Salt Level Keeps High without Addition of Any Salt

[PoolDoc]

Hey Salty;

Did you want an answer, or do you wanna argue with us?

We do that, too . . . but as Waterbear notes, the "China Shop" is the place for those threads.

[TooSalty]

Hey, Doc;

Actually, I agree with your first reply since I do live in "the dry, hot part of Texas". And since we don't have much rain this year, I do use more tap water to fill the pool. So I agree with you this may be caused by false reading.

But your last posting confused me. Who is "we"? waterbear told me "The ONLY way to lose salt is to replace water" and if the replaced water still has "salt" as you told me, this won't help anything at all.

So you see, sometimes when you put "union opinion" on top of your own, you will lose your own.

I am looking for clarity here, not agreement.

[PoolDoc]

Hi Salty;

I deleted your post about the 100%, but have moved the thread here since you seem to be more interested in arguing than in our answers. But think before you jump back in: gloves come off in this section, and when you say something dumb . . . we don't dance around like we do in the rest of the forum; we just call it "dumb".

For example, are you prepared to argue that the 90 degree liquid in Watermom's pool is only 99.999% liquid and is still 0.001% ice, since a lot of it froze this winter? Would you really want to defend that implication?

Ben

[TooSalty]

If you don't have an answer, delete the question.

0.001% ice is dumb: ever heard fried ice cream? I don't think you ever did. Otherwise, you won't make this kind of stupid analogy.

[PoolDoc]

Suit yourself. I thought I was doing you a favor; I won't bother again.

If anyone feels like arguing with you, they are welcome to do so, so long as it stays here, and doesn't degenerate further into ad hominem attacks or crudity.

By the way, it's not necessary to requote posts immediately above your own -- most people will see them there without further notice.

Ben

[waterbear]

Run Forrest run!

[CarlD]

Salty,

"We" means the administrator/owner of the site, the 4 Moderators, our senior lifetime members who have been adding value here for years, and anyone else who has hung around and benefited.

If you TRULY do not understand the chemistry of salt-water generation, then our resident experts on it, like Waterbear can answer your questions. If you don't understand the answer because it's not clear or you cannot follow it, it's OK to ask follow-up questions.

But take it as a given that none of us holds our positions on pool care out of anything other than logic and experience. It's not "group-think". We challenge each others premises all the time. Consensus comes out of that.

Also, remember we are here to help people. Ben takes in just enough money from referrals to maintain and offset the costs of the forum. The rest of us do it solely for the love of helping people, and the hope that "today" (whatever day "today" is) I may learn something new I never knew. It's not a for-profit enterprise.

But we don't tolerate argumentative or insulting posts. There are lots of political forums from the Far Right to the Far Left and everything in between for that.

Carl