3 Bad Facts About Salt Water Pools

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[_Mikekkk]

Have salt water pool for 5 years, had 0 issues. Very happy with it. Once in a year when I open pool for a season - I just bring water sample to my pool store, they test water, give me all chemicals I need to add once - and that's it. No other maintenance for a year, no problems.

[hlrembe]

I had a saltwater pool at our house in Georgia for almost 20 years. Performed all testing and maintenance myself and never had any of the issues mentioned here, and with proper maintenance the converter plates do not present a drawback. I solar heated the pool using solar panels with a water to water heat exchanger system and even when idled in summer months had little scaling issues and no unexpected negative problems. So my guess is if you have issues it's maintenance related or a poorly designed system. I will be duplicating my old Georgia system in my upcoming Florida build.

[iguanapoolservice]

Ive been servicing 40 to 60 pools weekly for almost 10 years. Salt water pools are the easiest and cheapest to maintain. The ph going up depends on the type of plaster mainly. Pools with vynil liner actually stay in perfect range when you convert them to salt. Only about 3 months a year i have to adjust the ph weekly...

[zeejimi]

I have an above ground pool, now in its third season, for which I use a salt water system. I use about 3kg of pool salt per cubic meter of water and my convertor releases chlorine gas, (generated from the salt, sodium chloride) into the water which kills off the algae and bacteria. As long as the pH is set and kept at around 7 (by using pH-minus), and the pool is kept (almost) free of leaves and other debris, the salt water system works very well. I use filter balls in my filter which I exchange for clean ones usually once per season, and I have crystal clear water in my pool. I remove fine debris from the bottom of the pool by using the Pool Blaster Max.

[salinepools]

we have been installing and servicing salt water systems for over 12 years and once pH is kept under control and water properly balanced we havent had any issues. You can use acid injection system to keep pH in check or what we have been doing is to lower the Total Alkalinity down to around 70ppm which prevents the pH from bouncing up. Of course all other levels effect the Calcite Saturation Index (CSI) so they need to be adjusted. We have maintained pools here in the Bahamas where we go once every 3 months to balance and check systems and the pools are kept in perfect balance. Cells cleaned every 3 months so this works. We have had pools stay in balance up to 6 months without service but we dont recommend that long. ideally pH should be kept between 7.4 and 7.6 on a weekly basis.

[LifeOfAnEmpath]

I had a saltwater pool (and about to build another with a salt cell), the first pool I had was pretty easy to take care of maintain and the water was much softer and didn't smell like high chlorine and didn't make my skin itch.

[jasont.]

I can only speak to my own experience but Ive had a salt water pool for 3 years and have had no issues with scaling (vinyl liner inground). My pH is stable around 7.6. My approach though is that I vastly oversized my SWG, so I run it at 20% of output capacity for 8 hours overnight, essentially just over 1.5hrs in a generation state to keep around 3 to 4 ppm. All other levels of pool are balanced per recommended by troublefreepool forum. You should have clarified this information based on type of pool, as a concrete pool or fiberglass pool will have different characteristics than a vinyl pool.

[JohnSmith-xxlx]

I think a lot of people are missing the point in the comments below. This is not for people who stay on top of their chemistry and understand how the process works. This is for people who think all you have to do is throw a bag of salt in the pool and call it a day. This is absolutely accurate I know tons of people with salt pools that forget to add acid to their pool and they commonly have scaling. This video is very helpful and anyone who didn't pay attention to detail will probably suffer later on down the road if you think you know it all already. I've been working on pulls for a while and I learned something in this video I wasn't even thinking about the fact that it can do damage to the heaters and such. So thank you for that and keep the good videos coming in.

[phondo]

We changed ours to a salt- water system (we knew it produced chlorine) and used salt and Borate. We saved SO MUCH MONEY on chemicals!

[carldensman]

I’ve owned a salt water pool for 18 years at the same home, never had a issue with high PH probably cause the rain balancing it out or the proper Maintanence, also cleaning the system is normal maintenance, so this video is screwy in a way, to funny how people make claims.

[jmarrs]

Many years ago Australia was the only place in the world that sol salt water chlorinators! The ONLY reason was the chemical companies in the US bought up the US patent and would NOT allow it to be sold! Salt water pools are a thousand times easier on the pocketbook and maintenance! I have had one for about 25 years now and maybe spend $150 a year on stabilizer and salt! No other issues at all! Chlorine is expensive and very difficult to maintain comp0ared to salt! Our community pool switched to salt and have saved about $15000 a year on chorine and mtse!

[TheGuzzek]

Just wanted to add, do yourself a favor if you have or considering a salt water pool - install a ZINC ANODE along with your salt generator to combat scaling and PH issues. Hope this helps someone. Happy Swimming!

[CRRidR]

Super accurate I’ve always noticed the ph problem in salt pools. The biggest question is though is the chlorine produced from the salt cell REALLY HEALTHIER (no red eyes better on skin and for asthma patients) than chlorine poured in straight from the bottle? That’s the main reason why people want them. Thanks

[owl]

Sound like your trying to dissuade people from owning a salt water pool. I owned one before and never had an issue pool wise or PH wise. The only drawback was the build up salt on surrounding concrete and eny thing the water came in contact with. This to can be controlled with good wash down maintenance. You seem to be vary knowledgeable on this subject. Can you recomend a system that can electronically maintain the proper ph balance in a above ground salt water pool. Thank you for posting this content.

[michaelwebster]

I've had a salt system for about a year and my PH has never tested above 7.4.

[mmirav]

Not all salt water pools have chronically high ph. I haven’t for 7 years now. I do keep my Alkalinity around 60-70 and add 50 ppm borates. My ph stays at 7.6 chlorine.

[towdjumper]

No problem with my salt pool. It’s better .You started off by saying 3 problems then after #1 you said it was not really a problem. ..

[mmorales]

This is not true we had a saltwater pool for 15 years and the pH never went above eight. Every once in a while it did go up, but the rain tend to be acidic and balanced it out. Overall the pool tended to have a lower pH tended then higher. Everyone’s experience is different, whenever anybody tells you ‘you’ll always have this’ or ‘always have that’, be a little suspect. We also did not have excessive scaling, I cleaned our generator once a year there was some scaling but not an excessive amount like it’s stated in this video. Note that our water here is not hard to begin with, if you have hard water, your experience will be different.

[cerebralvision]

Switched my pool to salt water and never had pH level issues ever. It's the easiest and cheapest to maintain. I barely have to do anything and the levels stay pretty perfect.

[wjlundystheoccupation]

Salt Water pool for 5 years, ,
never had high PH in my water, if anything it is low.