to go from Baquacil to manual chlorine and clean up your pool and filter. THEN (not before) you can switch to a SWCG.

Do NOT get the IC20! SWCG life is a function of cell 'on-time'. An IC-20 will last half as long as an IC-40, but an IC-40 does not cost 2x as much. Get a timer if you need to turn down the feed rate more than 80%.

[cchase009]

Thank you. The pool company did mention the manual conversion process and then the salt process. I just found a thread that discussed a 10 day process to convert. Is this accurate? I drained the pool half way and will add new water before the conversion starts.

Thanks again.

Regards,

C. Chase

[Watermom]

There is no set number of days it takes to do a baquagoop conversion. The more consistently you keep your chlorine levels high, the faster the conversion will go. There are lots of threads in the Baq. sub-section of the forum where people tell their conversion stories, some with pictures. It would probably be helpful to you go read some.

[cchase009]

Thank you. How much water shouldI drain from my pool to expedite the conversion? Seems all the horror stories did not include draining any of the water.


What is the PPM I should have my chlorine at on an indoor pool?

Thanks in advance.

C. Chase

[Watermom]

You don't have to drain. Just start hammering it with bleach.

I'm going to let Ben advise you on maintaining an indoor pool, but let's get to that after the conversion is done or when it is nearly done.

Did you read some of the Baq conversion threads? You ready to start?