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5 Factors To Choose A Salt Water Pool Chlorinator

When installing your salt water pool or replacing your existing salt chlorination system, you must ensure you purchase a system up front that matches your needs and your pool size. There are several...

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Can You Use Baking Soda In Your Salt Water Pool?

Baking soda or sodium bicarbonate is very useful to have around the home particularly in the kitchen. Baking soda can be used in baking of course and also in the fridge as a deodorizer. But did you...

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Can You Fill A Salt Water Pool With Softened Water?

A salt water pool is typically filled for the first time either by trucking in water - which is the more expensive but quicker way - or by filling it from your garden hose which clearly takes much...

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Avoid These 7 Mistakes I Made With My Salt Water Pool

My wife and I became a first time pool owner in 2006 and specifically, the owners of a salt water pool. I hadn't even heard of a salt water pool before this time but then again, none of my friends...

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Salt Water Pool Chemistry Charts (Water Balancing)

Salt water pool chemistry is the key aspect aspect of pool ownership that ensures your pool is safe for swimming and is properly balanced. There are several key components of balancing your water...

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What Is Salt Water Pool Automation?

Salt water pool systems have a leg up on their chlorine counterparts. While a chlorine pool has a pump and possibly a heater, a salt water system has a chlorinator which is effectively a computer...

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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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