Good idea on rinsing the outside of the pool to take out the salt. I could've used that information years ago when I did not do that and all the metal on my pool rusted. My pool only lasted me 1 year, before I had to get rid of it. I got me an all plastic one. I will be rinsing everything to wash the salt off after each use. Thank you.
Yes, we're getting ready to go on year 5, and although we have little spots here and there in the corners of a few connectors, we've been proactive as we possibly can. By treating anything that we see immediately, to treat and protect from further damage. We spend about an extra 15 minutes after we get out of the pool. Rinsing everything off.
Again. You guys are great! Like you said, the instruction manual is blah! But that along with your videos just adds that extra level of comfort when setting up. Wish you all the best and thank you for doing these videos. Its a lot of work and you’re helping so many people out. 😃
Thank you so much, and we realized later that after looking at the manual closer we were running our Salt water system daily longer than needed. There are several columns that talk about temperature ranges and so the amount of time also varies depending on your pool size and temperature. We have another video regarding maintenance on it as well.
Your video and explanation is the BEST! Just bought a salt water system chlorinator and I’m running my 24 hour pump run now after adding the salt. I’ll start the chlorinator tomorrow with the Boost first. Thank you again for such a detailed explanation. I’m looking forward to no more chemicals!!!👍👍👍😎
Thank you later on After the video we realized we could've done a better job explaining it. If you have a pool like ours, just run it for thirty two hours on boost and you should be good. After that it smooth sailing. The only thing we never figured out was the timer. It is crucial that the pump comes on before the salt water system. We always felt it was risky. Relying on the timer, not knowing if it was gonna work, right. So we actually turn on our pump every day when we want to manually. Our pump usually runs 6 hours Is in the chloronator runs 4 to 5. We really only use boost After a good rain or if we have to backwash the pool and drain some of the water And add new water.
Nope. Best decision we ever made. It's seems complicated at first but after initial set up it gets a lot easier and no throw chemicals in all season long.
Hey there, Your detail on this video will help many people in 2024. Just bought the 12x24 rectangle ultra intex pool and their instructions skips some steps and you didn't. This really helped me. I was hoping these new systems would tell me the salt levels but nope had to go buy the same strips you have. 🏊♀And ny the way, the 2024 pumps you don't have to wait for a "working" button for the chlorinator. They have a chlorinated button now that works together with pump button.
Thank you for your videos on everything. We bought the same size pool and I watch your videos everyday. I'm going to the saltwater system too, I have the salt and getting ready to add to the water. First time pool owner, hoorah.
Thanks 4 ur time and this video. We've had same pool 4 4 yrs. Never been easy to maintain water and the original pump is undersized plus inadequate. We bought the 3000gpm sand filter and pump and been studying up on the salt water system. U certainly helped me understand it much better and I look forward to doing away with chemicals. This will also b a great test as we r looking next yr to the intex 16x32x52inch,almost ordered it 2day,though choosing to wait till next season as ground prep all over again will take more time ugh, but so neccasary and important. Thanks again, appreciate it much.
Sounds great we actually included our ground prep in our very 1st pool video. If you look at our library under the Pool category you would be able to see what we did to our ground to level it
Thank you so much for the video!!! It was so helpful. I agree with everyone else, you guys are amazing. If it wasn't for you, I don't think I could have installed my system. Thanks.
Nice Job, your explanation of the details were as clear as could be..( you must be a teacher) and everything about your pool set up looks top notch..and you inspired me to go saltwater on our new Intex pool .. Thanks 👍
Somehow we did not see this message until today when we were responding to someone else and for that I am sorry. I appreciate your compliments and thank you for watching our videos about the pool. No not a teacher. LOL Have a great day!
Thanks for all your videos, coincidentally I have the exact same pool, filter, and E.C.O. setup you have. Your videos really helped me get everything started and setup the right way! Once you’ve got your salt and other levels balanced having a saltwater pool is completely worth the initial expense and hassle!
Yes... Last summer at the beginning of the season we got really lucky everything was already in the right range this year it was a little off we had to take our water up to the pool store called Leslie's and they gave us a print out Of what we needed to add in order to bring the water back to par so we could reboost for the beginning season. Once we get everything right we usually are good to go the entire season even with the rain that comes
Thank you. We worked hard on getting the stones exactly the same distance apart as well as the support legs, and we worked their height and distance from the pool .
Hey, one quick note. If you set your salt system to run on boost, than your pump MUST be on FP (free pump) to run 24/7. If your pump is set to 8 hours and you put the salt system on boost, boost is actually the number of hours you set times 4. So if you set salt system to run 4 hours, it will run 16 hours on boost mode. In that case pump must be on FP, if it’s not, the pump will shut down after 8 hours, but the salt system will continue working and that way it will overheat and damage without pump pushing water through the cells (salt plates).
I got a pool for the family this year. Everyone was excited until the chlorine tablets couldn't be found. The water got so bad, I drained the pool. I just got my saltwater system delivered today. About to go clean the interior and fill the pool. I can't wait to see how this works out.
Terrible thing that happened to you. You made the right choice. Make sure you rinse your pool off good after using it everyday to wash the salt off the metal.
@@MoverandShaker I love love love the new system! It's so much easier on the skin! No chlorine smell or burning eyes. The water has stayed crystal clear. I still add a bag of shock every two weeks along with pH. But I will never go back to chlorine system again.
@@michaelh7527 We am so happy for you and We understand completely! We don't add any shock but we noticed in August we did have to add a little salt because of all the rain we have had. Make sure you are rinsing off your pool after each use to get the the saltwater off all metal!
@@MoverandShaker Definitely rinsing the frame. I have had to add salt myself. I live in South Alabama and it has been one wet summer! Ida didn't do any damage, but the amount of rain was crazy. It filled the pool to the point of overflowing twice in two days 🤣.
@@michaelh7527 Yes, if we see a big storm is coming we now lower the water level to accomodate an inch or two of rainfall. Keep in my mind that after a good rain, it can also splash salt water all over the metal framework in between sections. Just keep an eye on it from outside and inside the pool. We are armed with Metal Protector and Rust remover if we see any signs of anything scarey but yes we have saved so much money and so much less anxiety worrying about balancing the old Chemical pool!
Hello, mover and shaker, we've had the saltwater system for our second season and I have never set up the self cleaning mode, have you? If so, can you please tell me how and when. Also, what is the 03 generator all about? Your videos are very helpful, Thank you. Your pool and yard are very nice♡
@@artyflores97 This is the second season. First season was all chemicals. I would never ever, ever go back. Saving money and time and worry!!! No more worrying. As long as you keep it vacuumed every other day, test the salt PPM weekly and use regular test strips to make sure you water is within all the o.k. ranges all you have to do is run your pum and saltwater system and do occasional maintenance on it and backwash the pump and you are good to go. It's so nice.
I appreciate this video. My neighbor gave me something very similar. it came with everything except a ladder and a manual. It's 22'x52" and I have no clue what I'm doing. All I know is that it took me 9 months to dig the hole in the side of the hill
Nice! Take one step at time. The more you study the salt manual it can make you crazy but the main thing is always Is first get your water balanced, then add the salt then run boost on the Saltwater system for whatever the time is for your Size pool according the chart in the manual and then you should be good to go with just running the pump for about 6 to 7 hours and the chlorinator about 4 to 5 hrs each day. We have other videos that may be helpful. Good luck. Get a copy of the manual from intex.com. the have pdf versions
@thebugalito understood!! There will be a point when you can exhale about the water content, but the cleaning on a daily or when you want to be in there is always present. You have learn to enjoy it and get a system going Good luck!!!!
Hey Loren how is your pool doing with saltwater? We just bought a 18 by 48 Coleman and are considering saltwater but I'm seeing where they say it is corrosive to steel so I'm nervous and looking for input!?
Thanks for sharing. We have the 18'x52" and I also could not figure out the chlorine with 3" tabs, apparently the 3": are for 10K gallons, we're shy of 7K gallons. Pool did great for first few weeks when the Alabama weather was unseasonably cooler, once the heat came, algae bloom. I installed the ECO5110 yesterday, coming up on 24hrs of BOOST, I was also confused by the BOOST setting, I thought it doubled the input time, not 4x. Either way, I know what time my 24hr marks ends, so I will stop the saltwater production. test my levels. What I am not clear on is how many hours to run the saltwater once I get my initial levels set. The water has cleared considerably, but I still have an algae ring at the bottom, I may need to vacuum and discharge to WASTE to get that out. I run my sand filter in FP mode 24/7 as the pool is near an oak tree as only option for location in the backyard, and I added the strainer which is doing a good job but of course the strainer wouldn't work as well if I just set the filter to a few hours a day. Any suggestions from your gained experiences thus far?
Hi there, the BOOST setting is actually 8x we found out it should be 32 hrs. of boost on the initial setup. In the beginning, the manual was so confusing to us, the way we had to figure it all out based on the way they wrote the instructions was maddening but the more we studied the pages and became familiar with the layout of the writer's instructions we finally figured it out to a science, and this was post video. We also had an algae problem for a couple of weeks before we were ready to run the saltwater system, it was more like floating pieces not a ring around the pool and despite having three types of vacuums and our Hayward Skimmer running daily. We also vacuumed to waste but it wasn't working, so we took a sample down and found out our salt was good but our chlorine levels that were just reading in the o.k. range needed to be higher, so it was suggested we put two bags of shock in and then put the system on boost and it took care of it. I am convinced the boost took care of it. Now we have a robotic vac, this is the latest model amzn.to/42UIeSo but we have the one before this one (see video) as well as the vacuum hose and two types of brushes that hooks up via the Hayward Skimmer and we really don't use the stick vac that much except for quick spot clean-ups. Right now, we are getting massive amounts of rain and so we go out there in the rain and drop the robotic vac in the rain and it cleans the bottom, and when the rain stops for ten minutes or so we either net or run the pump or both until it clears up. Thanks for watching. I hope you get to the point where you are maintenance-free with the exception of vacuuming. It will happen and it's a great feeling.
@@MoverandShaker thanks for the reply. I confirmed once my levels are stable, with my specific pool gallon amount, 4hrs of sand filter and saltwater. I used a Taylor kit to test, free chlorine is close but needs more, Ph is ideal at 7.5, chlorine is almost at 2. The test strips that came with the pump and the Clorox brand both show low calcium but the other numbers are real close. I read online the test strips aren't very accurate but show a close variable. So running BOOST a bit longer tonight and will vacuum the algae tomorrow morning. See where I am since I am close to the ideal numbers.
Very helpful, our XTR 20' by 48" is filling up now. We have the same salt water filter ordered so I'm trying to gather supplies now so I'll have everything before it get here.
Love the video, I was wondering how you are plugging in both the saltwater system and the sand pump? Did you need to do anything special, im afraid when they are both running it could cause a breaker to blow. Thanks for your help!
No actually we live in a very old house with old wiring and it works just fine we had an electrician come out and run electricity from our bedroom to the outside of our brick wall so you can use electrical on both sides of the wall inside and out they have a weatherproof case it costs us a $150 to get it installed and it is a GFCI outlet with a re test test button and it works absolutely fine with no problems
Man, just want to thank you for the videos. As I’ve been reading all questions and comments you’ve tried to answer and give good advice to everyone. I just finished filling up my 18x9x52 rectangular Intex pool with the salt pump and I’m not going to lie I’m a little nervous. I went to Leslie’s pool place to ask some questions, you say that the water needs to be stable before pouring the salt, the 2 places from Leslie’s the guys said to pour the salt run the pump for 24 hours to make sure salt is dissolve and do the boost and then bring them the water sample for them to tell me what I need to add to the water. What is your input on that? And again thank you for answering all this questions. Great videos
Bottom line your water has to be balanced before you add salt or start the Chlorinator. Yes, run the pump for 24hrs after brushing it in thoroughly and then run the pump on FP. Our boost schedule was longer than what we mentioned so Find the operating time for your boost. Ours was 32 hours on boost with the pump on FP with it. We admit when we recorded the video we thought we had it down 100% but we were also learning and eventually got better at this process. One tip always make sure the pump goes on before the chlorinator around 5 minutes and then turn off the Chlorinator first and let the pump run another 5 minutes before shutting off. The timer never really worked for us. It's all manual. For our 18 x 52 we typically run our pump 6 hours and Chlorinator about 4 hours.
@VeronicaCook-uy7tx Now we did not build our deck, we hired someone to build it. 8 x 10. For 1600.00 The only thing we've ever put besides rock around the edges was rubber mulch.
Yes for the first time on year 5. We have seen rust on two small areas near the pump at the footer. We will do a video on it as soon as our pool is completely open.
We are on our 3rd season and we rinse our pool off from top to bottom and left to right all around after every use however we have seen a spot the size of your pinky finger near the edge of a connector where the Intex Skimmer used to be, but we have put rust inhibitor and painted over that once dried with Rust o leum gray paint with a small paint brush and so far it's hold up great. We are not worried about it. We have it under control and ready to treat if necessary, there is plenty of life left in this pool.
Thanks so much for this video. I have the exact same setup as well. The question I have is about bonding your pool. I had Hayward pump before this and the ground wire that runs around my would terminate on a lug on the Hayward. This Intex pump is plastic and the ground wire can’t be connected to it. I called Intex and they told me their official response it to turn the pump off when the pool is in use. What do you do with yours?
From the very beginning, we paid an electrician $150.00 to pop a GFCI outlet straight into our brick wall and connect it with one on the inside. So we have a DUAL use outlet. It is in a weather box about 10 feet from our pump and Saltwater system. We use a pigtail type adapter so that we can have three items plugged in at once but if we wanted we could have more with another pigtail adapter. It works great and everything runs without any issue. We run the pump and waterfall when we are in the pool because we like the bubbles and the ability to have the waterfall moving when we are in it not to mention the skimmer constantly keeping things clean while we use it.
On my pool I have four pool legs, the metal ladder, an umbrella with a metal boom mounted to my deck, the pump and water bonded together. They are all terminated to an 8ft ground rod using #8 bare copper and buried under ground. The water is bonded using a water bonding plate installed in my skimmer. I also have a digital timer and two 20 amp GFCI receptacles that are all in weather proof boxes on a dedicated 20 amp circuit. My 3/4hp pump is connected to one of those GFCI circuits. I've ordered a salt system and and Zinc anode (for corrosion control) today and will be installing them as soon as they arrive. I'm not an electrician and am not giving electrical advice, but a GFCI circuit should detect any voltage anomalies from your pump and trip therefor shutting it down. You can put a GFCI breaker in the panel or a GFCI receptacle in a weather proof box near your pump. However, you cannot do both. It has to be either/or. Hope this helps.
