Salt Systems and Cell Care
Run an SWG by the manual, monitor scale and stabilizer, and treat salt level as a manufacturer-specific operating range.
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Salt range is not universal
Each cell family has its own approved operating range and cleaning procedure. Use the installed cell's manual instead of a generic salt number alone.
Identify the installed cell, controller, and family
SWG advice is only useful when it matches the actual cell and control box on the pad.
Manage the chemistry the cell depends on
An SWG is not a chemical-free pool. It still needs chlorine strategy, stabilizer, and scale control.
Inspect before you acid-clean
Routine acid soaking on a schedule can shorten cell life.
Differentiate salt problems from production problems
Low chlorine in a salt pool is not always a low-salt problem.
Resources
Poolometer manual library
Open the archived manual library first when you want stable links to the exact SWG PDFs Poolometer cites.
Manufacturer manuals and model-family index
Use the family index to route an SWG to the correct Pentair, Hayward, or Jandy documentation before adding salt or cleaning the cell.
Hayward AquaRite troubleshooting guide
Archived Hayward AquaRite-family troubleshooting guide for diagnostics, display codes, and owner-service boundaries.
Hayward AquaRite S3 owner manual
Archived owner manual for AquaRite S3 systems with 40 ppm stabilizer guidance and 3200 ppm ideal salt.
CDC residential pool treatment guidance
Use CDC minimum disinfectant guidance underneath the owner-level FC/CYA workflow.
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