I just installed a Aqua Rite Goldline SWG. My pool is in ground. My pool is about 35'x15' rectangular. It's 8' deep in the deep end, and the deep end is about 2/3rd of the entire pool. I used 6' as the average depth, and guess the pool is about 24,000 gallons. I just bought the house (with pool) a few months ago. Since then I've installed a new pump (Pentair 1HP Whisperflo) and now the SWG. I also drained the pool, chlorine washed it, and then filled it up again.

I bought 600lbs of salt, and dumped 500lbs in the pool yesterday. I had already plumbed the unit, so I let the salt sit and finished the wiring and powered it up. It showed 2600 ppm. I use my brush to mix the salt up and after a while, I checked it again and now it shows 1600 ppm. I have dumped the last 2 bags in.

So in summary, I've dumped 600lbs of salt in the pool, and my ppm hasn't budged from 1600. I can taste the salt in the water--so I'm hesitant to add anymore. I want to get a fancy test kit, but am unsure where to order them since everybody orders the kits from this site--but in poking around it seems there's long shipping delays.

Any advice? Could I have a really high salt level and that's what's causing the low reading? I'm guessing I should get the water tested?