Found this video helpful. I’m building a stock tank pool and was originally just going to run a sand pump, but I think I want salt water now. I can’t find anything about just adding the saltwater set up to a regular sand pump. Is that what you did. Regular sand filter pump then added the salt water set up.
This is how we started our pool. Exactly as you describe. We had only the sand pump for two seasons before we purchased the Intex saltwater system. Best decision we ever made ...so much less work and time spent managing the pool water.
Hi.thanks for the video. Setting-up a pool for the first time. How big is your pool? I like the stones you placed around the pool, but I'm curious if they could rip the liner?
Hi there. We have an entire playlist of our pool from the beginning when it was first set up (we used entirely rubber mulch only) later we changed to rocks so be sure to check out the videos. So there is a five inch strip of rubber mulch that goes around the edge and the rocks have not compromised the liner in any way. You are not the first one to ask about this or mention that subject. The rocks are worry free for us. It's a thin flat layer. I continously maintain the perimeter of the pool and I see anything that looks like it could be a problem I would fix if needed. Perhaps I should do a video about the border of the pool so that people won't be concerned. This will be our 3rd season ! It is an 18 x52
Hello and thank you so much for this video . One question, after the initial set up and the levels are normal , how many times a week you check the ppm salt levels ? Thanks 🙏🏻
We really only do that in a situation where if it rains a lot or we have to backwash and there would be a distinct reason for salt to be depleted otherwise we don't really check it on a regular basis.
Just getting our Intex pool and saltwater chlorinator up and running for a second season!! I've had a to reference your videos again of course, so awesome!!! One question, I'm trying to figure out the best time of day to run the filter and chlorinator.....do you have a suggestion? We've got some hot days ahead - 90's. Trying to decide if I should do it early morning until afternoon, or start around noon and go until evening. I've read varying info on whether or not you should be swimming in pool when the filter/skimmer is operating....if that's the case, I would want to run in the morning but then other's say you want to run during the heat/sun of the day, which is obviously when the kids want to be in the pool too:) Any suggestions? Thank you so much!!
We always turn our pump and chlorinator on in the morning For our particular pool size and outside temperature we run our pump 8 hours in our chlorinator 6 hours but we like our pump to be on when we're in the pool because it runs the skimmer and it also creates a lot of bubbles and makes it more fun we've never had a problem running our pump on chlorinator while being in the pool
Thank you for making this video! Really helpful. This is my first time setting up an above ground pool, ever. We have a bestway 18’ x 48” that’s 6092 gals. We added the recommended ~160 lbs of salt into the pool and I brushed it out; we have the filter running now for the next 24hrs. Our chlorine levels and stabilizer were low below we dumped, but decided to anyway….. any advice on when we might add the stabilizer? I’m assuming the chlorine will go up with the saltwater cell after the initial boost. Hopefully? Thanks again!
Well normally you want your water balanced before you add the salt and that includes the CYA. We had to go to Leslie's pool because our CYA was still reading low and they printed out a sheet for us with the amount we needed based on our water sample and told us to put 1/2 in wait four hours and put the other half in. Then add any salt. In our case We had to add a bag from it being depleted from the winter when we had to let some of the water out and then fill it back up in May. If you have a Leslie's pool store, I highly recommend their free water analysis if you are ever having problems determining what is off. Their instructions are incredibly detailed. We took a drill with a long attachment to mix the stabilizer in a 5 gallon bucket. It is so hard to dissolve though! I can tell you the first two season of using our pool with the salt water system were a complete Breeze! This is the only time where we opened up our pool and found it was lacking some items and so we decided to get that Free pool analysis just to see what they came up with.
We have the same exact pool and set up, new this year but can't get a chlorine reading despite having the salt and all other readings within range. Have had the water tested by a pool store, gave us a chemical for phosphates (but not bad). Still can't get a chlorine reading! ugh have done boost also. This is so frustrating.
I am sorry you are having so much trouble with your chlorine. I am not understanding why you are not getting the Chlorine reading. Are you using test strips that have both types of chlorine readings on them or some other type of kit.
Mover and Shaker I’ve taken the water samples to pool store and yes have appropriate test strips. I just don’t get it- although pool store people said a lot of people are having same issues.
You will use a pool test kit or straps to find out what chemicals are bow range in order for you to know what to add to balance out your water. Also I heard you can take your pool water to your local pool store and they will give you a free read out
I have my pump on boost it’s been running roughly 15 hours my pool was nice and blue now this morning Cloudy green .. it did rain hard for like 3-4 hours. Any suggestions just set pool up and this is first boost cycle after adding salt. TIA
@MoverandShaker wait.. so you're suppose to wait 24hrs before doing the boost cycle when starting it up after adding the salt for the first time? Thank you !
Hi there,we have almost the same filter system as yours. Also we did several tests to the water , the pump worked 24 hours just like you said , after we started the salinization system , our clear water turned green😢... the tests we made after that are ok, the system is workin on boost .... what should we do in this situation? We need to put some chemicals in it? Or just let the system work and the water will regain its clearness? Thanks
The order of things is to get your water completely balanced before you ever add salt. (add the required chemicals) Then you brush in the salt and run it for 24hrs on FP, then you run the chlorinator for the time that is in your table on boost. Ours was 32 hrs. Did you run yours at the correct time.? This entire process should take about a week before you are done with the entire process. We do have a green pool video you can look at but II am not sure if it will resolve your problem.
Thank you for your answer. Since this year we did have a simple sand pump, with that system we do use a lot of chemicals.But now , honestly, we never found any information, if the salt water system requieres some chemicals , and what chemicals? The system works on boost since yesterday , for almost 24 hours . It still has 12 more to work. The water reagains its clearness,fortunately . It's not green any more . I think it was some kind of chemical reaction , when the chlorination started. If you have some advice, share it with us aswell. Thank you
So, I have update , our water is cristal clear again 🙏 ... I belive, during the chlorination something chemical reaction had happen. We let the pump work since day 1... now looks just like nothing happened yesterday... If you have trips and tricks, I can't wait to read or listen it ... Have a nice day ! Sorry if my english is bad , I am from E. Europe 🙂
I have salt water system 6110 , i only shocked pool on opening day which was memorial day tip from pool professional say to run pump 24/7 not salt water sytem,, i run my salt water system 5 hrs a day for 18x52 pool use boost button after heavy rain, awsome way to go if you don't want to do a lot of maintenance, i have intex robot to clean pool it works well,remember run pool pump 24/7 pump does not use a lot of electricity, the boost cycle is 8 times the amount programmed so 8 ×5 is 40 hrs straight salt water run time then it will return to its normal programed run time
Hi Douglas, thanks very much for your tips. We haven't had to run boost yet after our heavy rains because the pool is perfectly balanced and our salt levels are optimum and withn range. It sounds like you have a system in place for your pump. Yes, we realized we were not running our salt water system for 5 hrs in the beginning because we used the wrong temperature range guide on the table. So now we do. We shall see where it will take us. 30 days in this weekend on our saltwater system.
hello, your videos have helped us tremendously, pretty much helped us decide what pool to get. (1st time pool owners) we have the same size pool. Using the pump that came w the pool. we have had tons of rain this past week (in Western Mass) I have had to drain pool multiple times to prevent overflowing, in testing my water using the Clorox saltwater strips it is as 5.8 2470. my question should I use the boost cycle to increase chlorine or add salt? I also have noticed slippery bottom and on sides some cloudiness. i brush and vacuum daily should I also add CYA. I have not added any chemicals at all to this pool
You say you haven't added any chemicals to the pool. You have to add chemicals to the pool to get your water balanced before you ever turn on your saltwater system. In fact, you don't even add salt until your water is completely balanced. So i'm not sure why you would be running your chlorinator. So in this order it is balance your pool... That can take over a week to get just right. Add salt and run your pump for twenty four hours. Then run your boost cycle for thirty two hours on initial start up. I am not positive but it sounds like you skipped all of these steps. You may want to get a sample of your water and take it to a local pool store and have them print you out a recipe. A list of directions of what you need to add and how long and how much. It's only when your water is balanced that you should be running that chlorinatorator. It is true when it rains, It does cause you from time to time to time to potentially have to add a small amount of salt and run the chlorinator on boost in order to get it back to where it was.
Hi thx for your quick response the only step I missed was testing water before adding salt. Added the salt ran pump 24hrs next day turned chorinator. Per the video toriginally you set your salt chlorinator 4 hours on boost which equaled 32 hours and you corrected that so we ran the chlorinator for one hour on the boost cycle which was really eight hours our levels have been perfect the water crystal clear until all this rain I did take my water today to be tested the only issue was low alkalinity and a low salt which they also recommended to add salt. I appreciate all your information. You are a very good teacher. Have a great summer.
hi! thanks for you video. I have the same salt water system and i am not sure when and how to set the self clean button that is on the machine. when should I use it and how does it work?
I'm sorry but we have never used the self clean option. We have only done manual cleanings following the instructions in the manual. It was fairly easy.
We have never really taken a look at it honestly. The pressure does increase when you hook it up we just don't know how much. We will vacuum tomorrow and let you know.
I just setup the intex 18x9x52,...from your reply to my past comment Ive ran the 24 hour cycle,.put in cyanoric liquid.ran first boost,..next day pool greenish,....took in sample,...was sold double shock setup,..cleaned out pool,.....still boosting,...waiting for next shock treatment,......any advice? many THXXX,...........just wondering if your encountered alge,...you make it seem simple and almost maintenance free,.......You never have talked about the weekly shock your suppose to do,....im hearing these salt water intex systems cant produce enough chorine to shock,....starting to feel like its going to be a part time job just taking care of it,........Thanks alot for any advice!!!
We've never had a problem with our saltwater system producing enough Chlorine in fact our 1st 2 seasons we went flawlessly through the seasons without having to do anything. It was this season when we opened up the pool when our water was slightly green we couldn't seem to get it. Balanced so we took a sample to the pool store and turns out we needed to add a few things. It had to be done in a specific order and when it came to the sign arc acid it had to be split into 2 doses and done at 2 different intervals. Eventually the water became clear And everything leveled out. Other than that we really don't usually add usually add shock unless The water looks a little cloudy which is rare for us. I'm surprised they only suggested shock. What size pump do you have I've heard rumors that you have to have a really powerful pump for the rectangular style pools. We ran our boost for 32 hrs. We do have a green pool video scare that you can watch in our pool Playlist. Maybe that will help? Curious what size pump you have? Ours is a 16 Inch 3000 GPH
Hello. Thank you for a detailed video. We have a 12 x 24 x 52 pool and when we hit the on button on the pool and try to set the timer, it keeps flashing 91 at us. I’m wondering if you might have insight into that, please. Thank you.
Error code 91 is low salt content in your pool.. You need about 210 lbs (95kg) of salt in your size pool to start with. There's a chart in your chlorinator manual. Allow it to dissolve for 24 hours while running the pump. THEN start your chlorinator..
How did you prevent rust to the steel frame? Any recommendations for how to prevent rust with this type of steel frame pool? Do inline anodes work for this kind of pool?
We meticulously rinse this pool off every single time we get out of it all around the rails inside and out. Now if we ever saw any rust we have a plan to use rust remover clean the area and then cover with rustoleum paint with a small brush. Never heard of inline anodes
On one of the support, poles closest to the pump near the black plastic footer, We have an area this year that we will be treating. It does not concern us too much.
No we don't drain it. We cover it up. We have a winterizing video and a couple pool opening videos. When we uncover it, it's in pristine condition. Watch from our pool playlist.
o.k. so in the manual there is a chart for the various size pools and the temperature range of your weather. You find the normal operating time for your saltwater generator in that manual and you run it every day once a day for that time. You can use the timer if you prefer. We manually turn it on out of preference. For example: our pool is an 18 x 52 and right now the temperature is about 89 so we run ours 6 hours everyday and the pump 8 hours. We turn the pump on manually and then five minutes later we turn on the salt water generator but yes you can put a timer on the pump too. In the beginning of set up. You have to make sure your pool is perfectly balanced first, put the salt in the pool, brush it all in, run pump for 24hrs and then run boost for 8x the normal operating time of your salt system. After that you are good to go. Does that answer any questions?
We just setup a 18x48 intex. I haven't added any chemicals at all yet.It is currently running on the crappy little clear pump that comes with it. The pool has been setup 2 days and I just ordered the Intex 16 in sand filter and salt water kit. It should be here in a couple of days. Should I do anything right now to prepare the water for the this system or just plug it up and dump the salt in? I know you said something in the video about getting the pool balance ready before hand but truth be told this is my first pool and I have no idea what I am doing. Thanks for any help!
Yes it needs to be balanced before any salt goes in or the chlorinator being turned on at all. You should probably wait for the 16 inch pump before you start adding things to the water but take a water sample to your nearest pool store hopefully Leslie's they will tell you based on your pools gallons and size how much to add and when to add it. Your gonna need regular pool test strips and salt water test strips on hand. You are a long way away from running that salt water system because even after the water is balanced the pump needs to run 24hrs after you put the salt in and the your salt system and pump will eventually run even longer like 32 hrs the very first time. Be prepared to read your salt and pump manuals very carefully. Once everything is balanced salt is in and the chlorinator has done it's initial boost. You will be set to go for the rest of the summer with very little to do besides vacuuming
Yeah,..thx for the info,.....our pump and salt system is the smaller version of yours,....we'll see how well it does,...the shock treatment they sold us seemed to clear it right up,..after cleaning the alge out of course,.......you help alot to ease the new pool nerves,..thx,...i hope its worth it,.....ive spent another $1,500 building a screened in enclosure around it,.....like you say,..its an investment i hope lasts some years,...with everything i hear and read everyones suppose to shock weekly,...im just wondering why you dont need to,....or do you think its ok to wait till somethings off,....and then shock to clear it up. maybe its your climate,...........cheers from fl friend!
