Shock and SWG

[waterbear]

the irritated eyes are from the HTH algecide which is a linear quat. The reason your Cl levels are higher than 3 ppm is becuase the SWG is generating chlorine! You have to ajust the cell output and pump run time to get your chlorine levels in line. Get a full set of test results and post them and then we can better advise what to do.

[Maxout]

3) Should I turn on the SWG (after getting my salt readings correct), and will this help bring the chlorine levels down to the proper levels?

Sounds like it is off now so it would not be producing chlorine.

I agree with testing for CC, (and everything else for that matter )

[OffTheDeepEnd]

Thanks for the responses. I thought I recalled reading on some posts here that around 1.5ppm chlorine was ideal for the SWG. At any rate, the unit is not generating chlorine right now, as the setting is at 0%. It simply is controlling the pump run time, which is why I was wondering if setting the unit to x% (maybe 30-40%) would help balance out some of my chlorine issues. If I understand correctly, I thought part of the generation process involved the elimination of chloramines in the cell, thus brining my "good" chlorine levels more in line with where they should be. I know that I still have some unknowns as I'm patiently waiting for Ben's kit to arrive.
If the HTH algaecide is causative of the irritated eyes, how long should it be until that dissipates? Again, it's been almost 3 weeks now since that was initially added.

[PatL34]

Do not wait for Ben's test kit. Get a sample to a pool store and post the results as Waterbear suggested. Make sure the store does NOT use test strips. We cannot help you without a full analysis.

Pat