Why Does The Salt Level In My Pool Keep Increasing?
by Angela
We drained some of the water and added fresh water, it got to the right level and then it started to go up again without us adding salt. Do you know what is causing this? Thanks for the question Angela I would first ask you what range is your salt (salinity)? Most salt generators required a range of somewhere between 3000 - 4800ppm. Next is how are you testing the salt? Are you using the salt cell, the control box, or a salinity meter? The one I use for the YMCA pool (80,000 gallon) is a Myron Salinity Analog Meter. You can see a picture of it here: Salt Water Swimming Pools Salinity, just like chlorine, cannot go up without adding a product to the pool. Perhaps if you're using a tremendous amount of sodium bicarb. or another product that contains salt, but the salt level in a pool simply can't go up by itself. It needs an outside source of salt to increase the level. I would encourage you to get a hand-held salinity meter and test the pool water against the reading you get with the salt generator. You can use Hayward Goldline GLX-SALTMETER and calibration solution (GLX-CAL-SOL Calibration solution for salt meters, 3200-ppm). Also, if you can, be sure your chlorine generator is calibrated correctly as well. You might need to clean the cell. How Do You Clean A Salt Water Cell? Why Do I Have To Clean My Salt Cell So Much You can also take a sample of pool water into your local pool store for a salt analysis. If you check the salinity with the cell, then check it manually, then your pool store, you should have a good base line and measurement. This will be three tests and will weed out any inconsistencies. To post a reply, or if you have a similar question, you can see your post on the Q&A page in the "Chlorine Generator" category. Swimming Pool Questions and Answers Check back to this post for answers. Hope this helps and have a great Summer. Robert |