Hello. why you bought saline chlorination system instead of ozone system and eco saline chlorinator ? what do you think about the system Ozone system and saline chlorinator eco intex ? I really like your videos and thanks for the help
Hello! Thanks for the helpful videos. We just setup our pool with the Intex saltwater system. The “working” light constantly flashes and does not go solid. Can you confirm if this is normal? It doesn’t seem like it’s chlorinating the pool after salt was added. Thanks!
Angelica, I have an Intex salt water system, I also have well water. The water turns brown when treating with salt and it makes chlorine. I use a water clearer from Clorox and also vitamin c powder and it clears it up
We have well water but we used city water three seasons ago and have not emptied the pool since. We only drain it about a foot for each winter season and then refill it. The water bill to fill up this entire pool was really not that bad at all.
Yes, very little, it protects your pool water from chlorine depletion from the sun, but we only have to usually add it on start up for each season to get the pool balanced in order to start the chlorinator after that you're good.
The sun Heat the Pool Water. ... Dilute the Pool by removing and adding back water Use Hydrogen Peroxide. ... Use a Chlorine Neutralizing Product. ... Try Sodium Thiosulfate.
Thank you so much for your fast response! Is there anything to do on the system to lower chlorine by it self?? Or just the Sodium Thiosulfate?? Thanks again!
If I bought a sand filter, salt water generator, and a heater, do I send the water to the heater before the salt water system? or or do I send it to the saltwater system before the heater?
New pool set up coming this week first thing you do is balance the pool? So add the shock and chlorine to it? Then once all the levels are good then add salt and hook up the machine? Just making sure I don’t screw up lol thanks!
No, you don't just add shock and chlorine. It takes about a week of hard work before you are up and running. The easiest way I can suggest is take a sample of your water to a pool store, get them to print out what you need with a recipe of sorts to tell you how much you need and how long to wait before adding the next item. It can take several days. Once everything is reading balanced then you put your salt in and run the Pump on FP for 24hours then you can proceed with the boost cycle and for our boost cycle it was 32 hours. Then you should be good to go.
Hi there! No - the gravel is 8 inches away from the liner and separated by rubber mulch. Thanks for liking the layout. It is changing as we speak, always adding on. lol
Helping a friend, The larger filter, before the salt chlorinator is a sand filter or D.E?, thanks for a great video and your pool looks really awesome.
You guys are amazing! One question during initial set up, when do I add cyanuric acid? I just added my salt and am running the filter for 24hrs. Then into the boost and chlorination. Do I add cyanuric acid before or after the original set up boost period. (My water is crystal clear to start with).
After you have your water balanced and the boost cycle has done it's thing. Use a regular pool chemical test strip to check your Cyanuric acid levels and everything else you may need t obe balanced and if they are low, add some stablilizer if needed. I would only think you need it after it rains and the extra water depletes it. Also remember that Cynauric acid stabilizes free chlorine from being evaporated by the sun. We really only had one incident where we had to had anything. See our Green Pool Scare Video. It's been amazingly maintenance free.
Loved the helpful video but I’m still a little confused about how long to run boost mode on initial setup. I have an 18x48 pool and my system only lets me set boost to 36, 48, or 60 hours. Any help would be much appreciated!
What brand is your saltwater system? In the intex manual There is a chart where you look up your pool size and maybe even the outdoor temperature range And it tells you what the normal operating time would be for the saltwater system whatever that time is it's 8x that time so you need to find the normal operating time. once you plug that time in hit boost it automatically will run 8 times the amount of time. Our normal operating time in our temp right now for 18 x 52 is 6. We run our pump 8hrs a day.
It’s an Intex model # ECO20110-2. It tells me to run it 4 hours a day at our current temp so that would be 36 hours. I did the initial 24 hour pump only (no chlorinator) after adding the salt. Do I need to run it an addition 36 hours on boost to get the chlorine up to where it needs to be? That just seems like a lot and I want to be sure I’m not over chlorinating the pool.
@@johnbrown7867 Yes, the initial boost is always going to be a very long time and if your time should be 36 hrs then just keep the pump running with it. You should be fine after that! From there it will be smooth sailing! We haven't had any issues since our April opening. We backwash and rinse about every 2 weeks, we rinse our pool off thoroughly after every use and vacuum any visible debris about every 2 days.
H. Ok I set up my salt water system last week . I have the Intex pump and salt water system due. I added the proper salt and let the pump run for 24 hours on filter . Then turn on clorinator for 4 hours. Every time I do a water test my Clorine levels results are very low. And advise. Thanks
4hrs is not enough time for your initial boost cycle for example our pool is an 18 x 52 and our boost cycle is 32 hrs. After the boost is complete then we run it daily for 6 hrs. I think you missed the part in the manual where it said you have to run yours yours a certain time times 8
Awesome video. Very thorough. Quick question. When you put boost on and it multiplies by 8 and my pump is set for 9 hours. Does it go into boost the next day once 8 hours expires? So if I set the salt salt system for 8 hours and turn boost on and set the pump for 9 hours, when the pump shuts off the salt system goes into sleep mode. Then when pump restarts next day would boost kick on again until 8x8=64 hours pass? Thanks!
I'm not sure I understand what you're asking however , You're only running boost during the initial setup or whenever if you ever have to add salt. We've only run our boost one time on setup and one time to add 15 lb of salt other than that normal operation would be one hour less than your pumps scheduled time. Our pump comes on automatically everyday, but our salt system has to be manually turned on but it is set for one hour less than the pump time. PS whenever you are using the Boost cycle you would put your pump on FP for free pump so that the pump is not shut off while you're doing your 8 times whatever your amount is on the saltwater system
@@MoverandShaker ah. Mine seems to go into sleep mode if the pump stops sooner than the timer on the salt system. Also if I manually turn on the pool pump the salt system seems to turn itself back on (sleep goes away). Guess my question revolved more around sleep and resuming sleep behavior. I have a 20 foot intex xtr pool. 9 hours doesn't seem to be enough. Still getting a tad slimey on the bottom. I've been running boost every day for a week. I'm going to try 12 hours and not run boost. Its a new setup (about a month). Thanks. ;)
Was your pool balanced before you ever did the initial setup so that everything was in the ideal ranges? That slime is not normal. Do you have an Intex Deluxe maintenance kit because if you do that would be the first thing I would take care of is scrubbing the bottom of that pool with the attachments and getting it vacuumed and scrubbed. The chlorinator goes into sleep mode because the pump cuts off if there's no flow the chlorinator is designed to shut down it needs flow from the pump.
@@MoverandShaker I guess I do need to take a water sample to the pool store. Will do that soon. I do have the maintenance kit. I found a new intex auto pool cleaner for 89 online and just got it in the mail and will be setting that up tonight. Thanks so much for sharing your experiences. ;)
Thanks for the videos, so helpful. I get that I need to run the filter pump everyday, but does the chlorinator get run everyday as well? I have a 12 x 24, 8,500 gallon. Can't get through to Intex Helpline. If I could get this answered, I think I am just about ready to finally use it. Thanks again for your videos and if you can help, I would appreciate it! Thanks.
All the answers you need are in The Saltwater Systems manual The Saltwater System does run everyday. You need to study all the tables in the manual. For our current temperature range our pump runs 6 hrs and the salt water system will run 5 hrs. Always turn it on 5 min after the pump has been running and always wait 15 min after the chlorinator cycle ends before turning the pump off per the manual.
Just an update in case anyone else has same problem. Pool and pump purchased together. Operating time for chlorinator and filter pump not in manual- I have checked and checked! Downloaded the manual that comes with the pump...and there is the info in this manual! Crazy! Relieved! Thanks again for your help.
The operating timetable for the chlorinator and the pump to work in sync with eachother is in the chlorinator manual not the pump manual for example we have an 18 foot by 52 in pool and our pump runs depending on the temperature scale 5 hrs a day in the chlorinator runs for 4 hrs
The instructions say that the boost cycle runs 8 times the amount you set the timer for. So you set it for 4 hours so that means you saltwater system will run for 8×4= 32hrs. You set you filter for 8hrs. So you filter will shut off before saltwater system does. Does that sound right?
Your pump gets set on FP When you're boosting so no matter how many hours you set your saltwater system to run on boost it should cut off before your pump does. On a daily basis we run our pump now for 8 hours and our saltwater system for 6 hours and I don't think we've ever had the boost after the initial setup with the exception of one time when we had a green pool scare
@@MoverandShaker i understand that. But you didn't state the FP mode before you did boost. You set the filter for 8 hrs. Then shortly after you did 4hrs on Saltwater system then boost for a total of 32 hours. The filter will go off before Saltwater system. Could damage Saltwater system.
I can't say for sure since I am not knowledgable with summer waves salt systems however most pool sand pumps are compatible and interchangable with other equipment and pools with the exception of just needing different hoses and or adapter fittings whether they are 1.50" or 1.25" perhaps you can find some videos online where the summer waves salt system is pictured alongside the Intex Krystal Klear sand pump. That would be the fastest way to find out for sure. I feel confident this won't be difficult.
Mover and Shaker thank you for the information, I went ahead and ordered the Intex saltwater system just for the sake of consistency, I will be following your setup video to the T as we have the almost identical setup that you do! Thank you again for your time
Hello i love youre video's they helps a lot....we bought a salt water system of intex but cannot find salt that has a purity of 99.8% NaCl. What kind of salt do you use? Do you have experience with less pure salt? Thanks and greetings from the Netherlands
We use Diamond Crystal Splash Ready Granule Pool Salt 40 lb. 99.7% purity from a local chain called Ace Hardware, but Amazon has several brands. Do you have Amazon in the Netherlands? Here is one brand on Amazon amzn.to/3pWFQgn. Best of luck
@@MoverandShaker Thanks for youre answer. We do have Amazon but ordering is from a local distribution. But in meantime i found salt from Poolsel that must be good enough. It will become our first setup next week....because of your video's i have a good idea what to do. Thanks again...🖐
Hi, fixing to have our first above ground pool. We will be setting up an Intex XTR 16ft. X 48. Next week. I already have upgraded the sand pump filter to 2800gph, ordered a Hayward skimmer to install as well. Purchasing the saltwater system this week. What good info can anyone give me that will help with this install and maintenance! Any info you wish you would have known etc.... ive never done this, so any info will be helpful!!! We also have well water here... may be able to buy water, not sure?? Thanks in advance!! We also hVe the intex lead light waterfall!! 🤗
I am sorry your message was not seen by us until much later and I am not sure why. Your probably all set up and doing well. The well water did scare us a little since well water has rust in it. Just make sure after anytime you add water or play in the pool you do an excellent job of rinsing your pool but if your water has rust we don't what you would do. We have not had to do any maintenance this season yet, but we did do maintenance on the salt water system last season and made a video on it. I hope things went well for you and your entire pool set up. Our waterfall stopped lighting up and Intex replaced it for free.
@@sue1263 I have the same set up, just bigger pool. The pumps will turn on and off every day by themselves. What I do turn on and set my Sand Filter pump for 12 hours at 4:00pm the first day, Let it run for about 15 minutes then set the Salt Water Cholorinator to 10 hours. As long as I don't touch any of the settings after that my Sand Filter pump comes on at 4:00pm every day and pumps/filters until 4:00am. Then my Salt Water system kicks on at 4:15pm roughly and generates salt until 2:15 am. Your times will vary based on the size of your pool. Sometimes if we are using our pool a lot in the mornings I will turn on the Sand Filter and the Salt Water system while we are in the pool and then just reset everything to kick back on at 4:00pm and 4:15pm. Hope that helped.
It's on page 15, You find your type of pool your size of pool and then look under the correct temperature of your current water temperature and then it will tell you the hours. We usually run it 4 to 5 depending on the temperature range category.
Hello so I have the same configuration as u do pump filter and saltwater pump 1. The filter states to add pool sand do I add sand when using the saltwater pump? 2. How long do u run the saltwater and the regular pulp for each day? 3. Is there a way to set up a automatically run on daily everything if it has to be run daily? 4. How often do u clean the saltwater water pulp and the sand filter? 5. How often do u shock I hear daily others say never?
Okay 2 questions ! I see the salt water system you installed. But you have that along with the pool filter and then one more thing there you are using to set the 8 hr timer that’s connected to the skimmer and filter. What is that? Second question, does this work only for intex pools? Or can I use it with another above ground pool type? I would assume it would work for any above ground pool but just checking! Thanks so much!! This video is amazing!
The pump has a console attached that is a timer. It's one unit 2 pieces that attach. The saltwater system on the left has a timer as well. So you think you were seeing 3 units but it's only 2 units. In the intex manual for the salt water system (which you can download from intex.com) It gives very specific instructions on the running times and set up instructions on how to use The saltwater system depending on pool size, so I believe you probably could use it on another pool you would just need to have the correct adapters that attach from the various inlet hoses to the pool. We have an 18 x 52 and run the salt water system 4hrs and the pump 6hrs a day. We had an electrician install a power outlet directly through our brick wall into our house so we have power to the pump close by but via an outdoor gfci outlet.
I just set up my saltwater system. I'm on boost mode right now. Did you set to boost on 4hrs =32 hrs during your initial setup? I'm on 3hr boost, should I change to 4hrs And when did you add cyanuric acid? I haven't added any yet. Thanks! Awesome video!!!
We did confuse some people on that video and I am sorry. You have to find the chart for your size pool and there is a temperature column. find out what your typical operating time would be for the salt water system for your pool size and temperature see page 15 of the manual. then when you plug that time into the system (following the set up directions to put it on Boost) it should be running 8x whatever your normal operating time is and of course the Pump has to be on FP (free pump) so it does not cut off. I remember that frustrating color page with the cyanuric acid and wondering what are they trying to say! It is Stabilizer (CYA) of course and I don't remember when we put it in. I know it's supposed to be put in when the pool water is clean and clear. We only had to do it once last summer! You can swim as soon as 20 minutes. I would recommend that you toss it in and after your boost cycle is over but run the pump while it's circulating. It's a learning process for sure. It makes you nervous at first but pretty soon it will be easy! just always make sure your pump is on before and after the Saltwater system turns on and off.
