Looking for Advice - Possible SWG Convert

[PatL34]

Thought I would add my two cents on this particular topic, and also raise a few eyebrows at the same time.

I have been out of the Pool Forum loop since September 2006, owing to medical problems and other things.

As I maintain the pool, it obviously has not received the TLC that many members normally give to their pools.

Why is that? I could have had a pool supply service the pool, but why waste money when I know I can do the job better.

I have not added the muriatic acid on a regular basis like I should have, so I was waiting for the algae to show up eventually. Remember we were in winter at the time in Central Florida. Water analyses have been done, but only when I was in the mood.

Now many of you are thinking that I don't give a damn. But I do. I had to have the pool relined with Diamond Brite, because the original plasterer added sand to the mix to make it cheaper.

The plasterer who finally did the job correctly, has given me a pool that can withstand more abuse than any pool that I have come across.

I am now adding acid on a regular basis, and finding that the pH is the only thing I have to control.

I have not checked the cell in all this time, but feel I may have to one of these days.

The point I am trying to get at, is that SWCGs require a lot less maintenance then people realize.

I have had a SWCG since 1998, which was part of a package including solar panels. I upgraded to a PoolPilot 3 years ago, and have never looked back.

So with apologies to CarlD, SWCGs save an awful lot of trips to the pool store, requiring the use of gasoline, hefting cans of liquid chlorine.

I did a cost analysis of what it would cost to run a SWCG, (ignoring the initial purchase cost of the unit), in this forum a year or more ago. Compare that to what you have to pay in liquid chlorine cans and gasoline, for the same effect as a SWCG.

Pat