Quote Originally Posted by steveinaz View Post
Hello, and thanks. Looking at your equipment, my last pool also ran a pentair IC40, I really liked it. Much better than the system they built our pool with, which consequently went out of business--so I replaced it with the pentair. I'll likely go the same route in the next house; once you go SWCG, you never go back...LOL!
Yeah, it's nice to have automation. However, had I had more pool equipment awareness when the pool was built, I might have opted for a Cl stenner pump instead of the SWCG. I think the TCO and ROI for a Stenner is less and they are fairly simple to setup and operate. As well, its a bit easier to calculate how much FC you are delivering to your pool while for a SWCG you have to go by the manufacturers stated Cl gas output which is always in an idealized, lab-scale value and not typically close to real-life.

I do want to get an IntelliPH system (not IntelliChem) so I can automate acid additions as well. The downside of the SWCG is that you have to constantly fight the rising pH and so you almost have to have an acid injector or else be tied to daily acid additions.

If you do build a pool, consider/compare a Stenner setup as opposed to an SWCG. My pool builder probably would have poo-poo'd the Stenner idea and tried desperately to talk me out of it as he is a certified Pentair guy so he gets extra $$$ from Pentair when he sells equipment bundles. Also, if you're in the Tucson area, my PB is/was and excellent guy. Definitely not the cheapest by a long shot (if you want cheap, go to Patio Pools), but he builds beautiful pools.