Mover and Shaker okay awesome! Thank you I’ll have to check it out 😄 how much of the salt do you usually put in the pool? We have a 15x48 round Intex pool
Not really because for $179 on Amazon you can have a saltwater Chlorinator for pools up to 7000 gallons and it will save you lots of worry never having to wonder again what you need to get your pool balanced from day to day. Salt is usually all you need to maintain the water once it's balanced. Of course you need to make sure you keep your pool rinsed after every use! We are on our 5th year for this pool and 3rd for the salt water system and we love it. We would never go back.
Hi pal, Model ECO6110 Chlorinator @ Florida 84-97 F, Coleman 16' 5500gl Pool was already crystal clear, balanced, chlorinated. dumped 100 lbs ultra fine pool salt. None settled to bottom. while waiting for strips, swept and mixed for 48 hrs, no hurry. Pool is fine. Yesterday, set the Chlorinator for 4hrs, no boost needed for me. Still waiting on handheld salinity meter. Used Clorox salt strip. Currently at 1960 ppt. I have 1 full 40 lb bag and one with 20 lbs left. How much more you think I should put in? about 20? Should I remove the floating tablet?
Definitely remove your floating tablet you will never need that again. Everybody's pool is different in terms of the salt content or quantity per gallons. I would check your pool's requirements on the charts and your manual again to make sure you have added the correct amount of salt before you add more salt. If you do need to add more because you didn't put the required amount I would definitely go ahead and use another 20 pounds before using anymore.
After you add the salt for the first time, you mentioned to let the pump run for 24 hours before you hook up the salt water chlorinator system. Do you set the sand pump on filter or recirculate for that 24 hour period?
@shadylite Well, we have alway done filter, but we've also heard you can use recirculate. Free pump is the time setting you want for when you run the chlorinator. I apologize.
Thanks for information, but have a few questions for this system, should both devices run and to what degree should the handle be turned? Is it true that 3kg of salt is for 1000l water?
Gotta stir it, like a good stew... 🤣🤣 Great video, I've watched it more times than I care to admit. Thank you! A is it still working well? I just installed one today. Lord help me 🙌
Yes, our saltwater system is still working and we've added absolutely nothing to our water, no salt, no chemicals, nothing and that's what I love. When we 1st purchased our salt water system we were so stressed out because the directions are really not clear and are very confusing but as long as you look at the guides for your current temperature and your size pool then you will know how much salt and how long to run your saltwater system on boost the very 1st time and after that you just follow the guides on how long your pump in your saltwater system should run daily and in some occasional maintenance and that's it. Basically the only time we would run our boost aside from the initial setup up would be if we had heavy rains Or if the pool was dirty. For our 18 x 52 pool we run our pump 8hrs a day and the saltwater system 6hrs a day. We make sure it gets vacuumed at least everyother day and sometimes while we are in the pool. We wash the exterior off after every use to get any salt off. It's been worth it for sure. Congrats on taking the plunge and best of luck!
Question: We had to upgrade our equipment and we received what you are showing here. Do you take your water and have it tested and add the recommended product from pool place or does this Salt System do all that is necessary without chemicals? our previous salt system, we were always buying chemicals and I always felt that defeated the purpose of having the salt system. Thanks. Love your Video and all your suggestions!!!!
Hi Brenda, We use regular pool test strips AQUACHEK 551236 7-WAY 100 COUNT POOL WATER TEST STRIPS amzn.to/3tMX3Gf and also Sodium Chloride Strips SALT WATER CHLORINE GENERATOR TEST STRIPS 40 CT amzn.to/371fPQkto check the water on a weekly basis. We have not had to add ANY chemicals with the exception of one time when I pool started to turn green. We have a video on that in our pool video collection. Before we switched from Chemicals to this Salwater System by Intex we were constantly frustrated trying to learn all about chemicals and constantly having to add spend money on and add chemicals. Since we have been using this saltwater system it is like swimming in an ocean. Now worries, no trouble...so stress free. Just keep your pool clean daily and you will not have any issues. We always keep it vacuumed and the skimmer running daily. If you get heavy rains or the heat index is too high, that can cause issues where you need to keep adding salt and running the boost cycle if your Salt PPM gets depleted.
@@MoverandShaker Thanks for your response. Our PH is very low and just not sure what to do. My husband wants to go to pool place and get something to bring it up. We know they want to sell chemicals which defeats the purpose of having a salt system.
When you are first starting a new salt water system or opening it up the water has to be balanced before running the salt water system period. All you need is a bag of PH UP for a low Ph problem. Hone Depot or Lowe's should have it. Put it in and give it some time to circulate through the water and then retest with a regular pool test strip. Once it's in the normal range, you are good to add any needed salt and boost your salt system for what time your pool size requires
That question is definitely a first for me, I haven't seen that anywhere in the manual or ever mentiowned before and I would think swimming in the pool with that much salt concentration may potentially not be good for the skin or body in general and may mess up the very long process of getting the water turned over and the salt evenly distributed , and even after that you still have to get that chlorinated to make it sanitized. I personally would wait. I think if you are still planning on doing this talk to a pool people at a local store. I am almost positive they would advise against it. Good luck!
IMHO, I don't see why not, if your pool is already balanced. I walked in my pool to spread my salt with my vac brush. In reality, The salt never truly dis-appears anyway, it's always in there, it just changes state. In comparison, the Oceans salt level is about 35,000 ppm, FAR more than your pool. But like M&S said, you can ask the experts....
So in reality the salt pool seems to be the same amount of checking chemicals etc as the chlorine. It’s just a trade off on how you get chlorine into the pool. Right? Another difference I see is the salt pool needs added cyranic acid/stabilizer and the chlorine has it added in the chemical already. All other chemicals Ph, alkalinity, etc are the same amount of checking and adding. Does this sound close to being correct?
In the beginning of the salt water system setup you do have to make sure your water is completely balanced so you check and see what's low And use whatever products to bring everything up to par. After that, the salt water system makes its own chlorine and you don't have to add anything almost the entire summer unless it rains heavily for over a week that's that's when salt ppm can be depleted. You also have to be dedicated to keeping your pool clean on a regular basis. One time during last summer we had to da quick fix but it has been a lifesaver because before switching to a salt water system, We were always having constant issues keeping it balanced and having to buy all kinds of chemicals and guessing on what to do to fix everything now we don't have to do anything but sit back and relax, although we do test it frequently just to make sure. it really has kept us out of the pool department at all the hardware stores unlike before. We keep CYA on hand but haven't used it this year. We have not added anything as of yet this summer. Saves, money, time, worry guessing, etc...
Funny you should bring that up. We have only had the saltwater system a month and we're going to be doing a video today to let everybody know what we think of it so far and we will cover that topic in the video but I can tell you we haven't had to add any salt. We do keep an extra bag on hand just in case. It has been wonderfully maintenance free.
It still holding up very nicely. By the pump, there is a post and by the footer. There is some rust about 2 inches by 1 inch. We will apply paid wrap to that we aren't too worried at all.
@danielchamorro1288 You're welcome and I just want to add that. We are very meticulous that we wash off every bit of salt. After we get out of our pool, it takes about ten minutes, but it's worth it so that it can air dry salt free.
Hello again, so just to be sure, you added the recommended amount of salt for your pool size and ran the pump for 24 hours? Then you set up your salt water system and ran the sand pump for eight hours and the saltwater system for four hours? I should be getting my salt water system on Monday so I want to be prepared before then. I never added chemicals to my pool because within a week and a half I would have both systems. Thanks again for your time
According to Intex and the saltwater system instructions your pool has to be properly balanced before you add any salt or run the pump for 24 hours or else you may turn up with a green pool. We used test strips to find out where everything was in terms of all levels and then we added certain items that we were not in range with to bring everything to the okay range before we ever got started adding any salt. Once we were in the o.k. range then yes, we ran the pump for 24 hours after adding the salt and making sure that the salt was brushed in really good and that all the granules or any kind of large chunks of salt were broken down and that all the salt was as best as it could be dissolved into the liner bottom. Regarding the time you run the saltwater system no your assumptions were not correct for that. For the very first time you run your saltwater system it has to be run on "Boost" it would be however many hours your pool would typically be required * 8. You have to consult the manual specifications for your size pool and gallons to know how long you have to run the Boost cycle you can take a look at it ahead of receiving the saltwater system by going to Intex.com and downloading the manual for your saltwater system. Under normal operation you won't use or hit the boost button at all. You just run normal mode for "x" hrs. It can be confusing but once you get past the initial setup it's smooth sailing. We plan to do a month update on our saltwater system next week so far it's been amazing! Normal operation for our pool 18" x 52" is 8 hours for the sand filter pump and 4 hours for the saltwater system but in the beginning when we ran the Boost cycle it ran for 16 hours.
Mover and Shaker it’s starting to make sense, so even though I haven’t added any kind of chemicals at this point, are you saying I might have to to make sure my pool is balanced? Thanks so much for taking the time
Yes, Intex says it has to be balanced by testing the water and seeing where the ranges fall before adding any salt. Our test strips indicated that We had to add alkalinity increaser (CYA) and PH up before adding salt about 2.5 hrs later I can understand why you would not want to buy anything extra but this is what Intex says to do to prepare so it is your risk. I can't tell you what will or will not happen as the outcome by I also understand your anxiety as We were the same way. Good luck with your set up. You could possibly be swimming by Monday!
Mover and Shaker thank you so much for your guidance and advice, I will be making a trip to true value as I have no idea what to add to my pool for the first time. I want to do everything correctly. Risks cost more money and work in the long run! Keep the videos coming! My husband and I set up our sand pump using your video. Thanks again! 😊
Get a pool test strip read instructions on how to read the strip find out what items are not in the o.k. range and treat as recommended. You may find the Leslie's pool app helpful. I think you will be entering estimated values based on the strip color indicators. So if your PH reads 6.8 you would enter that into the pool app and then find put what and how much they suggest you need to add. I would not buy any chemicals unless it is recommended. Remember you pump will have to run a couple hours to turn over anything you add in order to test the second time
NO chemicals are added to the pump. You would add chemicals to the pool if you don't have a Saltwater System. You would need to get you some pool test strips to test your water and find out where your levels are and then obtain specific chemicals based on those results. We switched to the Saltwater system and so far 15 days in, we have not had to add one single item.
We haven't added one single chemical this season at all with the exception of the winterizing kit last September Everything has been balanced from the git go when we uncovered it
This guy is an expert i love how he showed how to do absolutely everything! TONS of advice. THANKS !!! :)
Thanks for watching!
Good idea on rinsing the outside of the pool to take out the salt. I could've used that information years ago when I did not do that and all the metal on my pool rusted. My pool only lasted me 1 year, before I had to get rid of it. I got me an all plastic one. I will be rinsing everything to wash the salt off after each use. Thank you.
Yes, we're getting ready to go on year 5, and although we have little spots here and there in the corners of a few connectors, we've been proactive as we possibly can. By treating anything that we see immediately, to treat and protect from further damage.
We spend about an extra 15 minutes after we get out of the pool. Rinsing everything off.
Again. You guys are great! Like you said, the instruction manual is blah! But that along with your videos just adds that extra level of comfort when setting up. Wish you all the best and thank you for doing these videos. Its a lot of work and you’re helping so many people out. 😃
Thank you Manny!!
I just set up my salt system in my pool today. Thanks to your video it made it much easier! Much appreciated!
Thank you so much, and we realized later that after looking at the manual closer we were running our Salt water system daily longer than needed. There are several columns that talk about temperature ranges and so the amount of time also varies depending on your pool size and temperature. We have another video regarding maintenance on it as well.
Your video and explanation is the BEST! Just bought a salt water system chlorinator and I’m running my 24 hour pump run now after adding the salt. I’ll start the chlorinator tomorrow with the Boost first. Thank you again for such a detailed explanation. I’m looking forward to no more chemicals!!!👍👍👍😎
Thank you later on After the video we realized we could've done a better job explaining it. If you have a pool like ours, just run it for thirty two hours on boost and you should be good. After that it smooth sailing. The only thing we never figured out was the timer. It is crucial that the pump comes on before the salt water system. We always felt it was risky. Relying on the timer, not knowing if it was gonna work, right. So we actually turn on our pump every day when we want to manually. Our pump usually runs 6 hours Is in the chloronator runs 4 to 5. We really only use boost After a good rain or if we have to backwash the pool and drain some of the water And add new water.
Thanks for taking the time to make this video I was on the fence about getting a saltwater system but the way explained it, it doesn't seem bad.
Nope. Best decision we ever made. It's seems complicated at first but after initial set up it gets a lot easier and no throw chemicals in all season long.
Hey there, Your detail on this video will help many people in 2024. Just bought the 12x24 rectangle ultra intex pool and their instructions skips some steps and you didn't. This really helped me. I was hoping these new systems would tell me the salt levels but nope had to go buy the same strips you have.
🏊♀And ny the way, the 2024 pumps you don't have to wait for a "working" button for the chlorinator. They have a chlorinated button now that works together with pump button.
Very cool Thanks for the information
Thank you for your videos on everything.
We bought the same size pool and I watch your videos everyday.
I'm going to the saltwater system too, I have the salt and getting ready to add to the water.
First time pool owner, hoorah.
Congrats! We haven't been able to open our pool because of serious medical issues. Let us know if you have any questions.
Thanks 4 ur time and this video. We've had same pool 4 4 yrs. Never been easy to maintain water and the original pump is undersized plus inadequate. We bought the 3000gpm sand filter and pump and been studying up on the salt water system. U certainly helped me understand it much better and I look forward to doing away with chemicals. This will also b a great test as we r looking next yr to the intex 16x32x52inch,almost ordered it 2day,though choosing to wait till next season as ground prep all over again will take more time ugh, but so neccasary and important. Thanks again, appreciate it much.
Sounds great we actually included our ground prep in our very 1st pool video. If you look at our library under the Pool category you would be able to see what we did to our ground to level it
Thank you so much for the video!!! It was so helpful. I agree with everyone else, you guys are amazing. If it wasn't for you, I don't think I could have installed my system. Thanks.
Oh thank you so much!!!
Thanks! Your videos were helpful when I set up our pool and filter with salt water attachment.
Glad it helped! - Best of luck.
Nice Job, your explanation of the details were as clear as could be..( you must be a teacher) and everything about your pool set up looks top notch..and you inspired me to go saltwater on our new Intex pool ..
