A quick SWCG question

[Watermom]

You might want to unhook the copper electrode on your unit. You do not want copper in a pool. It is copper, and not chlorine, that stains things and turns blonde hair green!

You don't want to use your boost cycle to up the chlorine. That will just wear out your cell faster. Just use bleach to get some chlorine in the pool. A pool with no chlorine will turn green pretty fast!

[Pappy]

What stabilizer are you using? The owners manual says a max of 50ppm CYA (Cyanuric Acid). Running at that level will make the SWCG last longer because your chlorine will last longer. Also, don't use the boost setting, shock with bleach instead. If your stabilizer is around 20, you want to add enough bleach so that chlorine level doesn't go below 2ppm by the time the sun is off the pool. If your CYA is at 50ppm, you need to try to keep chlorine levels between 3 and 6. Watermom suggested that you might disconnect the copper electrode to eliminate the copper production.

This page discusses why higher CYA levels require higher chlorine, and why this forum generally, but not always, recommends CYA levels between 30 and 50ppm.
http://poolsolutions.com/gd/best-gue...e-chart.html#a

I'm going to let someone else talk about ozone because I don't know enough about it to have an intelligent discussion.

[Watermom]

For most pools, we recommend around 40-50ppm for a CYA level but for pools with a SWCG, you need to follow the manufacturer's recommendation for the specific CYA level for that unit.