salt systems
Salt Systems
Your pool needs a salt system that is going to hold up and do its job. Many customers are using salt systems to save on money over time. Those who use salt systems in their swimming pools spend less on chemicals throughout the year. Many people think that salt systems within pools generate too much salt, but that’s not true. It’s the perfect about of salt to keep your pool balanced and enjoyable for swimming. If you’re leaning towards a salt system for your pool, Elkhart Pools can walk you through this step. Perhaps you have heard about saltwater pools, and perhaps you are considering a salt system if you are about to install a new pool or renovate your existing one. The water in a saltwater pool has little in common with the saltwater in the ocean, and a saltwater pool is not a habitat for saltwater crocodiles, except, of course, the inflatable kind. A swimming pool salt system is another way of delivering chlorine to the pool water to ensure that algae and pathogenic bacteria do not grow in the pool. |
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There is no such thing as a chemical-free swimming pool, but traditional pools and saltwater pools have different ways of keeping the water chlorinated. Traditional pools use chlorine tablets, sticks, or granules placed in a chlorine feeder in the pool. With traditional chlorination, you must check the pool water several times per week to make sure that the chlorine level is between one and three parts per million. You must shock your pool, that is, add large amounts of chlorine, every week, and you must also make sure that the cynauric acid level is just right, or else the chlorine will not be effective.
Instead, a saltwater pool has a chlorine generator, also known as a salt cell, which contains dissolved salt. Ordinary salt, sodium chloride, contains chlorine, and through the process of electrolysis, the salt cell is able to provide your pool with as much chlorine as it needs. Therefore, you do not need to add chlorine or any other chemicals to a saltwater pool; it produces all the chlorine it needs by itself. It is rather a lot of work to check and adjust your pool chemicals several times per week, and some people find it annoying. Plus, the cost of pool chemicals and test strips adds up over time. It costs between 800 and 2,000 dollars to have a salt system installed in your pool, but with the money you would have been spending on pool chemicals, the saltwater system pays for itself in just a few years. Saltwater systems are also a good choice for people who travel a lot and cannot be in town several times every week to check their pool water. A saltwater pool is also ideal if you own a time share or rent out a vacation home, because you can be sure that the visitors will find a pool with properly chlorinated water, even if you cannot be there all the time to test the water. Saltwater pool water feels and smells much more like traditional pool water than it does like ocean water. It has only about ten percent the concentration of salt as ocean water.
Instead, a saltwater pool has a chlorine generator, also known as a salt cell, which contains dissolved salt. Ordinary salt, sodium chloride, contains chlorine, and through the process of electrolysis, the salt cell is able to provide your pool with as much chlorine as it needs. Therefore, you do not need to add chlorine or any other chemicals to a saltwater pool; it produces all the chlorine it needs by itself. It is rather a lot of work to check and adjust your pool chemicals several times per week, and some people find it annoying. Plus, the cost of pool chemicals and test strips adds up over time. It costs between 800 and 2,000 dollars to have a salt system installed in your pool, but with the money you would have been spending on pool chemicals, the saltwater system pays for itself in just a few years. Saltwater systems are also a good choice for people who travel a lot and cannot be in town several times every week to check their pool water. A saltwater pool is also ideal if you own a time share or rent out a vacation home, because you can be sure that the visitors will find a pool with properly chlorinated water, even if you cannot be there all the time to test the water. Saltwater pool water feels and smells much more like traditional pool water than it does like ocean water. It has only about ten percent the concentration of salt as ocean water.