Thanks 👍
Somehow we did not see this message until today when we were responding to someone else and for that I am sorry. I appreciate your compliments and thank you for watching our videos about the pool. No not a teacher. LOL Have a great day!
Best instructions I’ve found! Thank you!
So glad!
Thanks for all your videos, coincidentally I have the exact same pool, filter, and E.C.O. setup you have. Your videos really helped me get everything started and setup the right way! Once you’ve got your salt and other levels balanced having a saltwater pool is completely worth the initial expense and hassle!
Yes... Last summer at the beginning of the season we got really lucky everything was already in the right range this year it was a little off we had to take our water up to the pool store called Leslie's and they gave us a print out Of what we needed to add in order to bring the water back to par so we could reboost for the beginning season. Once we get everything right we usually are good to go the entire season even with the rain that comes
That’s the most perfectly level pool I’ve seen….👍
Thank you. We worked hard on getting the stones exactly the same distance apart as well as the support legs, and we worked their height and distance from the pool .
Great videos! I enjoy watching your pool how 2 videos! Keep up the great work!
Thank you so very much!!
Hey, one quick note. If you set your salt system to run on boost, than your pump MUST be on FP (free pump) to run 24/7. If your pump is set to 8 hours and you put the salt system on boost, boost is actually the number of hours you set times 4. So if you set salt system to run 4 hours, it will run 16 hours on boost mode. In that case pump must be on FP, if it’s not, the pump will shut down after 8 hours, but the salt system will continue working and that way it will overheat and damage without pump pushing water through the cells (salt plates).
Thank you!
I got a pool for the family this year. Everyone was excited until the chlorine tablets couldn't be found. The water got so bad, I drained the pool.
I just got my saltwater system delivered today. About to go clean the interior and fill the pool. I can't wait to see how this works out.
Terrible thing that happened to you. You made the right choice. Make sure you rinse your pool off good after using it everyday to wash the salt off the metal.
@@MoverandShaker I love love love the new system! It's so much easier on the skin! No chlorine smell or burning eyes.
The water has stayed crystal clear. I still add a bag of shock every two weeks along with pH. But I will never go back to chlorine system again.
@@michaelh7527 We am so happy for you and We understand completely! We don't add any shock but we noticed in August we did have to add a little salt because of all the rain we have had. Make sure you are rinsing off your pool after each use to get the the saltwater off all metal!
@@MoverandShaker Definitely rinsing the frame. I have had to add salt myself. I live in South Alabama and it has been one wet summer! Ida didn't do any damage, but the amount of rain was crazy. It filled the pool to the point of overflowing twice in two days 🤣.
@@michaelh7527 Yes, if we see a big storm is coming we now lower the water level to accomodate an inch or two of rainfall. Keep in my mind that after a good rain, it can also splash salt water all over the metal framework in between sections. Just keep an eye on it from outside and inside the pool. We are armed with Metal Protector and Rust remover if we see any signs of anything scarey but yes we have saved so much money and so much less anxiety worrying about balancing the old Chemical pool!
Hello, mover and shaker, we've had the saltwater system for our second season and I have never set up the self cleaning mode, have you? If so, can you please tell me how and when. Also, what is the 03 generator all about?
Your videos are very helpful, Thank you. Your pool and yard are very nice♡
Salt Filtration is the way to go I have had one for the last 4 years and we love it
Do you have on a above ground Bestway Tritech liner with metal poles?
If this is for me we have an INTEX LINER with powder coated posts
@@MoverandShaker Oh Nice, Thank you for the reply. How many years have you had it with the salt water system?
@@artyflores97 This is the second season. First season was all chemicals. I would never ever, ever go back. Saving money and time and worry!!! No more worrying. As long as you keep it vacuumed every other day, test the salt PPM weekly and use regular test strips to make sure you water is within all the o.k. ranges all you have to do is run your pum and saltwater system and do occasional maintenance on it and backwash the pump and you are good to go. It's so nice.
@@MoverandShaker Man you sure do sound convincing. I will strongly look into it for next season. I heard it's healthier for the skin as well!
I appreciate this video. My neighbor gave me something very similar. it came with everything except a ladder and a manual. It's 22'x52" and I have no clue what I'm doing. All I know is that it took me 9 months to dig the hole in the side of the hill
Nice! Take one step at time. The more you study the salt manual it can make you crazy but the main thing is always Is first get your water balanced, then add the salt then run boost on the Saltwater system for whatever the time is for your Size pool according the chart in the manual
and then you should be good to go with just running the pump for about 6 to 7 hours and the chlorinator about 4 to 5 hrs each day. We have other videos that may be helpful. Good luck. Get a copy of the manual from intex.com. the have pdf versions
@@MoverandShaker Thank you and trust me, I will be watching all videos. I have got to get this setting up phase out of my life soon
@thebugalito understood!! There will be a point when you can exhale about the water content, but the cleaning on a daily or when you want to be in there is always present. You have learn to enjoy it and get a system going
Good luck!!!!
Hi, thank you for the explanation of the boost I was wondering why it did not shut off if I had it program for 4 hours. Thank you great job!!
Thank you Carlos!
11:42 Dumb question but I assume your pump is on filter setting?
Love your videos. Excellent knowledge that’s is shared.
Thank you
I switched to salt water system yesterday, 18x48 coleman pool with sand filter
Nice! We plan to do a really short update video to discuss saltwater system after 3 weeks and what we like about it. Congrats to you!
@@MoverandShaker i hope i didnt over do it i put 240 lbs of salt in my 18x48
Hey Loren how is your pool doing with saltwater? We just bought a 18 by 48 Coleman and are considering saltwater but I'm seeing where they say it is corrosive to steel so I'm nervous and looking for input!?
Thanks for sharing. We have the 18'x52" and I also could not figure out the chlorine with 3" tabs, apparently the 3": are for 10K gallons, we're shy of 7K gallons. Pool did great for first few weeks when the Alabama weather was unseasonably cooler, once the heat came, algae bloom. I installed the ECO5110 yesterday, coming up on 24hrs of BOOST, I was also confused by the BOOST setting, I thought it doubled the input time, not 4x. Either way, I know what time my 24hr marks ends, so I will stop the saltwater production. test my levels. What I am not clear on is how many hours to run the saltwater once I get my initial levels set. The water has cleared considerably, but I still have an algae ring at the bottom, I may need to vacuum and discharge to WASTE to get that out. I run my sand filter in FP mode 24/7 as the pool is near an oak tree as only option for location in the backyard, and I added the strainer which is doing a good job but of course the strainer wouldn't work as well if I just set the filter to a few hours a day. Any suggestions from your gained experiences thus far?
Hi there, the BOOST setting is actually 8x we found out it should be 32 hrs. of boost on the initial setup. In the beginning, the manual was so confusing to us, the way we had to figure it all out based on the way they wrote the instructions was maddening but the more we studied the pages and became familiar with the layout of the writer's instructions we finally figured it out to a science, and this was post video. We also had an algae problem for a couple of weeks before we were ready to run the saltwater system, it was more like floating pieces not a ring around the pool and despite having three types of vacuums and our Hayward Skimmer running daily. We also vacuumed to waste but it wasn't working, so we took a sample down and found out our salt was good but our chlorine levels that were just reading in the o.k. range needed to be higher, so it was suggested we put two bags of shock in and then put the system on boost and it took care of it. I am convinced the boost took care of it. Now we have a robotic vac, this is the latest model amzn.to/42UIeSo but we have the one before this one (see video) as well as the vacuum hose and two types of brushes that hooks up via the Hayward Skimmer and we really don't use the stick vac that much except for quick spot clean-ups. Right now, we are getting massive amounts of rain and so we go out there in the rain and drop the robotic vac in the rain and it cleans the bottom, and when the rain stops for ten minutes or so we either net or run the pump or both until it clears up. Thanks for watching. I hope you get to the point where you are maintenance-free with the exception of vacuuming. It will happen and it's a great feeling.
@@MoverandShaker thanks for the reply. I confirmed once my levels are stable, with my specific pool gallon amount, 4hrs of sand filter and saltwater. I used a Taylor kit to test, free chlorine is close but needs more, Ph is ideal at 7.5, chlorine is almost at 2. The test strips that came with the pump and the Clorox brand both show low calcium but the other numbers are real close. I read online the test strips aren't very accurate but show a close variable. So running BOOST a bit longer tonight and will vacuum the algae tomorrow morning. See where I am since I am close to the ideal numbers.
Very helpful, our XTR 20' by 48" is filling up now. We have the same salt water filter ordered so I'm trying to gather supplies now so I'll have everything before it get here.
Awesome. Sounds exciting. Let me know if you have questions. We are on day 13 and so far so good.
@@MoverandShaker I just noticed all the useful current youtube vids are by you guys, thanks they are very useful!
Love the video, I was wondering how you are plugging in both the saltwater system and the sand pump? Did you need to do anything special, im afraid when they are both running it could cause a breaker to blow. Thanks for your help!
No actually we live in a very old house with old wiring and it works just fine we had an electrician come out and run electricity from our bedroom to the outside of our brick wall so you can use electrical on both sides of the wall inside and out they have a weatherproof case it costs us a $150 to get it installed and it is a GFCI outlet with a re test test button and it works absolutely fine with no problems
Man, just want to thank you for the videos. As I’ve been reading all questions and comments you’ve tried to answer and give good advice to everyone. I just finished filling up my 18x9x52 rectangular Intex pool with the salt pump and I’m not going to lie I’m a little nervous. I went to Leslie’s pool place to ask some questions, you say that the water needs to be stable before pouring the salt, the 2 places from Leslie’s the guys said to pour the salt run the pump for 24 hours to make sure salt is dissolve and do the boost and then bring them the water sample
for them to tell me what I need to add to the water. What is your input on that?
And again thank you for answering all this questions. Great videos
Bottom line your water has to be balanced before you add salt or start the Chlorinator. Yes, run the pump for 24hrs after brushing it in thoroughly and then run the pump on FP. Our boost schedule was longer than what we mentioned so Find the operating time for your boost. Ours was 32 hours on boost with the pump on FP with it. We admit when we recorded the video we thought we had it down 100% but we were also learning and eventually got better at this process. One tip always make sure the pump goes on before the chlorinator around 5 minutes and then turn off the Chlorinator first and let the pump run another 5 minutes before shutting off. The timer never really worked for us. It's all manual. For our 18 x 52 we typically run our pump 6 hours and Chlorinator about 4 hours.
Did you build your deck? Also, what material did you put down closest to the pool liner before you put rock around your pool?
@VeronicaCook-uy7tx Now we did not build our deck, we hired someone to build it. 8 x 10. For 1600.00 The only thing we've ever put besides rock around the edges was rubber mulch.
Hello! Has your pool metal components shown any effect from adding the saltwater system?
Yes for the first time on year 5. We have seen rust on two small areas near the pump at the footer. We will do a video on it as soon as our pool is completely open.
Just found your video, it’s been very informative, thanks for sharing. 😊
Glad it was helpful!
I have the same pool. I’m worried about the salt corrosion to my top rail. How do you feel about that?
We are on our 3rd season and we rinse our pool off from top to bottom and left to right all around after every use however we have seen a spot the size of your pinky finger near the edge of a connector where the Intex Skimmer used to be, but we have put rust inhibitor and painted over that once dried with Rust o leum gray paint with a small paint brush and so far it's hold up great. We are not worried about it. We have it under control and ready to treat if necessary, there is plenty of life left in this pool.
Thanks so much for this video. I have the exact same setup as well. The question I have is about bonding your pool. I had Hayward pump before this and the ground wire that runs around my would terminate on a lug on the Hayward. This Intex pump is plastic and the ground wire can’t be connected to it. I called Intex and they told me their official response it to turn the pump off when the pool is in use. What do you do with yours?
From the very beginning, we paid an electrician $150.00 to pop a GFCI outlet straight into our brick wall and connect it with one on the inside. So we have a DUAL use outlet. It is in a weather box about 10 feet from our pump and Saltwater system. We use a pigtail type adapter so that we can have three items plugged in at once but if we wanted we could have more with another pigtail adapter. It works great and everything runs without any issue. We run the pump and waterfall when we are in the pool because we like the bubbles and the ability to have the waterfall moving when we are in it not to mention the skimmer constantly keeping things clean while we use it.
On my pool I have four pool legs, the metal ladder, an umbrella with a metal boom mounted to my deck, the pump and water bonded together. They are all terminated to an 8ft ground rod using #8 bare copper and buried under ground. The water is bonded using a water bonding plate installed in my skimmer. I also have a digital timer and two 20 amp GFCI receptacles that are all in weather proof boxes on a dedicated 20 amp circuit. My 3/4hp pump is connected to one of those GFCI circuits. I've ordered a salt system and and Zinc anode (for corrosion control) today and will be installing them as soon as they arrive. I'm not an electrician and am not giving electrical advice, but a GFCI circuit should detect any voltage anomalies from your pump and trip therefor shutting it down. You can put a GFCI breaker in the panel or a GFCI receptacle in a weather proof box near your pump. However, you cannot do both. It has to be either/or. Hope this helps.
Found this video helpful. I’m building a stock tank pool and was originally just going to run a sand pump, but I think I want salt water now. I can’t find anything about just adding the saltwater set up to a regular sand pump. Is that what you did. Regular sand filter pump then added the salt water set up.
This is how we started our pool. Exactly as you describe. We had only the sand pump for two seasons before we purchased the Intex saltwater system. Best decision we ever made ...so much less work and time spent managing the pool water.
Hi.thanks for the video. Setting-up a pool for the first time. How big is your pool? I like the stones you placed around the pool, but I'm curious if they could rip the liner?
Hi there. We have an entire playlist of our pool from the beginning when it was first set up (we used entirely rubber mulch only) later we changed to rocks so be sure to check out the videos. So there is a five inch strip of rubber mulch that goes around the edge and the rocks have not compromised the liner in any way. You are not the first one to ask about this or mention that subject. The rocks are worry free for us. It's a thin flat layer. I continously maintain the perimeter of the pool and I see anything that looks like it could be a problem I would fix if needed. Perhaps I should do a video about the border of the pool so that people won't be concerned. This will be our 3rd season ! It is an 18 x52
Hello and thank you so much for this video . One question, after the initial set up and the levels are normal , how many times a week you check the ppm salt levels ?
