Browse Forums Pools & Spas 1 May 22, 2013 5:17 pm Hi guys and gals, I'm a new pool owner in the suburbs of Sydney, Australia and have a question about a new salt water generator. Firstly, my wife and I became the proud new owners of a beautiful little home in a nice leafy suburb of Sydney, and with the home came a fantastic in-ground pool which was running normal chlorine via a chlorine/acid system. At the start of summer last year, the mixer broke down and was just not worth the money to have it repaired (pretty much half to almost 2/3rds the price of our new Zodiac Tri) so under the guidance of our local pool shop, I was adding chlorine and acid by hand, and honestly, not very well! So the water and chemical levels fluctated day by day and so did the algae blooms! After chatting to a few other pool owners at the dog park where i take my dog every afternoon for his run, we came to the decision that converting to salt water would not only be less expensive, but alot easier to maintain in the long run and last weekend i installed a Zodiac Tri salt water chlorine generator with ease, it took about 2 hours. Now, I know how much salt i need to add to get started, but after that, i have no idea what i need to set the generator to and for how long it needs to run per night (we run our filter system after midnight as its quiet, and in off-peak times for the electricity bill). If anyone is running one, I'd love to hear what you are running it at? The pool is pebblecrete and just under 60,000 litres. Any hints and tips are greatly appreciated!! Cheers, Alan. Re: New Zodiac Tri salt water chlorine generator!! 2May 22, 2013 6:18 pm Run time & output is different on every pool. What size pump & filter do you have? 40 or 50mm pipes ? Is your tri chlor small, mid or large size ? With that I will give you a starting point for settings. You will need a good chlorine & ph test kit. I like the Taylor's basic it is very easy to use. Re: New Zodiac Tri salt water chlorine generator!! 3May 22, 2013 7:43 pm Hey mate, The pipes on the system are all 40mm, the pump size Im really not sure of but its not small. The Tri is the Mid size and the filter is an Onga black ball type that is about 2.5 feet high full of sand. Re: New Zodiac Tri salt water chlorine generator!! 4May 22, 2013 8:34 pm If chlorine level is currently low I would run it constant for 24 hrs on 100% output. Then check chlorine level level should be very high. this will kill anything that shouldn't be there. Then I would set timer to run 6hrs per day on 85% output. Check every few days to see if chlorine level is moving towards correct level . If after 2 weeks it is still on the high side drop of 15minutes run time per day .( If chlorine levels are low pump needs longer run time ) when chlorine level is close to correct test & set the ph & stabiliser. I would recommend weekly chlorine & ph test for a few months to get to know your pools needs. During winter it may need as little as 3.5 hrs run time . Summer & when pool is being used will require longer run times. If lt needs a boost just run it in manual mode for a day. When you are familiar with your pool it should only need monthly ph & chlorine checks . Re: New Zodiac Tri salt water chlorine generator!! 5Jun 01, 2013 7:58 pm Hi guys, Ive been running the pool chlorine generator for about 5 hours a night (1am to 6am off-peak to save dollars) and the pool chlorine level is perfect! The salt level is pretty good too so hopefully it keeps up the good work! I had a similar issue with my fridge not too long ago. It wasn't the same model, but the symptoms were pretty much the same: the compressor would start and then stop… 3 7516 if it's the look that you're not happy with, the easiest option would probably be to spray paint it all into the same color as the walls so it blends in. there might not… 3 4181 there was an event. The question is whether the builder had the insurance and whether the event was covered. The workmanship is a separate conversation. 10 23715 |