A salt pool is a chlorine pool.

Copied from another post PoolDoc wrote:

"How a SWCG works
The difference between pool chlorine and salt is 2 electrons: pool chlorine is Cl+ and salt is Cl-, more or less. (Gimme a break, all you chem nuts -- do NOT make this explanation more complicated than it needs to be!)

A salt system simply passes electrical current through salty water, and provides those 2 electrons."




I'll let someone else who knows more about SWCGs discuss this further with you.

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