Thanks 🙏🏻
We really only do that in a situation where if it rains a lot or we have to backwash and there would be a distinct reason for salt to be depleted otherwise we don't really check it on a regular basis.
Just getting our Intex pool and saltwater chlorinator up and running for a second season!! I've had a to reference your videos again of course, so awesome!!! One question, I'm trying to figure out the best time of day to run the filter and chlorinator.....do you have a suggestion? We've got some hot days ahead - 90's. Trying to decide if I should do it early morning until afternoon, or start around noon and go until evening. I've read varying info on whether or not you should be swimming in pool when the filter/skimmer is operating....if that's the case, I would want to run in the morning but then other's say you want to run during the heat/sun of the day, which is obviously when the kids want to be in the pool too:) Any suggestions? Thank you so much!!
We always turn our pump and chlorinator on in the morning For our particular pool size and outside temperature we run our pump 8 hours in our chlorinator 6 hours but we like our pump to be on when we're in the pool because it runs the skimmer and it also creates a lot of bubbles and makes it more fun we've never had a problem running our pump on chlorinator while being in the pool
Thank you for making this video! Really helpful. This is my first time setting up an above ground pool, ever. We have a bestway 18’ x 48” that’s 6092 gals. We added the recommended ~160 lbs of salt into the pool and I brushed it out; we have the filter running now for the next 24hrs. Our chlorine levels and stabilizer were low below we dumped, but decided to anyway….. any advice on when we might add the stabilizer? I’m assuming the chlorine will go up with the saltwater cell after the initial boost. Hopefully? Thanks again!
Before* we dumped the salt (oops)
Well normally you want your water balanced before you add the salt and that includes the CYA. We had to go to Leslie's pool because our CYA was still reading low and they printed out a sheet for us with the amount we needed based on our water sample and told us to put 1/2 in wait four hours and put the other half in. Then add any salt. In our case We had to add a bag from it being depleted from the winter when we had to let some of the water out and then fill it back up in May. If you have a Leslie's pool store, I highly recommend their free water analysis if you are ever having problems determining what is off. Their instructions are incredibly detailed. We took a drill with a long attachment to mix the stabilizer in a 5 gallon bucket. It is so hard to dissolve though! I can tell you the first two season of using our pool with the salt water system were a complete Breeze! This is the only time where we opened up our pool and found it was lacking some items and so we decided to get that Free pool analysis just to see what they came up with.
Definitely making good friends with my Leslie’s pool people already 😅 will be taking a water sample soon to see what they recommend. Appreciate it!!
We have the same exact pool and set up, new this year but can't get a chlorine reading despite having the salt and all other readings within range. Have had the water tested by a pool store, gave us a chemical for phosphates (but not bad). Still can't get a chlorine reading! ugh have done boost also. This is so frustrating.
I am sorry you are having so much trouble with your chlorine. I am not understanding why you are not getting the Chlorine reading. Are you using test strips that have both types of chlorine readings on them or some other type of kit.
Mover and Shaker I’ve taken the water samples to pool store and yes have appropriate test strips. I just don’t get it- although pool store people said a lot of people are having same issues.
Just put up our first pool. 18x48. What chemicals do u need to add before the saltwater index system
You will use a pool test kit or straps to find out what chemicals are bow range in order for you to know what to add to balance out your water. Also I heard you can take your pool water to your local pool store and they will give you a free read out
Loved your video! I hav one question to you still use sand in the filer or does it need to be empty free of sand?
The sand stays in the filter since the day we put it in Until the day the pump dies.
I ordered one last night but I got the one with the ozone function. You familiar with that?
I have my pump on boost it’s been running roughly 15 hours my pool was nice and blue now this morning Cloudy green .. it did rain hard for like 3-4 hours. Any suggestions just set pool up and this is first boost cycle after adding salt. TIA
Did you dissolve your salt for a full 24 hours on the FP before boosting on the chlorinator
@MoverandShaker wait.. so you're suppose to wait 24hrs before doing the boost cycle when starting it up after adding the salt for the first time? Thank you !
Hi there,we have almost the same filter system as yours. Also we did several tests to the water , the pump worked 24 hours just like you said , after we started the salinization system , our clear water turned green😢... the tests we made after that are ok, the system is workin on boost .... what should we do in this situation? We need to put some chemicals in it? Or just let the system work and the water will regain its clearness?
Thanks
The order of things is to get your water completely balanced before you ever add salt. (add the required chemicals) Then you brush in the salt and run it for 24hrs on FP, then you run the chlorinator for the time that is in your table on boost. Ours was 32 hrs. Did you run yours at the correct time.? This entire process should take about a week before you are done with the entire process. We do have a green pool video you can look at but II am not sure if it will resolve your problem.
Thank you for your answer.
Since this year we did have a simple sand pump, with that system we do use a lot of chemicals.But now , honestly, we never found any information, if the salt water system requieres some chemicals , and what chemicals?
The system works on boost since yesterday , for almost 24 hours . It still has 12 more to work.
The water reagains its clearness,fortunately . It's not green any more . I think it was some kind of chemical reaction , when the chlorination started.
If you have some advice, share it with us aswell.
Thank you
So, I have update , our water is cristal clear again 🙏 ... I belive, during the chlorination something chemical reaction had happen. We let the pump work since day 1... now looks just like nothing happened yesterday...
If you have trips and tricks, I can't wait to read or listen it ...
Have a nice day ! Sorry if my english is bad , I am from E. Europe 🙂
I have salt water system 6110 , i only shocked pool on opening day which was memorial day tip from pool professional say to run pump 24/7 not salt water sytem,, i run my salt water system 5 hrs a day for 18x52 pool use boost button after heavy rain, awsome way to go if you don't want to do a lot of maintenance, i have intex robot to clean pool it works well,remember run pool pump 24/7 pump does not use a lot of electricity, the boost cycle is 8 times the amount programmed so 8 ×5 is 40 hrs straight salt water run time then it will return to its normal programed run time
Hi Douglas, thanks very much for your tips. We haven't had to run boost yet after our heavy rains because the pool is perfectly balanced and our salt levels are optimum and withn range. It sounds like you have a system in place for your pump. Yes, we realized we were not running our salt water system for 5 hrs in the beginning because we used the wrong temperature range guide on the table. So now we do. We shall see where it will take us. 30 days in this weekend on our saltwater system.
hello, your videos have helped us tremendously, pretty much helped us decide what pool to get. (1st time pool owners) we have the same size pool. Using the pump that came w the pool. we have had tons of rain this past week (in Western Mass) I have had to drain pool multiple times to prevent overflowing, in testing my water using the Clorox saltwater strips it is as 5.8 2470. my question should I use the boost cycle to increase chlorine or add salt? I also have noticed slippery bottom and on sides some cloudiness. i brush and vacuum daily should I also add CYA. I have not added any chemicals at all to this pool
You say you haven't added any chemicals to the pool. You have to add chemicals to the pool to get your water balanced before you ever turn on your saltwater system. In fact, you don't even add salt until your water is completely balanced. So i'm not sure why you would be running your chlorinator. So in this order it is balance your pool... That can take over a week to get just right. Add salt and run your pump for twenty four hours. Then run your boost cycle for thirty two hours on initial start up. I am not positive but it sounds like you skipped all of these steps. You may want to get a sample of your water and take it to a local pool store and have them print you out a recipe. A list of directions of what you need to add and how long and how much. It's only when your water is balanced that you should be running that chlorinatorator. It is true when it rains, It does cause you from time to time to time to potentially have to add a small amount of salt and run the chlorinator on boost in order to get it back to where it was.
Hi thx for your quick response the only step I missed was testing water before adding salt. Added the salt ran pump 24hrs next day turned chorinator. Per the video toriginally you set your salt chlorinator 4 hours on boost which equaled 32 hours and you corrected that so we ran the chlorinator for one hour on the boost cycle which was really eight hours our levels have been perfect the water crystal clear until all this rain I did take my water today to be tested the only issue was low alkalinity and a low salt which they also recommended to add salt. I appreciate all your information. You are a very good teacher. Have a great summer.
hi! thanks for you video. I have the same salt water system and i am not sure when and how to set the self clean button that is on the machine. when should I use it and how does it work?
I'm sorry but we have never used the self clean option. We have only done manual cleanings following the instructions in the manual. It was fairly easy.
Thanks for the awesome video. One thing u didn’t specify was the psi. What is your psi and does change when you connect your vacuum to it?
We have never really taken a look at it honestly. The pressure does increase when you hook it up we just don't know how much. We will vacuum tomorrow and let you know.
Hello, thanks for your video. When you have the salt filter running, does the other filter stay in filter mode?
Yes it does. The pump always needs to be on first and go off last.
I just setup the intex 18x9x52,...from your reply to my past comment Ive ran the 24 hour cycle,.put in cyanoric liquid.ran first boost,..next day pool greenish,....took in sample,...was sold double shock setup,..cleaned out pool,.....still boosting,...waiting for next shock treatment,......any advice? many THXXX,...........just wondering if your encountered alge,...you make it seem simple and almost maintenance free,.......You never have talked about the weekly shock your suppose to do,....im hearing these salt water intex systems cant produce enough chorine to shock,....starting to feel like its going to be a part time job just taking care of it,........Thanks alot for any advice!!!
We've never had a problem with our saltwater system producing enough Chlorine in fact our 1st 2 seasons we went flawlessly through the seasons without having to do anything. It was this season when we opened up the pool when our water was slightly green we couldn't seem to get it. Balanced so we took a sample to the pool store and turns out we needed to add a few things. It had to be done in a specific order and when it came to the sign arc acid it had to be split into 2 doses and done at 2 different intervals. Eventually the water became clear And everything leveled out. Other than that we really don't usually add usually add shock unless The water looks a little cloudy which is rare for us. I'm surprised they only suggested shock. What size pump do you have I've heard rumors that you have to have a really powerful pump for the rectangular style pools. We ran our boost for 32 hrs. We do have a green pool video scare that you can watch in our pool Playlist. Maybe that will help? Curious what size pump you have? Ours is a 16 Inch 3000 GPH
Thank you for this info that is great. where did you get that ladder?
Hi Russ, We got it on Amazon. Here is the link. There is a weight limit, I think 230lbs. Doublecheck. amzn.to/4cw818r
Hello. Thank you for a detailed video. We have a 12 x 24 x 52 pool and when we hit the on button on the pool and try to set the timer, it keeps flashing 91 at us. I’m wondering if you might have insight into that, please. Thank you.
Error code 91 is low salt content in your pool.. You need about 210 lbs (95kg) of salt in your size pool to start with. There's a chart in your chlorinator manual. Allow it to dissolve for 24 hours while running the pump. THEN start your chlorinator..
How did you prevent rust to the steel frame? Any recommendations for how to prevent rust with this type of steel frame pool? Do inline anodes work for this kind of pool?
We meticulously rinse this pool off every single time we get out of it all around the rails inside and out. Now if we ever saw any rust we have a plan to use rust remover clean the area and then cover with rustoleum paint with a small brush. Never heard of inline anodes
Very detailed video. I have a question. Did your pool frame rust since changing to salt water?
On one of the support, poles closest to the pump near the black plastic footer, We have an area this year that we will be treating. It does not concern us too much.
What do you do in the winter with your pool ? Do you drain it ?
No we don't drain it. We cover it up. We have a winterizing video and a couple pool opening videos. When we uncover it, it's in pristine condition. Watch from our pool playlist.
@@MoverandShaker thx
How does saltwater generator time work? does it just allow how many hrs or does it also start the generator or not. Is it a manual start everyday?
o.k. so in the manual there is a chart for the various size pools and the temperature range of your weather. You find the normal operating time for your saltwater generator in that manual and you run it every day once a day for that time. You can use the timer if you prefer. We manually turn it on out of preference. For example: our pool is an 18 x 52 and right now the temperature is about 89 so we run ours 6 hours everyday and the pump 8 hours. We turn the pump on manually and then five minutes later we turn on the salt water generator but yes you can put a timer on the pump too. In the beginning of set up. You have to make sure your pool is perfectly balanced first, put the salt in the pool, brush it all in, run pump for 24hrs and then run boost for 8x the normal operating time of your salt system. After that you are good to go. Does that answer any questions?
Do you wait to hook up the saltwater system after that initial 24hr period?
Hi I got the Intex sang pump and salt system. Do I need that piece to add on
I think you forgot to mention the last part of your question or I didn't understand what you mean. What Piece?
We just setup a 18x48 intex. I haven't added any chemicals at all yet.It is currently running on the crappy little clear pump that comes with it. The pool has been setup 2 days and I just ordered the Intex 16 in sand filter and salt water kit. It should be here in a couple of days. Should I do anything right now to prepare the water for the this system or just plug it up and dump the salt in? I know you said something in the video about getting the pool balance ready before hand but truth be told this is my first pool and I have no idea what I am doing. Thanks for any help!
Yes it needs to be balanced before any salt goes in or the chlorinator being turned on at all. You should probably wait for the 16 inch pump before you start adding things to the water but take a water sample to your nearest pool store hopefully Leslie's they will tell you based on your pools gallons and size how much to add and when to add it. Your gonna need regular pool test strips and salt water test strips on hand. You are a long way away from running that salt water system because even after the water is balanced the pump needs to run 24hrs after you put the salt in and the your salt system and pump will eventually run even longer like 32 hrs the very first time. Be prepared to read your salt and pump manuals very carefully. Once everything is balanced salt is in and the chlorinator has done it's initial boost. You will be set to go for the rest of the summer with very little to do besides vacuuming
@@MoverandShaker wow man thanks so much for all that information! I’ll get right on it
Yeah,..thx for the info,.....our pump and salt system is the smaller version of yours,....we'll see how well it does,...the shock treatment they sold us seemed to clear it right up,..after cleaning the alge out of course,.......you help alot to ease the new pool nerves,..thx,...i hope its worth it,.....ive spent another $1,500 building a screened in enclosure around it,.....like you say,..its an investment i hope lasts some years,...with everything i hear and read everyones suppose to shock weekly,...im just wondering why you dont need to,....or do you think its ok to wait till somethings off,....and then shock to clear it up. maybe its your climate,...........cheers from fl friend!
we have rarely needed to shock our pool. In fact we rarely need to do anything but Rinse the pool off and keep the inside clean.
