Re: Hayward question
You're going to have a few common components for all salt systems. A Control Panel (Power Supply), Flow Detector (either a mechanical flow switch or an electrical gas trap (checking continuity)), and a cell. The cell and flow detector usually gets plumbed into the return line. The Control Panel is mounted and wired with your timeclock.
To make things more portable, you're not going to get away from plumbing, but if you install it with unions, you can easily replace it with a straight piece of pipe with unions, when you leave. As for the Control Panel, most systems are capable of being rewired from the factory setting of 220 volts, to 110 volts. In either case, you can wire an approved cord for exposure to the elements so you can unplug it later.
Having said that, if you're leaving in a few years, your system should not have too much wear on either component with the short swim seasons of Tennessee. If you run your pool 12 months/year, THEN I would say that it wouldn't be worth the additional work to make it portable.
The Hayward Salt and Swim is their "disposible" system in which it lowers your cost to get a system in. However, when you consider the ongoing cost to replace the 6 month or 12 month cell, it makes it more expensive to keep than a going with a normal cell, which is usually recommended to oversize. Hope this helps.
Sean Assam
Commercial Product Sales Manager - AquaCal AutoPilot Inc. Mobile: 954-325-3859
e-mail: sean@teamhorner.com --- www.autopilot.com - www.aquacal.com
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