Anyone using salt w/o SWG in their chlorine pool?

[SLR_65]

I think we're getting confused in terms/meanings here.

I think many are saying the water "feels" softer and slippery and is less irritating to the eyes with salt in it. This is opposed to "being" soft as in having less calcium, etc..

It's a difference of a technical term versus a descriptive term.

/Steve

[poolbuoy]

Hi Scott,

According to BleachCalc you will need 291.8 pounds of salt to reach 2,500 ppm in your 14,000 gallon pool.

TTYL,

Steve

Wow ! 291 pounds of salt... 8.5 bags@40#. Not bad I guess since about $4 a bag. Where did you see that chart? just for future reference.

Thanks Scott

[Sherra]

It's not a chart...it's a program that one of our members created. Here's the download link. http://home.earthlink.net/~mwsmith70/data/BleachCalc262.exe Just save it to your desktop. And don't forget to change the units of measure in the settings from metric to imperial if you use gallons instead of liters.

[slater1182]

I just added 2 of the 40 lbs bags of salt. worth a try. thanks.

[poolbuoy]

Wow ! 291 pounds of salt... 8.5 bags@40#. Not bad I guess since about $4 a bag. Where did you see that chart? just for future reference.

Thanks Scott

Yesterday I added four 40# bags of salt. the water feels great...but it tastes salty. I do not have a test kit to check it. I can't imagine putting in 8.5 bags of salt! I would order at test kit here but my season will be over by the time I get it.

[Tredge]

As you add more you go from bland crispy harsh sensations in the mouth, to knowing it's not the same any more, then to actually tasting something ... but it's hard to put a name to it, then to yeah, I think it's salt.

That made me chuckle.....I picture some of you wine tasting your pool

I have to add 850 lbs of Salt to my pool for my SWG. Filling it now as I type this.

850 lbs is a lot of salt!

[brent.roberts]

I'm starting the install on my SWG and increased the salt level to aobut 2800 last night.

Yeah there's something you can taste but in sure ain't likey the ocean. In fact it's not so easy to tell it's salt.

[dbleblanc]

Based on the year this ended, am I to "assume" that this died out and no one adds salt to their pool anymore like what has been discussed here? I would be interested to learn more "if" this was still going on.

[AnnaK]

We add salt to our bleach AGP at the beginning of each season and have done for the past three summers. It softens the water and seems to make it more sparkly.

We put in enough to bring it to between 1,800 and 2,200 ppm, calculated rather than measured since I don't have salt strips. Some time in the middle of the swim season we might add a bag or so to replenish what's lost from splash out and refilling.

We use "solar salt" which is something like 99% pure, either Morton's or Diamond Crystal. We slit the bag open lengthwise and drop it into the pool where it takes a couple of days to fully dissolve. I don't know if there would be any harm to the liner if the salt crystals were just dumped in; by dropping in the entire bag we avoid contact with the liner.

Hope this helps.