Hello.
why you bought saline chlorination system instead of ozone system and eco saline chlorinator ?
what do you think about the system Ozone system and saline chlorinator eco intex ?
I really like your videos and thanks for the help
I was not aware of the Ozone system until you mentioned it.
Hello! Thanks for the helpful videos. We just setup our pool with the Intex saltwater system. The “working” light constantly flashes and does not go solid. Can you confirm if this is normal? It doesn’t seem like it’s chlorinating the pool after salt was added. Thanks!
Take A look at your manual in the troubleshooting guide to see if that's listed I know I always have to wait just 5 seconds for the light to go solid
Thank you! Did that also and it just continues to flash constantly. Nothing really specifies in the manual.
Well not good. Can you turn it on and off and possibly reset it?
Did that also. Just hoping it’s not a lemon.
Nice information. Thank you!!! Do you have a water well? I would love to set up a pool again but this water well water is a lot of work.
Angelica, I have an Intex salt water system, I also have well water. The water turns brown when treating with salt and it makes chlorine. I use a water clearer from Clorox and also vitamin c powder and it clears it up
We have well water but we used city water three seasons ago and have not emptied the pool since. We only drain it about a foot for each winter season and then refill it. The water bill to fill up this entire pool was really not that bad at all.
The manual talks about cyaranic acid. Do you use that?
Yes, very little, it protects your pool water from chlorine depletion from the sun, but we only have to usually add it on start up for each season to get the pool balanced in order to start the chlorinator after that you're good.
You also want to add it very very slowly only way to bring it back down is water replacement
Hi, thanks for the video 🙏 I have ECO15110-2 system my chlorine really high what should I do to lower it? Thanks!
The sun
Heat the Pool Water. ...
Dilute the Pool by removing and adding back water
Use Hydrogen Peroxide. ...
Use a Chlorine Neutralizing Product. ...
Try Sodium Thiosulfate.
Thank you so much for your fast response!
Is there anything to do on the system to lower chlorine by it self?? Or just the Sodium Thiosulfate??
Thanks again!
If I bought a sand filter, salt water generator, and a heater, do I send the water to the heater before the salt water system? or or do I send it to the saltwater system before the heater?
I apologize we are not familiar with using heaters but we are very interested in your topic!!
The manual for the Intex heater says it goes after the pump and before the salt water system.
New pool set up coming this week first thing you do is balance the pool? So add the shock and chlorine to it? Then once all the levels are good then add salt and hook up the machine? Just making sure I don’t screw up lol thanks!
No, you don't just add shock and chlorine. It takes about a week of hard work before you are up and running. The easiest way I can suggest is take a sample of your water to a pool store, get them to print out what you need with a recipe of sorts to tell you how much you need and how long to wait before adding the next item. It can take several days. Once everything is reading balanced then you put your salt in and run the Pump on FP for 24hours then you can proceed with the boost cycle and for our boost cycle it was 32 hours. Then you should be good to go.
@@MoverandShakerwell damn.. I messed up... I added salt before balancing all the levels... any suggestions? 😢thank you !
No...I am sorry that is a huge issue. If I were you I would take a water sample to the pool store asap
I learned the hard way and it rotted all my poles rusted and all
Im concerned your gravel touching your liner underneath, great layout by the way
Hi there! No - the gravel is 8 inches away from the liner and separated by rubber mulch. Thanks for liking the layout. It is changing as we speak, always adding on. lol
Helping a friend, The larger filter, before the salt chlorinator is a sand filter or D.E?, thanks for a great video and your pool looks really awesome.
Sand pump/Filter
You guys are amazing! One question during initial set up, when do I add cyanuric acid? I just added my salt and am running the filter for 24hrs. Then into the boost and chlorination. Do I add cyanuric acid before or after the original set up boost period. (My water is crystal clear to start with).
After you have your water balanced and the boost cycle has done it's thing. Use a regular pool chemical test strip to check your Cyanuric acid levels and everything else you may need t obe balanced and if they are low, add some stablilizer if needed. I would only think you need it after it rains and the extra water depletes it. Also remember that Cynauric acid stabilizes free chlorine from being evaporated by the sun. We really only had one incident where we had to had anything. See our Green Pool Scare Video. It's been amazingly maintenance free.
Loved the helpful video but I’m still a little confused about how long to run boost mode on initial setup. I have an 18x48 pool and my system only lets me set boost to 36, 48, or 60 hours. Any help would be much appreciated!
What brand is your saltwater system? In the intex manual There is a chart where you look up your pool size and maybe even the outdoor temperature range And it tells you what the normal operating time would be for the saltwater system whatever that time is it's 8x that time so you need to find the normal operating time. once you plug that time in hit boost it automatically will run 8 times the amount of time. Our normal operating time in our temp right now for 18 x 52 is 6. We run our pump 8hrs a day.
It’s an Intex model # ECO20110-2. It tells me to run it 4 hours a day at our current temp so that would be 36 hours. I did the initial 24 hour pump only (no chlorinator) after adding the salt. Do I need to run it an addition 36 hours on boost to get the chlorine up to where it needs to be? That just seems like a lot and I want to be sure I’m not over chlorinating the pool.
@@johnbrown7867 Yes, the initial boost is always going to be a very long time and if your time should be 36 hrs then just keep the pump running with it. You should be fine after that! From there it will be smooth sailing! We haven't had any issues since our April opening. We backwash and rinse about every 2 weeks, we rinse our pool off thoroughly after every use and vacuum any visible debris about every 2 days.
@@MoverandShaker Sounds good! I will check all levels after the 36 hour boost cycle and go from there. Thanks for the help.
Good Luck! I am sure you will be fine!
Thanks for the great video. What is floating in your pool? I'm guess some kind of monitor? just curious.
The only things that we have floating in our pool is the intex Solar light. And a polar bear temperature gauge.
H. Ok I set up my salt water system last week . I have the Intex pump and salt water system due. I added the proper salt and let the pump run for 24 hours on filter . Then turn on clorinator for 4 hours. Every time I do a water test my Clorine levels results are very low. And advise. Thanks
4hrs is not enough time for your initial boost cycle for example our pool is an 18 x 52 and our boost cycle is 32 hrs. After the boost is complete then we run it daily for 6 hrs. I think you missed the part in the manual where it said you have to run yours yours a certain time times 8
Thanks. I have in boost
Beautiful setup on your pool! Well done and thanks for the tips!
Oh Thank you Jason!!!
Awesome video. Very thorough. Quick question. When you put boost on and it multiplies by 8 and my pump is set for 9 hours. Does it go into boost the next day once 8 hours expires?
So if I set the salt salt system for 8 hours and turn boost on and set the pump for 9 hours, when the pump shuts off the salt system goes into sleep mode. Then when pump restarts next day would boost kick on again until 8x8=64 hours pass? Thanks!
I'm not sure I understand what you're asking however , You're only running boost during the initial setup or whenever if you ever have to add salt. We've only run our boost one time on setup and one time to add 15 lb of salt other than that normal operation would be one hour less than your pumps scheduled time. Our pump comes on automatically everyday, but our salt system has to be manually turned on but it is set for one hour less than the pump time. PS whenever you are using the Boost cycle you would put your pump on FP for free pump so that the pump is not shut off while you're doing your 8 times whatever your amount is on the saltwater system
@@MoverandShaker ah. Mine seems to go into sleep mode if the pump stops sooner than the timer on the salt system. Also if I manually turn on the pool pump the salt system seems to turn itself back on (sleep goes away). Guess my question revolved more around sleep and resuming sleep behavior. I have a 20 foot intex xtr pool. 9 hours doesn't seem to be enough. Still getting a tad slimey on the bottom. I've been running boost every day for a week. I'm going to try 12 hours and not run boost. Its a new setup (about a month). Thanks. ;)
Was your pool balanced before you ever did the initial setup so that everything was in the ideal ranges? That slime is not normal. Do you have an Intex Deluxe maintenance kit because if you do that would be the first thing I would take care of is scrubbing the bottom of that pool with the attachments and getting it
vacuumed and scrubbed.
The chlorinator goes into sleep mode because the pump cuts off if there's no flow the chlorinator is designed to shut down it needs flow from the pump.
@@MoverandShaker I guess I do need to take a water sample to the pool store. Will do that soon. I do have the maintenance kit. I found a new intex auto pool cleaner for 89 online and just got it in the mail and will be setting that up tonight. Thanks so much for sharing your experiences. ;)
@@Gadget_Evaluator The maintenance kit works more thoroughly for grime, slime and dirt but the auto cleaner is an option.
Excellent video, so i bought one :) 😉 where in line would you put a heater..? Thanks again.
We have never ventured down that avenue or researched that topic. We used a solar cover for a short time but that's it.
Thanks for the videos, so helpful. I get that I need to run the filter pump everyday, but does the chlorinator get run everyday as well? I have a 12 x 24, 8,500 gallon. Can't get through to Intex Helpline. If I could get this answered, I think I am just about ready to finally use it. Thanks again for your videos and if you can help, I would appreciate it! Thanks.
All the answers you need are in The Saltwater Systems manual The Saltwater System does run everyday. You need to study all the tables in the manual. For our current temperature range our pump runs 6 hrs and the salt water system will run 5 hrs. Always turn it on 5 min after the pump has been running and always wait 15 min after the chlorinator cycle ends before turning the pump off per the manual.
Thanks!
Just an update in case anyone else has same problem. Pool and pump purchased together. Operating time for chlorinator and filter pump not in manual- I have checked and checked! Downloaded the manual that comes with the pump...and there is the info in this manual! Crazy! Relieved! Thanks again for your help.
The operating timetable for the chlorinator and the pump to work in sync with eachother is in the chlorinator manual not the pump manual for example we have an 18 foot by 52 in pool and our pump runs depending on the temperature scale 5 hrs a day in the chlorinator runs for 4 hrs
The instructions say that the boost cycle runs 8 times the amount you set the timer for. So you set it for 4 hours so that means you saltwater system will run for 8×4= 32hrs. You set you filter for 8hrs. So you filter will shut off before saltwater system does. Does that sound right?
Your pump gets set on FP When you're boosting so no matter how many hours you set your saltwater system to run on boost it should cut off before your pump does. On a daily basis we run our pump now for 8 hours and our saltwater system for 6 hours and I don't think we've ever had the boost after the initial setup with the exception of one time when we had a green pool scare
@@MoverandShaker i understand that. But you didn't state the FP mode before you did boost. You set the filter for 8 hrs. Then shortly after you did 4hrs on Saltwater system then boost for a total of 32 hours. The filter will go off before Saltwater system. Could damage Saltwater system.
Hello again, would a summer waves salt water system be compatible with my Intex Krystal klear sand pump? Thank you for your time 😊
I can't say for sure since I am not knowledgable with summer waves salt systems however most pool sand pumps are compatible and interchangable with other equipment and pools with the exception of just needing different hoses and or adapter fittings whether they are 1.50" or 1.25" perhaps you can find some videos online where the summer waves salt system is pictured alongside the Intex Krystal Klear sand pump. That would be the fastest way to find out for sure. I feel confident this won't be difficult.
Mover and Shaker thank you for the information, I went ahead and ordered the Intex saltwater system just for the sake of consistency, I will be following your setup video to the T as we have the almost identical setup that you do! Thank you again for your time
Hello i love youre video's they helps a lot....we bought a salt water system of intex but cannot find salt that has a purity of 99.8% NaCl. What kind of salt do you use? Do you have experience with less pure salt? Thanks and greetings from the Netherlands
We use Diamond Crystal Splash Ready Granule Pool Salt 40 lb. 99.7% purity from a local chain called Ace Hardware, but Amazon has several brands. Do you have Amazon in the Netherlands? Here is one brand on Amazon amzn.to/3pWFQgn. Best of luck
@@MoverandShaker Thanks for youre answer. We do have Amazon but ordering is from a local distribution. But in meantime i found salt from Poolsel that must be good enough. It will become our first setup next week....because of your video's i have a good idea what to do. Thanks again...🖐
Hi, fixing to have our first above ground pool. We will be setting up an Intex XTR 16ft. X 48. Next week. I already have upgraded the sand pump filter to 2800gph, ordered a Hayward skimmer to install as well. Purchasing the saltwater system this week. What good info can anyone give me that will help with this install and maintenance! Any info you wish you would have known etc.... ive never done this, so any info will be helpful!!! We also have well water here... may be able to buy water, not sure?? Thanks in advance!! We also hVe the intex lead light waterfall!! 🤗
I am sorry your message was not seen by us until much later and I am not sure why. Your probably all set up and doing well. The well water did scare us a little since well water has rust in it. Just make sure after anytime you add water or play in the pool you do an excellent job of rinsing your pool but if your water has rust we don't what you would do. We have not had to do any maintenance this season yet, but we did do maintenance on the salt water system last season and made a video on it. I hope things went well for you and your entire pool set up. Our waterfall stopped lighting up and Intex replaced it for free.
So how often do you have to leave the chlorinator on? The manual says 5hrs. Is that a day? Or how does that work. Thanks
For our 18x 52 we set our pump for 6 to 8 but chlorinator runs 4 to 6. It depends on if it has rained or we have backwashed.
@@MoverandShaker do you have to set the chlorinator each day or does it turn on and off every day by itself or does it come on automatically.
@@sue1263 I have the same set up, just bigger pool. The pumps will turn on and off every day by themselves. What I do turn on and set my Sand Filter pump for 12 hours at 4:00pm the first day, Let it run for about 15 minutes then set the Salt Water Cholorinator to 10 hours. As long as I don't touch any of the settings after that my Sand Filter pump comes on at 4:00pm every day and pumps/filters until 4:00am. Then my Salt Water system kicks on at 4:15pm roughly and generates salt until 2:15 am. Your times will vary based on the size of your pool. Sometimes if we are using our pool a lot in the mornings I will turn on the Sand Filter and the Salt Water system while we are in the pool and then just reset everything to kick back on at 4:00pm and 4:15pm. Hope that helped.
@@MoverandShakerwhere can we find this info I've tried looking in the manual. No luck! We have a 20x10x48 holds about 5000 gallons.
It's on page 15, You find your type of pool your size of pool and then look under the correct temperature of your current water temperature and then it will tell you the hours. We usually run it 4 to 5 depending on the temperature range category.
