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Do you need to turn off your automatic salt chlorinator when adding shock to a salt water pool?
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∙ 16y ago
By Shock I guess you mean a packet of Chrlorine marketed as "Shock or "Shock Treatment" which is esentially just chlorine packaged at a higfher price. Any ususal powdered or liquied chlorine will do the same job except those that are Di chlor or tri chlor. No need to turn of the salt chlorinator at all.
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Did you lose your shock if you backwashed 1 hr after shocking?
The shock in your pool will be completely diluted within minutes. Shock is just a super chlorinator so you can test your water to see what chlorine level you have achieved
What do I need to maintain a Saltwater pool?
Lots of pool salt, some acid, a little sunscreen, and a good automatic cleaner. Plus a salt water chlorinator.
How do you add more chlorine to automatic chlorinator?
If you have a salt water chlorinator and you are not getting enough chlorine have ther unit checked if it is ok it is either too small or you are not running it long enough however if you want you can add chlorine to bring it up to the required concentration.
What if there is too much chlorine in the water?
ItWill wear out fairly quickly. if it is because you re producing too much with a salt water chlorinator you Will have to change the setting on the chlorinator.
6000 gallon AG pool with a cartridge filter and salt water chlorinator The water turned green and added a bag of shock the water is now milkycloudy How can the water color be fixed?
Although one bag of shock does treat usually 10,00 gallons, that is assuming a clear pool to start with. Since you had an algae infestation, more shock will be required. A simple rule of thumb is when treating problem water to double or even triple shock the pool. Simply put, there wasn't enough shock there to finish the job. Test your water for chorine. Most shocks are chlorine based. If your chlorine is low or zero, it will confirm the need for more shock.
What is a fresh water swimming pool?
A fresh water swimming pool is a swimming pool that does not use a saltwater chlorinator. A pool that used a salt water chlorinator has salt added to it to so that a salt water chlorinator can electronically convert part of the salt into chlorine. A fresh water pool has chlorine added to it directly either manually or Automatically.
Apart from Salt and a Pump what else do you need to run a salt pool?
You need a salt water chlorinator. A salt water chlorinator is an electronic devise that converts the salt in the water from the pool into chlorine gas that is then absorbed into the water.
When can you swim after adding algicide and shock?
A person can go swimming in a pool a few minutes after adding algae treatment and shock to the water. This is provided that a low dose was used. The manufacturers of the algae treatment recommend that a person waits 45 minutes to an hour to swim after adding a normal dose.
How long should you circulate water after adding shock?
About 2 hours should turn it all over nicely.
What are chlorine pills for?
Chlorine tabs are for use in a chlorinator - there's some that just float in the pool and some that are connected to the water line and so are "automatic". They are a slow delivery system to help maintain the chlorine level in the water between 'shocking' the pool.
How often do you add chlorine?
We added an automatic chlorinator which has made life a little simpler--if you cannot do that we had floaters in our pool all the time with tablet chlorine & we have put tablets in the skimmer basket to quickly get the chlorine in the water.
How do you switch your pool from chlorine sanitation to salt?
You need a salt water chlorinator. This can be a add-on to your existing setup or a whole new combined unit. You then add salt to your pool (mine is 20,000 litres and takes 60kg of salt at start of season), and then the salt water chlorinator (which sits in-line with one of your water hoses) makes chlorine from the salt using a chemical/electrical reaction. Beats buying and adding chlorine by hand :-) Hope that helps.
