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Anyone have experience with these vs chlorine. Thoughts? Which did you like better?
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Anyone have experience with these vs chlorine. Thoughts? Which did you like better?
How often do you have to add salt or is it more of a once a year deal?
How often do you have to add salt or is it more of a once a year deal?
This is totally untrue. The salt cell breaks the salt down to generate chlorine. It is consumed in normal operation. I have to add about a bag a month. In the winter the salt cell doesn’t work (below 50) so I use chlorine tabs in the baskets.You only need to add salt it when you lose water due to splash out or when you change the water out.
Then your salt cell chlorine generator isn’t working. Salt (Nacl) is broken down to form chlorine (cl). If your salt cell is working properly, salt is consumed. I need about a bag of salt per month to maintain proper chlorine levels.You only need to add salt if you lose water, mainly from draining it out. I do maybe 2-3 bags a year.
Me too. More if being used heavily. I don’t see how all of these people are saying they never add salt unless their chlorine generator isn’t working since salt is broken down to chlorine and chlorine evaporates...Kind of depends on the usage of the pool. I would add a bag about every month.
This is totally untrue. The salt cell breaks the salt down to generate chlorine. It is consumed in normal operation. I have to add about a bag a month. In the winter the salt cell doesn’t work (below 50) so I use chlorine tabs in the baskets.
When people hear saltwater pool they think ocean or aquarium, but the salt level is much much lower. Closer to saline than ocean water, so much easier on your skin. I use about the same amount of salt for my 18,000 gallon pool that I use for my 150 gallon fish tank
Me too. More if being used heavily. I don’t see how all of these people are saying they never add salt unless their chlorine generator isn’t working since salt is broken down to chlorine and chlorine evaporates...
I understand how it works. You add salt, salt is broken down into other elements, one of them being chlorine. While you can do things to minimize chlorine evaporation, it evpaporates and must be replaced. Yes, salt is reformed in the process, but at a lesser rate than you added.Chlorine is consumed for sure, however in order to maintain proper pH you need to replace it with HCl.
Chlorine is definitely consumed, I replace the Cl by means of adding HCl. Read this wiki for a better understanding.
Salt water chlorination - Wikipedia
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