0
What are the benefits from converting from chlorine to salt water?
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
A salt water or saline pool is still a chlorine pool the difference is that no the chlorine is made automatically by a chlorine generator. the water feel nicer on the body when you swim in it and you are not faced with storing chlorine out of the reach of children any more. Here are some comments from other wiki users re Salt water pools.
chlorine generator is easy, efficient and cost effective. Of course there are cheaper ways to sanitize your pool. Most owners find they like the increased softness from a little salt in the water and it's easier to maintain a clean pool. When your not home it's especially easy and if you happen to go on vacation for a week or two. Your pool professional can recommend and professionally install the right unit for your pool. That also reminds me I know someone who doesn't have a heater for their in ground pool no doubt they still swim.
Initially the salt system will be considerably more expensive. You have the cost of the salt cell, control panel and the salt for the pool. Over the long run though, the system will pay for itself. Salt is not used up so the only adding needed is what is lost during back-washing the filter, splashing and what people remove with them when getting out of the pool. IMO the salt system is a lot easier to maintain. once you have everything set properly, it will run and produce chlorine on its own. No more storing or handling harsh chemicals. Best part, you can leave for a month and come home to a clean pool instead of a slime pit. For more information visit howtobuildaningroundpool.com
My neighbor across the street has been telling me for years how much he likes his salt chlorine generator and how I should switch to one too. That I am still living in the stone age and should get with modern technology. I have been using 12% liquid chlorine for many years. He paid $1800 for his chlorine generator about 8 years ago and has had to replace the electrode cells twice at $650 each time. My pool is 26,000 gallons and his is 20,000. My pool consistently uses about $100 a year in chlorine at $2.75 a gallon and maybe 3 gallons of acid at $3.25 a gallon. I run my filter 3 hours a day in the summer and half that in winter. My neighbor must run his pump 8 hours in the summer and 5 in the winter to keep his pool chlorinated, spending about $150 a month more than I do. The corrosive salt has eaten up his very expensive artificial rock waterfall and concrete deck exposing the rock and sand in it and now needs to be replaced. He recently got a quote from a pool remodeling company for $12,000 to replace the waterfall and $8,000 to replace the concrete deck or $4,000 to put a coating on it. He also had to replaster his pool 2 years ago for $4,500 and mine is still in very good condition. I don't know if the salt contributed to that but I suspect it did. He has spent at least $20,000 more to repair and maintain his pool than I have.....so what were those benefits again? I take his kids and mine fishing in the boat we bought with the money we didn't have to spend on the pool. Living in the stone age isn't so bad after all.
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
How do you turn salt into chlorine?
You would have to boil the salt with water
How can you make your pool saline and not chlorine?
There is a common misconception that salt water swimming pools are chlorine free. Salt used in pools is "sodium chloride" When the salt water goes thru the generator the chlorine is released.
How do you get chlorine free water?
Many people install salt water systems under the impression that it is chlorine free. Salt water systems produce chlorine electronically and therefore does not require adding chlorine to the water physically. So salt water is not chlorine free water. There are alternative pool sanitation systems that use an advanced oxidation process, combined with copper ionization to sanitize the water. These oxygen based systems do not produce any chlorine. These systems produce 100% chlorine free water.
Does sharks like chlorine?
No. They are a salt water animal and chlorine is used in fresh water like swimming pools.
How do we get chlorine?
Chlorine is extracted from the salts. The most common salt is used for making chlorine is sea water. The sea water mostly consists Sodium chloride.
How do you convert a chlorine pool to a salt water pool?
Converting to a salt water pool requires the installation of a chlorine generator, and the salt for the pool water. Salt water pool are in fact chlorine pools the difference lays in the fact that chlorine is produced by running salt water through electrodes that in turn releases chlorine from the salt which is usually Sodium chloride (common salt) It may pay to also look at A new more environmentally friendly and healthier alternative By looking at Magnesium and potassium chloride salts.
What are the benefits of converting salt water into pure water?
you can drink pure water and irrigate with it. if the only water available is the sea then you would have to convert it
Fresh water pool that you are thinking of converting to a Salt Water system your neighbors tell you that they have little or no maintenance with their Salt system?
I have a fresh water pool that I am thinking of converting to a Salt Water system. My neighbors tell me that they have little or no maintenance with their Salt system. The question I have is if I convert to a salt system why do I have to spend $1,000 on a Chlorine Generator.? If I add the salt, to change the softness and control the Algae then instead of purchasing a Chlorine Generator and paying the electricity costs why don't I just use my present automatic chlorinator with Chlorine Tablets? After a process called electrolysis is using the box of electronics breaks down the salt in the salt water In a salt system the electronic box is connected to the electrodes in the "Cell". So my point is that instead of generating chlorine from salt why don't I just add it like I don now with my fresh water system..
Is chlorine water same as salt water?
no!
Can you use salt and chlorine in your pool?
Yes as a mater of fact that is what salt water pool normally is. With a salt water pool there is a electronic salt water chlorinator installed that uses the salt in the water to create chlorine. However if you don't have a salt water chlorinator and prefer the feeling of a salt water pool then there is no reason not to add salt to the pool as well as keeping up the chlorine yourself.
What's the difference between a salt water swimming pool and one that uses chlorine since the salt water breaks down into chlorine anyway?
Salt water does not breakdown into chlorine for a salt water swimming pool unless you have a salt water chlorinator. Other then that many people feel that a salt water pool is a more pleasant feeling environment to swim in. other then that they are both in fact chlorine pools.
What are the chemical reactions for converting salt to chlorine?
it begins to create a distinctive smell of a stink bomb :D
What is a salt water swimming pool?
A salt water pool has a chlorine generator on it that turns sodium chloride into chlorine gas. The water in the pool is not like the ocean, you can't taste the salt and it doesn't sting your eyes. The water isn't as harsh on clothing, eyes, skin and hair as chlorine is.
Is a salt water or chlorine pool better?
A Salt water pool is a chlorine pool. The difference is that in the case of a saltwater pool there is a chlorinater fited inline that converts the salt into chlorine automaticaly, Meaning that you don't have to purchace any chlorine to keep up chlorine levels.
How do you turn salt into chlorine?
You would have to boil the salt with water
What are bromine chlorine and salt water pool cleaners?
Bromine is an additive that you put in a pool to sanitize the water. Chlorine is an additive that you put in a pool to sanitize the water. Salt is added to some pools to allow it to be converted electronically to chlorine with a salt water chlorinator.
Can you make your own saltwater by just adding salt into your pool and if so how much salt and what type of salt should you use?
No you will not have a salt water pool. yes you will have salt water but the actual electronic plates found in a genrator converts the salt in the water to chlorine to sanitize the pool water. A: You have to have the mechanical device to produce the chlorine in a salt pool. THE SALT A MEANS TO PRODUCE CHLORINE FOR YOUR POOL!
