Intex System

by Dennis
(Capon Bridge Wv)

This year we went with an Intex system. My wife is having to clean the electrodes every other day, and the pool is cloudy and green.

I’m not sure if, and what, other chemicals we can use? The system says "no effort and maintenance." I am not finding this to be true. We are using a sand filter if that helps at all. As far as following the directions, every thing seems to be correct within the tolerances on the test strips.

Would love some help.

Hi Dennis.

I'm afraid I won't be much help here as I have never used the system you are talking about, nor have I dealt with anyone who has. The reviews I have read were not all that favorable so that might have something to do with your problems.

Salt water systems generate chlorine so if the system is not producing enough adding more to the pool should not hurt anything. You could add granule chlorine to the pool for a while and see if that helps. You could even shock the pool with vinyl shock, which is what I would do first, and see if that doesn't clear the water up.

Another thing I would try is letting the filter run more hours a day. Many times cloudy water is just caused by the filter not running long enough. It's also a good idea to run the pump 24/7 any time you have water clarity problems. You let the filter run until the water is clear again.