Going back to Freshwater

[stuckpipe]

Just wondering, how hard or what should I be aware of if I converter from Saltwater back to semi freshwater? My SW Cell needs replacement and I thought about just keeping the pool full of water and using chlorine tabs.

[AnnaK]

Think about it. Chlorine is chlorine, whether it comes from a SWCG, a bottle, or tabs. initially, you'll have salty water left over but that'll get diluted in time. With the tabs you have the added challenge of possibly overshooting the CYA level. With plain bleach or liquid chlorine, all you have is chlorine. The results are pretty much the same: water sanitized by chlorine.

[vinper]

but the salt will be in the water forever ,unless you drain and refill

[aylad]

Having salt in the water is not a problem--there are quite a few users on this forum that don't use SWCGs that added the salt anyway because they like the feel of the water.

Janet

[drband]

I agree. I add salt to my pool but don't have a SWCG. The water is fabulous. Does not impact anything about chem balance that I can tell.

[brent.roberts]

It will get diluted over time. I have to add one to two bags of salt to our pool each spring just to keep the levels up for the generator.
The biggest changes will be in the first couple of years. Five years from now I think you'd have trouble tasting the salt.