I Have a Pool Chlorinator, and I love it. Find out why I do...

ISalt Pool Chlorinators are a straightforward means to provide the needed chlorine automatically to your pool. They're put in inline after the plumbing for your filter system. Salt needs to be added to your pool in proper concentrations, (somewhere between 2,500 to 4000ppm) and as passes through your chlorinator cell makes free chlorine, and at the identical time destroys the used chlorine. Below are a couple of the goods and bads of owning this sort of system.

Goods are,

Salt Pool Chlorinators produce the chlorine needed to sanitize the pool. So usually most of the times you don't have to add any additional chlorine. The exceptions to the present can be when you close up your pool in the season.

The pool water typically feels softer at the touch. Many of our customers have told us this. Also it appears to not dry out the skin as badly historically chlorinated pools tend to do that. Another benefit of this type of system as it does not impact your eyes as badly too.

Pools maintained with Salt Pool Chlorinators many times require less water chemistry testing. The salt water naturally creates the sanitizing chlorine that keeps your water clean, however the rest in the water chemistry parameters should be still must be maintained. These types of systems permit extended periods of your time not maintaining as closely great for vacations or business visits, as a result of with the less intervals of maintenance required. The chlorine is automatically created.

The bads are, When it reaches time to shut your pool, you'll have to add chlorine or some type of sanitizer anyway. Salt Pool Chlorinators stop producing below certain temperatures. Even though you may think that algae cannot grow at these temperatures, it can so you still need to use chlorine or some type of sanitizer when closing up your swimming pool.

One of the characteristics of salt-water pools is that they exhibit higher ph levels so you will have to treat those higher levels with muratic acid or somthing equivelant.

Also one might continually think that having a salt-water pool is more economical. The only real cost reduction is the reduction of the chlorine costs. But in return you'll have salt and muriatic acid costs. So from the cost perspective you are really at a break-even point overall.

Most times the salesman trick is to mention that a salt-water pool is maintenance free, however is really is not. Debris always still needs be cleaned, water chemistry checked and filters cleaned.

Weighing in all factors, I think the biggest or best purpose of a salt-water pool is a smaller amount interval of maintenance. Ultimatally we all we really care is taking less time caring for our pool, and more time enjoying it, right?

About The Author Being in the Swimming Pool Industry for 40 years, Steve Merillat was one of the first people that designed and installed free-form vinyl inground pools and pioneered many of the techniques used to this day with regards to their installation. For all of your Swimming Pool Supplies needs including placement of your Pool Chlorinator, visit www.1800pools.com