Even with the Ionizer you will need a chlorine product to sanitize the water. The ionizer will not do the job on it's own. If you were given that idea from the people who sold you the unit -- you were misinformed.
I have been using in smarte pools copper system for 1 year in Las Vegas. It was a new pool so it never had clorine. Salt pools do use clorine. I have used the copper about once every two weeks and hydrolisis every day. My pool was open all winter and used the spa side often.Added advantage is it turned the very hard las vegas water into soft water and leaves no water marks on my water falls. the system worked on the moon shots in the seventies and still works today. Because of the vegas water I do have to put 1/2 gallon of strong acid per week much cheaper than clorine. Can open eyes under water and never smell anything.
advantage- produces pure metals, prevents corrosion or rusting and its a quick method
disadvantage- expensive, bad for the atmosphere
it uses elctricity
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copper losses Comment: Advantages: Their operation is silent They have a high efficiency They are relatively safe Disadvantages Expensive Copper losses and hysteress losses
copper + Chlorine = copper chloride
By electrolysis
Electrolysis.
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Then use electrolysis to transfer all the copper from the impure anode to the cathode.
Impure copper is purified by the process called electrolysis.
cathode
Electrolysis in plumbing affects the copper pipes used. If electrical wiring is installed too closely to copper water pipes, the electrical current running through the wiring charges to copper piping combined with the water and its properties causes electrolysis in the copper water pipes thereby weakening them.
No, they are both copper based. Copper and steel cause the problem.