Chlorine Generator & Salt Cells For Salt Water Swimming Pools

Chlorine generator (saltwater chlorinator) and the best swimming pool chemistry for your salt water pool systems.

Salt Water Pools

Saltwater generators have been around for a few years now but have just recently enjoyed mass success due to people's chlorine allergies, chlorine rash, and hot tub rash, and the convenience of not needing to add swimming pool chlorine on a regular basis.

Saltwater Swimming Pools Produce Pool Chlorine:

Maintenance Information

Simply remove the unit from the plumbing and clean with a soft brush to remove any debris or deposits.

Even with the best salt water swimming pools, you need to keep up on the proper swimming pool water chemistry.

For calcium deposits, it is recommended a mixture of muriatic pool acid and water. I normally use 2 gallons of water to 1/2 gallon of pool acid, a 4:1 ratio.

We have these cool plugs that screw into the bottom of our salt water chlorine generator. I fill the cell with the pool acid mixture and wait until the bubbling stops, about 5 minutes.

I then pour the muriatic acid mixture out, rinse the unit with clean water, and re-install.

I don't know if this is true for all systems and cells but it's true for the YMCA's swimming pool.

Whenever I need to do a pool shock, I ALWAYS turn off the power to the cell. By having a high volume of swimming pool chlorine flowing through the pipes we run the risk of burning it up if it's running.

So maybe you could do the same. Better safe than sorry. And besides, if you do need to do a pool shock, why have the salt the water anyway?

Salt Chlorine Generator

There are many kinds of salt water chlorinators on the market. This will give you a good run-down of what's waiting for you at your local pool store.

I encourage you to do your homework and choose the right system for your specific needs and desires. Even with the best saltwater swimming pools, you need to keep up the good swimming pool care.

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If you have a chemical related issue, please give the chemicals readings, type of filtration system, what you've done or are trying to do, etc..

Chlorine
pH
Alkalinity
Hardness
Cyanuric Acid
Sand, Cartridge, DE Filter

Please explain your issue thoughtfully. By giving me all the details, it makes it much easier to answer your question and helps others that may have similar issues.

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