thoughts on autopilot SWG level

[tenax]

my cell isn't upsize, so that's not an issue (12,000 gallons and the sc-36 cell)

sorry sean..don't know what you mean by "if you end up 25% or lower" etc. i assume you mean after playing that if the setting for the chlorine level i want (say 2-3ppms) corresponds with 25% setting on autopilot at power level 2, then look at power level 1 -50%..correct?

if so..then hot damn, that makes sense..

otherwise, it's going to have it's first full cycle tonight..i'll check my level tomorrow and go from there. i'll leave it at power level 1 and 50% tonight but i likely won't get a good sense i imagine on where to go until monday in which case i would likely just set it for 50% until i return as we will get some hot weather this coming week before it cools off latter part of the week.

just want to ensure i don't have an algae bloom to delay shutdown in a few weeks.

[tenax]

would this be a normal function of the autopilot that i had the setting at power level 1 and 50%..the pool went from 80 yesterday morning to 77 today (done running heater aside from if it freezes) and the autopilot i noticed this morning is one led lower than the 50% and i hadn't touched it.

so my guess is that it was done by the autopilot to temp compensate? also, if that is the case, does it compensate for temp rises up as well as down? and what is the approximate variance of temp that causes the autopilot to do so..(i.e. 3 degrees?)

[Poolsean]

Tenax,

That's correct. The temp factor is approximately every 5 degrees. But this is not an exact trigger point. At 55 degrees or colder, it will fix itself to 1%, or with the Soft Touch, the bottom LED, and cannot be increased. This is to protect the cell life.