While you can add salt to a saltwater pool whenever it's required, most chlorinators stop producing chlorine when water temperature drops below 50°F in the case of Hayward models or as low as 60°F...
Category: Salt Water 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...
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...
You might think with a salt water pool that you're safe from rodents like mice and rats falling in, presumably because you think they won't want to drink the salt water, right? Unfortunately,...
If you have to winterize your salt water pool at the end of summer, there are a series of things that need to be done to ensure it's done properly. Depending on your preference and how harsh your...
Salt on its own does not kill germs nor does it do anything on its own to clean or otherwise sanitize your pool in any way. A pool requires a salt chlorinator which converts salt to liquid chlorine...