Difference Between Salt Water & Chlorine Pools

[@paulosullivan3991]

Thank you , got a house in Italy , pool needs update , going to stick to chlorine That’s was a great video

[@eh1992]

How would you get less maintenance?

[@David.Murdoch]

I've been maintaining salt at 1600-1800ppm in my chlorine pool (without swg) just for the softer feel, and my girls said it seems to help with keeping their blonde hair from turning green (presumably caused by metals in our tap water). At about 1900ppm I can taste the salt, otherwise I'd probably go higher - as long as CSI stays near 0.

[@mayorb3366]

I had a customer look into getting a salt chlorinator, and asked them the principle reason for wanting one. They said for the feel of the water. I told them just to try salt in the water only, and see how that worked for them before installing a salt cell. They are quite happy just using salt, no longer any intention of getting a cell.

[@falsedragon33]

Green hair has nothing to do with salt. Its due to those stupid additives that have copper in them. Algae hates cooper, but copper loves chlorine. When they react, you get Copper Chloride II. When really strong it has a pretty blue/green color. On blond hair its green. I wouldn't swim in a pool that turned hair green. Copper is a silly additive, that does not disinfect like hypochlorous acid does (that's what you get with chlorine sources)

[@falsedragon33]

Also borax does a good job if not better at reducing water tension. It doesn't have a taste, and helps buffer Ph, as does a salt generator through the 2 OH- hydroxide groups. There are plenty of calculators for adding borates.

[@dillonGC]

I’m building a small pool (7500gal) and we loved the feeling we got in a friends house pool which was salt. What would you recommend for us to build one f we enjoyed the salt “feel”?

[@falsedragon33]

Borax will drop water tension better than salt IMO, and buffer ph. There are plenty of calculators for figuring how how much. Personally I like them both.

[@EileenSerrano-zu3un]

We are looking into getting an Inground pool. One pool company is highly recommending ozone since we have hard water in our area, another company is saying salt water is the way to go and they don’t recommend ozone. We were leaning towards chlorine pool. We want a pool that is easier to maintenance. Which do you recommend???

[@Swimmingpoolsteve]

You will have a chlorine pool no matter which of these options you choose. That is your primary sanitizer. Salt is just a chlorine generation system. Instead of buying chlorine you generate chlorine. Ozone is not my favorite peripheral system. I would take AOP or a gemicial UV lamp over ozone since ozone needs a long contact time with the water to be effective.

[@falsedragon33]

In the end, you are left with hypochlorous acid (HOCL) in all cases of this so called "chlorine" production. It doesn't matter what the source of Cl2 is. What you need to think about is what is the other components to the reaction? This is high school chemistry. For Salt, you get some HCl (Hydrochloric Acid (Muriatic for those who use that silly name)) and my favorite, the 2 hydroxide groups that help raise ph, and buffers it. With bleach, you are left with Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH aka Lye). My least favorite choice, although very little, its quite corrosive. With TriChlor, you are left with cyanuric acid. So a good thing to use early in the season to help get your CYA levels up, but should be avoided at all costs once done. CYA has to be removed by water change, or reverse osmosis. I don't consider Cal Hypo, as calcium is... blah.... Without a salt water generator, i would do TriChlor and transition to bleach. With a generator, I use TriChlor and transition to salt. Bleach when I need to shock. With the price of 10% bleach (FJB), a salt water generator is a no-brainer. Below are the chemical reactions. Salt Water Generator: Salt (NaCl) dissolves into Na+ and Cl-. Through electrolysis, Cl- becomes Cl2, which reacts with water to form HOCl. The equation: NaCl → Na+ + Cl- (dissolves), 2Cl- → Cl2 + 2e- (electrolysis), Cl2 + H2O → HOCl + HCl. Sodium Hypochlorite (Bleach): When added to water, it forms NaOH and HOCl. The reaction: NaOCl + H2O → NaOH + HOCl. Trichlor: This adds not just chlorine but also cyanuric acid, complicating pool chemistry. It reacts with water to release HOCl and cyanuric acid. The reaction: C3Cl3N3O3 + 3H2O → 3HOCl + C3H3N3O3.

[@alexballar]

What are your thoughts on a mineral pool?

[@nattilyblevins6967]

Salts better for skin hair

[@drdrew3]

Chlorine generators are great… until the first time you have to replace the salt cell. At the second replacement it’s a bummer. At the third you just switch to liquid chlorine. Planned obsolescence at its worst

[@falsedragon33]

Its not even close on cost. It used to take 5 year to break even, but with inflation, and the crazy cost of pool bleach, the SWG pays for itself before the 2nd season is over. That's also including 80 bucks a year for salt.