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How To Winterize A Salt Water Pool

Labor Day has come and gone, the kids are back at school and you're probably getting ready to close your pool for the season. Winterizing a salt water pool and closing it for the year is slightly...

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Do You Use Chlorine in A Saltwater Pool?

One of the myths about saltwater pools is that they don't use actual chemical chlorine. This is not true. While a saltwater pool uses a chlorinator to produce sodium hypochlorite (chlorine) from salt...

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Mustard And Black Algae In Saltwater Pool?

Green Algae Is Common But What About Other Colors? Algae typically occurs in pool due to a lack of chlorine and improper filtration. Normally a properly chlorinated pool is enough to keep algae at...

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Can You Shock A Saltwater Pool?

What Is Shocking A Pool? From a pool perspective, shock is both a verb and a noun: Shocking a pool: Refers to quickly raising the chlorine level in your pool - including a salt water pool -...

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What Is A Saltwater Pool? (2021)

A saltwater pool is one that uses a special system called a chlorinator to convert regular NaCl (salt) into chlorine to sanitize the pool water and keep it clean for swimming. Whereas chemical...

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4 Salt Water Pool Cleaning And Vacuuming Tips

Salt water pool maintenance tends to be less than a traditional chlorine or bromine pool given that a modern salt water system makes maintaining water chemistry easier. But any pool requires...

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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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