Hello so I have the same configuration as u do pump filter and saltwater pump
1. The filter states to add pool sand do I add sand when using the saltwater pump?
2. How long do u run the saltwater and the regular pulp for each day?
3. Is there a way to set up a automatically run on daily everything if it has to be run daily?
4. How often do u clean the saltwater water pulp and the sand filter?
5. How often do u shock I hear daily others say never?
How long do you run your salt system. I have the same size pool. Thank you! Prayers for your family
6hrs pump 4 saltwater chlorinator. After your initial boost.
Okay 2 questions
! I see the salt water system you installed. But you have that along with the pool filter and then one more thing there you are using to set the 8 hr timer that’s connected to the skimmer and filter.
What is that?
Second question, does this work only for intex pools? Or can I use it with another above ground pool type? I would assume it would work for any above ground pool but just checking!
Thanks so much!! This video is amazing!
The pump has a console attached that is a timer. It's one unit 2 pieces that attach. The saltwater system on the left has a timer as well. So you think you were seeing 3 units but it's only 2 units. In the intex manual for the salt water system (which you can download from intex.com) It gives very specific instructions on the running times and set up instructions on how to use The saltwater system depending on pool size, so I believe you probably could use it on another pool you would just need to have the correct adapters that attach from the various inlet hoses to the pool.
We have an 18 x 52 and run the salt water system 4hrs and the pump 6hrs a day. We had an electrician install a power outlet directly through our brick wall into our house so we have power to the pump close by but via an outdoor gfci outlet.
I just set up my saltwater system. I'm on boost mode right now. Did you set to boost on 4hrs =32 hrs during your initial setup? I'm on 3hr boost, should I change to 4hrs And when did you add cyanuric acid? I haven't added any yet.
Thanks! Awesome video!!!
We did confuse some people on that video and I am sorry. You have to find the chart for your size pool and there is a temperature column. find out what your typical operating time would be for the salt water system for your pool size and temperature see page 15 of the manual. then when you plug that time into the system (following the set up directions to put it on Boost) it should be running 8x whatever your normal operating time is and of course the Pump has to be on FP (free pump) so it does not cut off. I remember that frustrating color page with the cyanuric acid and wondering what are they trying to say! It is Stabilizer (CYA) of course and I don't remember when we put it in. I know it's supposed to be put in when the pool water is clean and clear. We only had to do it once last summer! You can swim as soon as 20 minutes. I would recommend that you toss it in and after your boost cycle is over but run the pump while it's circulating. It's a learning process for sure. It makes you nervous at first but pretty soon it will be easy! just always make sure your pump is on before and after the Saltwater system turns on and off.
Hello! We just got a new pool and it has the saltwater pump, what salt do you recommend for the pool? Where can I purchase it?
We use the Clorox brand salt and we purchase ours at Sam's Club but we know that Lowe's sells it too
Mover and Shaker okay awesome! Thank you I’ll have to check it out 😄 how much of the salt do you usually put in the pool? We have a 15x48 round Intex pool
Do you think Salt water system is over the top for a 4.5m x 2.2m Intex pool? I'm on the fence.
Not really because for $179 on Amazon you can have a saltwater Chlorinator for pools up to 7000 gallons and it will save you lots of worry never having to wonder again what you need to get your pool balanced from day to day. Salt is usually all you need to maintain the water once it's balanced. Of course you need to make sure you keep your pool rinsed after every use! We are on our 5th year for this pool and 3rd for the salt water system and we love it. We would never go back.
Hi pal,
Model ECO6110 Chlorinator @ Florida 84-97 F, Coleman 16' 5500gl
Pool was already crystal clear, balanced, chlorinated.
dumped 100 lbs ultra fine pool salt. None settled to bottom.
while waiting for strips, swept and mixed for 48 hrs, no hurry. Pool is fine.
Yesterday, set the Chlorinator for 4hrs, no boost needed for me.
Still waiting on handheld salinity meter. Used Clorox salt strip.
Currently at 1960 ppt. I have 1 full 40 lb bag and one with 20 lbs left.
How much more you think I should put in? about 20?
Should I remove the floating tablet?
Definitely remove your floating tablet you will never need that again. Everybody's pool is different in terms of the salt content or quantity per gallons. I would check your pool's requirements on the charts and your manual again to make sure you have added the correct amount of salt before you add more salt. If you do need to add more because you didn't put the required amount I would definitely go ahead and use another 20 pounds before using anymore.
After you add the salt for the first time, you mentioned to let the pump run for 24 hours before you hook up the salt water chlorinator system. Do you set the sand pump on filter or recirculate for that 24 hour period?
What is free pump? Is it recirculating or filtering? I even googled free pump and nothing comes up to explain if you could clarify please.
@shadylite Well, we have alway done filter, but we've also heard you can use recirculate. Free pump is the time setting you want for when you run the chlorinator. I apologize.
Filter
Thanks for information, but have a few questions for this system, should both devices run and to what degree should the handle be turned? Is it true that 3kg of salt is for 1000l water?
Great video. Alot of good info.
Thank you!
Gotta stir it, like a good stew... 🤣🤣 Great video, I've watched it more times than I care to admit. Thank you! A is it still working well? I just installed one today. Lord help me 🙌
Yes, our saltwater system is still working and we've added absolutely nothing to our water, no salt, no chemicals, nothing and that's what I love. When we 1st purchased our salt water system we were so stressed out because the directions are really not clear and are very confusing but as long as you look at the guides for your current temperature and your size pool then you will know how much salt and how long to run your saltwater system on boost the very 1st time and after that you just follow the guides on how long your pump in your saltwater system should run daily and in some occasional maintenance and that's it. Basically the only time we would run our boost aside from the initial setup up would be if we had heavy rains Or if the pool was dirty. For our 18 x 52 pool we run our pump 8hrs a day and the saltwater system 6hrs a day. We make sure it gets vacuumed at least everyother day and sometimes while we are in the pool. We wash the exterior off after every use to get any salt off. It's been worth it for sure. Congrats on taking the plunge and best of luck!
@@MoverandShaker excellent! thanks for getting back to me.
Question: We had to upgrade our equipment and we received what you are showing here. Do you take your water and have it tested and add the recommended product from pool place or does this Salt System do all that is necessary without chemicals? our previous salt system, we were always buying chemicals and I always felt that defeated the purpose of having the salt system. Thanks. Love your Video and all your suggestions!!!!
Hi Brenda, We use regular pool test strips
AQUACHEK 551236 7-WAY 100 COUNT POOL WATER TEST STRIPS amzn.to/3tMX3Gf and also Sodium Chloride Strips SALT WATER CHLORINE GENERATOR TEST STRIPS 40 CT amzn.to/371fPQkto check the water on a weekly basis. We have not had to add ANY chemicals with the exception of one time when I pool started to turn green. We have a video on that in our pool video collection. Before we switched from Chemicals to this Salwater System by Intex we were constantly frustrated trying to learn all about chemicals and constantly having to add spend money on and add chemicals. Since we have been using this saltwater system it is like swimming in an ocean. Now worries, no trouble...so stress free. Just keep your pool clean daily and you will not have any issues. We always keep it vacuumed and the skimmer running daily. If you get heavy rains or the heat index is too high, that can cause issues where you need to keep adding salt and running the boost cycle if your Salt PPM gets depleted.
@@MoverandShaker Thanks for your response. Our PH is very low and just not sure what to do. My husband wants to go to pool place and get something to bring it up. We know they want to sell chemicals which defeats the purpose of having a salt system.
When you are first starting a new salt water system or opening it up the water has to be balanced before running the salt water system period. All you need is a bag of PH UP for a low Ph problem. Hone Depot or Lowe's should have it. Put it in and give it some time to circulate through the water and then retest with a regular pool test strip. Once it's in the normal range, you are good to add any needed salt and boost your salt system for what time your pool size requires
Question. Or salt system is on its way. After you add the salt and have the pump running can you still swim in the pool?
That question is definitely a first for me, I haven't seen that anywhere in the manual or ever mentiowned before and I would think swimming in the pool with that much salt concentration may potentially not be good for the skin or body in general and may mess up the very long process of getting the water turned over and the salt evenly distributed , and even after that you still have to get that chlorinated to make it sanitized. I personally would wait. I think if you are still planning on doing this talk to a pool people at a local store. I am almost positive they would advise against it. Good luck!
IMHO, I don't see why not, if your pool is already balanced. I walked in my pool to spread my salt with my vac brush. In reality, The salt never truly dis-appears anyway, it's always in there, it just changes state. In comparison, the Oceans salt level is about 35,000 ppm, FAR more than your pool. But like M&S said, you can ask the experts....
interesting opinion though. Seems scarey but not how you put it. lol
when you say pool needs to balanced is that including the chlorine?
So in reality the salt pool seems to be the same amount of checking chemicals etc as the chlorine. It’s just a trade off on how you get chlorine into the pool. Right? Another difference I see is the salt pool needs added cyranic acid/stabilizer and the chlorine has it added in the chemical already. All other chemicals Ph, alkalinity, etc are the same amount of checking and adding. Does this sound close to being correct?
In the beginning of the salt water system setup you do have to make sure your water is completely balanced so you check and see what's low And use whatever products to bring everything up to par. After that, the salt water system makes its own chlorine and you don't have to add anything almost the entire summer unless it rains heavily for over a week that's that's when salt ppm can be depleted. You also have to be dedicated to keeping your pool clean on a regular basis. One time during last summer we had to da quick fix but it has been a lifesaver because before switching to a salt water system, We were always having constant issues keeping it balanced and having to buy all kinds of chemicals and guessing on what to do to fix everything now we don't have to do anything but sit back and relax, although we do test it frequently just to make sure. it really has kept us out of the pool department at all the hardware stores unlike before. We keep CYA on hand but haven't used it this year. We have not added anything as of yet this summer. Saves, money, time, worry guessing, etc...
How often once you put in the 175 lbs of salt in, do you have more? Great video by the way.
Funny you should bring that up. We have only had the saltwater system a month and we're going to be doing a video today to let everybody know what we think of it so far and we will cover that topic in the video but I can tell you we haven't had to add any salt. We do keep an extra bag on hand just in case. It has been wonderfully maintenance free.
How long did the frame hold up after switching to salt?
It still holding up very nicely. By the pump, there is a post and by the footer. There is some rust about 2 inches by 1 inch. We will apply paid wrap to that we aren't too worried at all.
@@MoverandShaker that's good news! Thank you for sharing!
@danielchamorro1288 You're welcome and I just want to add that. We are very meticulous that we wash off every bit of salt. After we get out of our pool, it takes about ten minutes, but it's worth it so that it can air dry salt free.
Hello again, so just to be sure, you added the recommended amount of salt for your pool size and ran the pump for 24 hours? Then you set up your salt water system and ran the sand pump for eight hours and the saltwater system for four hours? I should be getting my salt water system on Monday so I want to be prepared before then. I never added chemicals to my pool because within a week and a half I would have both systems. Thanks again for your time
According to Intex and the saltwater system instructions your pool has to be properly balanced before you add any salt or run the pump for 24 hours or else you may turn up with a green pool. We used test strips to find out where everything was in terms of all levels and then we added certain items that we were not in range with to bring everything to the okay range before we ever got started adding any salt.
Once we were in the o.k. range then yes, we ran the pump for 24 hours after adding the salt and making sure that the salt was brushed in really good and that all the granules or any kind of large chunks of salt were broken down and that all the salt was as best as it could be dissolved into the liner bottom.
Regarding the time you run the saltwater system no your assumptions were not correct for that. For the very first time you run your saltwater system it has to be run on "Boost" it would be however many hours your pool would typically be required * 8. You have to consult the manual specifications for your size pool and gallons to know how long you have to run the Boost cycle you can take a look at it ahead of receiving the saltwater system by going to Intex.com and downloading the manual for your saltwater system.
Under normal operation you won't use or hit the boost button at all. You just run normal mode for "x" hrs.
It can be confusing but once you get past the initial setup it's smooth sailing.
We plan to do a month update on our saltwater system next week so far it's been amazing!
Normal operation for our pool 18" x 52" is 8 hours for the sand filter pump and 4 hours for the saltwater system but in the beginning when we ran the Boost cycle it ran for 16 hours.
Mover and Shaker it’s starting to make sense, so even though I haven’t added any kind of chemicals at this point, are you saying I might have to to make sure my pool is balanced? Thanks so much for taking the time
Yes, Intex says it has to be balanced by testing the water and seeing where the ranges fall before adding any salt. Our test strips indicated that We had to add alkalinity increaser (CYA) and PH up before adding salt about 2.5 hrs later I can understand why you would not want to buy anything extra but this is what Intex says to do to prepare so it is your risk. I can't tell you what will or will not happen as the outcome by I also understand your anxiety as We were the same way. Good luck with your set up. You could possibly be swimming by Monday!
Mover and Shaker thank you so much for your guidance and advice, I will be making a trip to true value as I have no idea what to add to my pool for the first time. I want to do everything correctly. Risks cost more money and work in the long run! Keep the videos coming! My husband and I set up our sand pump using your video. Thanks again! 😊
Get a pool test strip read instructions on how to read the strip find out what items are not in the o.k. range and treat as recommended. You may find the Leslie's pool app helpful. I think you will be entering estimated values based on the strip color indicators. So if your PH reads 6.8 you would enter that into the pool app and then find put what and how much they suggest you need to add. I would not buy any chemicals unless it is recommended.
Remember you pump will have to run a couple hours to turn over anything you add in order to test the second time
I have the Intex sand pump 3000, do you have to add chemicals to the pump or pool?
NO chemicals are added to the pump. You would add chemicals to the pool if you don't have a Saltwater System. You would need to get you some pool test strips to test your water and find out where your levels are and then obtain specific chemicals based on those results. We switched to the Saltwater system and so far 15 days in, we have not had to add one single item.
Mover and Shaker thank you, what saltwater system would you recommend, I also have the Intex Krystal Clear sand pump 3000
@@bertiez6530 I would assume the one in the video.. lol..
You still haft to add chemicals just not as much chlorine.
We haven't added one single chemical this season at all with the exception of the winterizing kit last September Everything has been balanced from the git go when we uncovered it