A small electrical current is passing thru the salt water an it seems that the negative eletrical charge is passing from the skimmers being plastic an its possible from the spinning vortex created by the water pumps sucking are creating the positve electrical charge which is small but just enough to react with the salt in the pool an based on many studies with the larger negative charge an the small positive charge turned the water orange
your pool filter is turning orange because it is collecting Iron deposits in your water. Iron deposit is actually brown however it turns a really pretty rusty orange color when being filtered.
Salt is added throughout the pool not the skimmers.READ THE MANUAL AND THE SALT BAG CONTAINER.k
Too much water in your pool means the skimmers won't work properly. There's not enough suction to skim the debris from the top of the pool. Too little water and your skimmers will be sucking air and that will go into you system causing it to not work properly. Keep your water level about 2-3" from the bottom of the skimmer, or 1/4-1/2 the way up from the bottom. Go to: www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/above-ground-swimming-pool-filters.html www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/index.html for more great info.
Some of this depends on how much water flow you need, like how much water you need to get out of the pool to supply a water feature. That said, just to do the job of a skimmer (get surface waste off the water) one placed in the proper location for you location should do the job. A professional should come to your yard to see what other factors may be there that may cause you to want a second though.
No as long as the skimmer section of the pool is properly supported like the rest of the pool
You pour it slowly into the skimmers and it stays in the filter
Check the grid and manifolds for holes or cracks.
No your pool is considered a closed system all the water that you add goes only to the filtering system and back. If you put in too much water you will overflow the edges and make your skimmer less efficient. unless you have a floating pool skimmer then the pool will be able to change level without affecting the efficiency of the skimmer.
Yes, a pool can get orange algae.
No, then you have to refill it and that is a waste of water If it is an inground pool being dry will ruin the pool surface and in high water table areas the risk of turning it into a boat is very real.
Water is taken from the surface of the water to filter from there it is redistributed into the deeper water of the pool if the general direction of the return pipes are correct this Will cause the water to move around and circulate, encouraging a constant turnover of water through the filters. skimmers are the best way to circulate pool water as the surface of a swimming pools water is the area of water that harbours the greatest risk to swimmers health. this is why public swimming pools have extensive skimming systems
It is not the salt water pool or the salt water that is turning your hair green. It is a poorly maintained pool with a chemical imbalance - pH and total alkalinity out of required parameters.