A salt water pool does not actually smell like chlorine. The smell comes from chloramines, which are compounds produced when chlorine combines with contaminants in the water. Salt water pools use a chlorine generator to create chlorine from salt, but should have lower levels of chloramines compared to traditional chlorine pools.
When chlorine is added to pool water, it reacts with organic matter, oils, and bacteria in the water to form new compounds, such as chloramines. These chloramines produce the distinctive "chlorine smell" commonly associated with pools, rather than the chlorine itself. The stronger the smell, the more chloramines are present, which indicates that the pool may need additional chlorine to break down these compounds.
Chlorine smells very similar to bleach. Swimming pools are normally disinfected with chlorine and you may be able to smell it at one. Most people would tell you that at swimming pools it is the Chlorine you can smell, but actually it's the Chlorine reacting with substances in the water i.e. Urine
If you have too much combined chlorine in your pool, it can lead to eye and skin irritation, as well as create an unpleasant smell. To reduce combined chlorine levels, you can shock your pool with a chlorine shock treatment, which will break down the combined chlorine compounds and free up the chlorine to sanitize the water effectively. Regularly maintaining proper chlorine levels and practicing good pool hygiene can help prevent the buildup of combined chlorine.
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If there is too much chlorine in your pool, you can first test the water to confirm the high levels. To reduce the chlorine level, you can aerate the water by running the pool pump and opening the pool cover to let sunlight break down the chlorine. You can also partially drain the pool and refill it with fresh water to dilute the chlorine concentration.
Generally if chlorine level is maintained between 1-3ppm you should not smell chlorine. As the level rises it becomes noticable, however most complaints about chlorine smell are due to chloramines (even in a clear & clean pool), chlorine molecules which are bound by swimmer wastes and/or bacteria introduced to the pool. This problem can be confirmed by a reputable pool shop by testing your water. Fix it by oxidising your pool regularly during the swimming season and let the pool breathe by removing the cover for the following hour or so.
When chlorine is added to pool water, it reacts with organic matter, oils, and bacteria in the water to form new compounds, such as chloramines. These chloramines produce the distinctive "chlorine smell" commonly associated with pools, rather than the chlorine itself. The stronger the smell, the more chloramines are present, which indicates that the pool may need additional chlorine to break down these compounds.
Not necessarily. The smell of chlorine from a pool usually means there is too little chlorine in the water, rather than too much. This smell is often caused by the formation of chloramines, which are compounds produced when chlorine reacts with contaminants in the water. Regularly testing and maintaining the proper chlorine levels in the pool can help prevent this issue.
Chlorine smells very similar to bleach. Swimming pools are normally disinfected with chlorine and you may be able to smell it at one. Most people would tell you that at swimming pools it is the Chlorine you can smell, but actually it's the Chlorine reacting with substances in the water i.e. Urine
This question can only be answered by testing the water. There are alot more parameters to water being balanced than just chlorine. I would rather swim in a pool that smelled like chlorine than not. At least you know there is some chlorine in the water.. THE ABOVE IS WRONG!!! If you smell "chlorine" you do not have enough free chlorine in the water. Chlorine in and of itself is odorless. The only time it smells is when it combines with organic compounds like skin cells, tanning lotions, etc. What you are smelling is "combine chlorine" which is incapable of sanitizing the water. You must therefore "shock" the pool with a high dose of chlorine or other substance to get rid of the combined chlorine and leave sufficient amounts of "free" chlorine available to disinfect the water. If a pool smells...don't swim in it until they add more chlorine!
Yes it does just like a chlorine pool.
No. You will also get a bad smell or odor from your pool water. Where did you get this idea????
It smells more like chlorineIt smells like chlorine in a pool
It sounds like you need to look at the water balance. there would be no swampy smell coming from the pool if the sanitizer was doing its job. I suggest you take a sample of water to your pool shop for testing they will be able to advise you as to exactly what tis wrong with the water. In the mean time it may be a good idea not to swim in it until it is fixed.
If you have ever smelled laundry bleach, or been in a swimming pool and noticed a smell to the water- that is the smell of chlorine (in a fairly mild form). Pure chlorine gas is pale green, has a choking, burning smell, and is deadly to breathe. Whether it is "worse" than the smell of wastewater would depend on the purity of the chlorine you smell- the more pure, the worse the smell.
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chlorine that's what you can smell at swimming pools too New ans: If you can smell chlorine at an outdoor pool means that the pool does not have enough chlorine in it to sanitize the water. More needs to be added to meet minimum standards set by local and regional codes. It also means that the people responsible for maintenance are not doing their jobs correctly. It also means that you could be more suseptable to a desease or infection of some sort. - chlorine and bromine for desinfection (characteristic smell) - algaecide - kills algae - water balance chemicals - to adjust acidity and alkalinity and remove water minerals