Not what you think
So you invest the money in this unit as opposed to buying the Filter and Chlorine Generator separately. You think you've got a compact package that mounts both functions on a single platform. You think you'll run the filter all the time (as they should be) and use the timer to run the Chlorine Generator the recommended amount of time (which for my Intex pool is 4 hours). You think you got it all covered. You'd be wrong.
The unit set up easily enough I added the salt to my pool after shocking it. I turned the unit on and the filter started running all seemed good. Since Intex recommends you stay out of the pool when the generator is running I decided to run it at night. The timer does not allow you to set a time rather it lets you set a duration say 4 hours and the generator will come on then and repeat the same duration every 24 hours. So at 11pm I went out and started the generator. The next morning the filter pump was shut down. After a lot of reading and calls to Intex I learned that this is how the system works. Twenty-four hours later the generator and the filter came back on. This means that normal Model 8111 operation will only filter the pool when the generator is running. Since they warn against over-chlorinating I can only run it for four hours a day in my pool. Imagine an active pool only being filtered four hours a day. Not a good thing. Intex recommends that I simply go out and restart the filter pump every morning. I can tell you that's not why I bought it. Intex was uncaring couldn't explain to me why anybody would use this unit. At one point they actually suggested that I buy another filter to run on the pool!!! Given that there is only one inlet and one outlet this is physically not possible never mind the sheer stupidity of the solution.
Don't buy this unit buy the units separately and all will be good.
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