Salt water pools are becoming more and more popular than the traditional chlorine swimming pool. Saltwater pools are less costly, less work, and more comfortable for the body. The following advice will help make caring for a salt water pool easier.
Maintain Salt Level
A salt water swimming pool must always maintain the minimum salt level required for your automatic chlorine generator. If the salt level is not properly maintained, no chlorine will be produced which will lead to pool water problems.
Proper pH
The pH of a saltwater pool is consistently higher than that of pools using conventional chlorine. Test the pH once or twice a week and add muriatic acid as needed in order to keep the pH between 7.4 and 7.8.
Proper Filtration Time
Remember that chlorine is only being added to a salt pool when the filter is running. One of the biggest mistakes made with salt water swimming pools is trying to save money by reducing the filter run time. Reduced filtration time means reduced chlorine and if enough chlorine is not being added to the swimming pool, frequent algae problems will persist
Keep the Salt Cell Clean
Check the salt chlorinator cell and keep it clean. If calcium builds up on the cell plates clean them as recommended by the owner’s manual of the salt chlorinator. The cells must stay clean or the salt chlorinator will stop producing chlorine.
