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Do Salt Water Pools Have Less Chlorine Than Other Pools?

Salt water pools have chlorine in them just like regularly chlorinated pools. While a salt water pool uses a salt water chlorinator to produce chlorine, a regular chlorine pool requires manual...

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Why Does The Ocean Not Require A Salt Chlorinator But A Pool Does?

Why can't you just add sea salt to a pool? I was recently asked this question by a visitor to this website. I appreciated the question because it was one that I wondered about when I first bought...

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Is My Pool Salt Water Or Chlorine (How To Tell)

Perhaps you bought a resale home or otherwise have a house with pool and are wondering what kind of system you own. Why it would be odd that you buy a resale home with an existing pool and not know...

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Will Adding A Salt Water Chlorinator Void A Pool Warranty? (Answered)

While many new pool owners choose to build it with a salt water chlorinator, other existing pool owners decide to convert their pool to salt later on. The actual conversion process isn't necessarily...

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Why Does My Salt Water Pool Have No Chlorine Present? (Solved)

As a salt water pool owner, unless you're testing your chlorine levels daily or have a live reading available, chances are you will experience the following: Your pool water slowly turns cloudy, a...

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What If I Don’t Use Stabilizer In My Salt Water Pool?

Many new salt water pool owners are surprised to find out that their pool requires the same chemicals that regularly chlorinated pools do. Plus, we need to add salt too of course! Regular pool...

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About the Author

I bought a home with a salt water pool in 2006 and soon realized the benefits over traditional chlorinated pools. On this website I'll discuss all the tips and tricks I've learned over the years. I'll also help you troubleshoot various problems with pools in general and ones specific to salt water pools that I've experienced personally!

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Salt Water Pool Chemistry

Recommended water chemistry for your salt water pool:

Salt:  2,700 ppm to 3,400 ppm

Free Chlorine:  1.0 to 3.0 ppm

pH:  7.2 to 7.8

Stabilizer:  60 ppm – 80 ppm (ideal)

Total Alkalinity (TA): 80 ppm to 120 ppm

Calcium hardness:  200 ppm to 400 ppm

Total Dissolved Solids: Less than 6,000 ppm

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