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Mr. Luddite

On 2/24/2014 8:31 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 18:32:00 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

Never liked the chlorine in pools. Are you saying it isn't used anymore?
That's a step in the right direction!

A salt water pool still uses chlorine, it just stays "mostly" in the
generator vessel.

I am amused when people complain about the chlorine tho,
A properly balanced pool tests exactly the same as WSSC tap water.

I have my routine down to the point that I spend about 10 minutes a
week on the pool in the summer. Basically get the pH right, then I
drop 2.5 tabs in the pool floater, the other half in the spa floater,
shock the pool with a gallon and a half of liquid chlorine.

In the winter you can cut that all by half or more.

I used to run the cleaner 6 hours every day but now I just run it
about once or twice a week.

I don't understand your comment, "A salt water pool still uses chlorine,
it just stays "mostly" in the generator vessel".

The chlorine generated by the cell resides in the pool water, not in the
cell or "generator vessel" (whatever that is).

It's not a "salt water pool". The salt concentration is very low
compared to that of sea water. You don't sense or taste "salt". The
normal concentration of about 3,000 parts per million is well below the
ability of the human taste or smell senses to detect.
Ocean water contains about 35,000 ppm of salt by comparison.

Also, a pool with salt system typically operates at a lower chlorine
level overall than a conventional tablet or liquid chlorine system.

The routine that you do is eliminated. No more tablets or liquid shock
that cause oscillations in the pool chemistry. The salt system is more
like a closed loop proportional controller that keeps everything at a
stable level, adjusting as required automatically (if you have the
automated system) for heat, sunshine, use, evaporation, rain, etc.