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Why Does My Pool Heater Keep Shutting Off?

A gas pool heater can make summer swimming more comfortable and extend the time you use your pool. This is especially true in the early summer when the temperatures are starting to creep up but are...

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How To Increase Suction In Pool Skimmer

The swimming pool skimmer pulls water from the top of your salt water pool and removes leaves, bugs and other debris before the water gets run through the filter, rechlorinated and returned back to...

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How Long Should I Run My Saltwater Pool Pump?

A pool pump serves several purposes. It removes water from the pool, sends it through the filter to be cleaned and in the case of a saltwater pool, runs it through the salt chlorinator which converts...

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Will A Saltwater Pool Make Chlorine During Cold Weather?

A saltwater pool uses a chlorinator system to electrically convert regular salt (NaCl) into a form of chlorine that is milder than the chemical chlorine typically used in pools. Chlorine is used as a...

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Can I Build A Salt Water Pool Above Ground?

You can certainly build a salt water pool above ground rather than building an inground salt water pool. It's much lower in cost than an inground pool and nearly isn't as permanent if you change your...

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Do Salt Water Pools Burn Your Eyes?

Salt water pools came to being in 1972 when New Zealand company Cascade pioneered the idea of electrifying salt and converting it to chlorine for the purpose of sanitizing swimming pools. In the...

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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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