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Is A Salt Water Pool Impacted By The Chlorine Shortage?

A salt water pool uses chlorine just like a regular pool but produces the chemical itself by way of a salt chlorinator. While you will need to manually add chemical chlorine to your salt water pool...

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Should I Shower After Swimming In A Salt Water Pool?

Whether or not to have a shower before jumping into a salt water pool is a question bathers ask. Certainly many public pools request that swimmers have a quick shower before entering any pool....

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Does Your Body Absorb The Salt In Salt Water Pools?

One question regarding salt water pools relates to whether the salt in the water is dangerous to a person's health and if it can be absorbed into the skin of swimmers. Absorption of salt through...

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Can You Kill Algae With Chlorine Alone? (Salt Water Pool)

Green algae in a pool is a result of improper water chemistry and ultimately a deficit or complete lack of chlorine. A bad algae breakout will not be solved with chlorine on its own despite what you...

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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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Will Salt Kill Algae In A Pool? (Answered)

The salt in a salt water pool is often a misunderstood aspect of pool chemistry and people often don't know exactly what it does and doesn't do. Salt is added to a pool only if it has a salt...

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Hi, I’m Carl. I became a salt water pool owner in 2006 and quickly discovered the benefits over chlorine. I’ve included all my knowledge and experience on these pages including how to avoid making common mistakes with your salt water pool. Thanks for stopping by!

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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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