Great question, Cheryl. The essential answer is that adding a salt chlorinator should not have an impact on electricity usage. They are very low power, and are intended to run within the standard runtime of a pool pump. In some cases however, people who use traditional chlorine and have unnecessarily long pump run-times (in hopes of fighting algae) find that they are able to run their pump much less. On that note, if you are interested in having the greatest impact on energy usage, you might consider upgrading to a variable-speed pump if you haven't already. Let us know if you have more questions!
What about the cost of the addition of adding acid to maintain Ph levels that are affected by salt systems? You still need to “handle” chlorine with a salt system because you still need to “shock” it. A salt system cannot shock (or superchlorinate) pool water that is necessary on a weekly basis.
Dana, that's actually a common misconception about having to still "shock" the pool - you do not need to still do that. In typical pools, you have to superchlorinate the pool to breakdown incompletely oxidized particles that build up due to insufficient chlorination; using a salt chlorinator, this should not be occurring since 1) you are getting consistent & sufficient chlorination daily to help prevent this from happening, and 2) the water going through the cell is constantly getting superchlorinated which would breakdown any incompletely oxidized particles that might be present. Regarding pH, per salt chlorinator manufacturers, the chlorine produced by salt chlorinator is close to neutral pH, but every pool's materials and environment is different so many people can experience very different pH trends. It's also probably worth pointing out that the expense to lower pH in a typical pool is not comparable to the much greater expense of buying chlorine. Let us know what other questions you might have, or feel free to give our experts a call at 866-766-5243
Great question. Years down the road when the cell is depleted, it is easily replaced and typically costs about half the cost of the complete system. Then you should get just as many years without having to manually buy and add chlorine, so this means that your savings essentially double at that point! You can see a quick infographic about that here: www.discountsaltpool.com/replacement-salt-cells-for-saltwater-chlorine-generators#does-a-salt-cell-save-money
hi i just a above ground pool with the saltwater system. and can you help me with the steps of how to keep the pool in good condition . for example with the saltwater system i dont need to shock very often like with chlorine and only maintain the PH level
ok yeah cuz i am about to put it today and i was confused on chlorine or saltwater. and also if i put it as saltwater can i switch it to chlorine and how
Which system uses more electric. Do you have to run the pump more with salt or chlorine pool?
Great question, Cheryl. The essential answer is that adding a salt chlorinator should not have an impact on electricity usage. They are very low power, and are intended to run within the standard runtime of a pool pump. In some cases however, people who use traditional chlorine and have unnecessarily long pump run-times (in hopes of fighting algae) find that they are able to run their pump much less. On that note, if you are interested in having the greatest impact on energy usage, you might consider upgrading to a variable-speed pump if you haven't already. Let us know if you have more questions!
What about the cost of the addition of adding acid to maintain Ph levels that are affected by salt systems? You still need to “handle” chlorine with a salt system because you still need to “shock” it. A salt system cannot shock (or superchlorinate) pool water that is necessary on a weekly basis.
Dana, that's actually a common misconception about having to still "shock" the pool - you do not need to still do that. In typical pools, you have to superchlorinate the pool to breakdown incompletely oxidized particles that build up due to insufficient chlorination; using a salt chlorinator, this should not be occurring since 1) you are getting consistent & sufficient chlorination daily to help prevent this from happening, and 2) the water going through the cell is constantly getting superchlorinated which would breakdown any incompletely oxidized particles that might be present.
Regarding pH, per salt chlorinator manufacturers, the chlorine produced by salt chlorinator is close to neutral pH, but every pool's materials and environment is different so many people can experience very different pH trends. It's also probably worth pointing out that the expense to lower pH in a typical pool is not comparable to the much greater expense of buying chlorine.
Let us know what other questions you might have, or feel free to give our experts a call at 866-766-5243
I've had a salt system for over six years. I've never had algae. I've never shocked my pool.
What about the cost of the cell replacement?
Great question. Years down the road when the cell is depleted, it is easily replaced and typically costs about half the cost of the complete system. Then you should get just as many years without having to manually buy and add chlorine, so this means that your savings essentially double at that point! You can see a quick infographic about that here: www.discountsaltpool.com/replacement-salt-cells-for-saltwater-chlorine-generators#does-a-salt-cell-save-money
hi i just a above ground pool with the saltwater system. and can you help me with the steps of how to keep the pool in good condition . for example with the saltwater system i dont need to shock very often like with chlorine and only maintain the PH level
This guide is a good starting place: ua-cam.com/video/cqhLjOHBKjY/v-deo.html
ok yeah cuz i am about to put it today and i was confused on chlorine or saltwater. and also if i put it as saltwater can i switch it to chlorine and how
Just updated your previous question with the answer. A salt pool is a chlorine pool, you are just using a chlorine generator.