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

[brent.roberts]

Rangeball
The solar panels bumped the temp about another5-6 degrees today. Now 81.
Took the plunge. Brisk at first. The water was not so gentle feeling as last year.

Last fall after close up I drained about 10" to clear the jets and it fill up so I took out a bit more before freeze up. Say 13" now. This spring with the snow melt I drained off another 4-5". Now its up 3-4" high again. So there has been a significant dilution of the salt. Tha's when I concluded that the number I got last year must have been 2200. So today I downloaded the Autopilot manual for the SWG and it will run at 2500. I was almost there last year. They say
3000 is ideal.

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Kirsten

You might not have much to worry about on the steel frame for the vinyl lined pool.
1) It might be well protected by a good seal on the concrete walk ... if there is one.
2) if its will galvanized or otherwise protected, it might tolerate a lot of salt with little to no corrosion.
From here I don't know and if you got your pool like we got ours, inherited when we bought the house, you may never know.

Why do I feel like I'm being no help at all to you.

Anyway, good luck with it.

[Rangeball]

Rangeball
The solar panels bumped the temp about another5-6 degrees today. Now 81.
Took the plunge. Brisk at first. The water was not so gentle feeling as last year.

Last fall after close up I drained about 10" to clear the jets and it fill up so I took out a bit more before freeze up. Say 13" now. This spring with the snow melt I drained off another 4-5". Now its up 3-4" high again. So there has been a significant dilution of the salt. Tha's when I concluded that the number I got last year must have been 2200. So today I downloaded the Autopilot manual for the SWG and it will run at 2500. I was almost there last year. They say
3000 is ideal.

Interesting.

So you were up to 2200 pm of salt last year, quite a bit less than the ideal recommendation, but could taste it? From other things I've read I didn't think it was supposed to be tasted at SWG concentrations.

I had about 5 minutes to jump in the pool last night after putting the other bag of salt in. It didn't feel much different, but I was in a hurry and may not have had my placebo high enough I had also added muratic acid to lower ph/alk yesterday afternoon, so that may have been it. I plan to leave it alone (salt wise) for awhile and see how it feels and if anyone else notices.

[brent.roberts]

[QUOTE=Rangeball]Interesting.

So you were up to 2200 pm of salt last year, quite a bit less than the ideal recommendation, but could taste it? From other things I've read I didn't think it was supposed to be tasted at SWG concentrations.

I am really trying to figure where I was last year, because I did not record it.
Now at about 1600, I don't notice the taste at all. Last September before dilution, you could taste something. Some guests could not tell it was salt and some guessed that is was salt. Certainly not a "slap you in the face" flavor.

When I jack it up to 2500 - 3000 for the soon to arrive SWG, I'm going to guess it will be pretty obvious to the taste buds.... despite the fact that AutoPilot claim otherwise.

[LennPrice]

Could this be done with a small 15' Dolphino pool also?

I'm just trying to get the pool as inviting as possible for the kids and wife. I already replaced the pump filter (junk) with a used Hayward pump and sand filter and besides a small bromine mistake the pool is crystal clear.

Just wondering if the same advantages would apply to a AG 6000 gallon pool and if anyone had an approx ammount needed. Perhaps I'll just go grab a bag and start with that and adjust as many have stated.

thx in advance.

[brent.roberts]

Could this be done with a small 15' Dolphino pool also?


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I don't know any reason that it wouldn't be of some benefit to the feel of anyone's water. Maybe some chemist might come up with a wierd situation that you wouldn't want to add a bit of salt. Other than the slight risk of additional corrosion, I don't know of any negative issues. It sure isn't expensive.

[joelq]

Btw, if you're curious what the water tastes like at the ppms needed for a SWG, check out http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthr...ght=salt+taste.

Not sure how accurate it is, however.

[JohnInSoCal]

does anybody have a problem with salt water that splashes out on the deck or coping evaporating and leaving a salt residue/stain on it ? Or perhaps a waterfall that would have the same problem ?

[brent.roberts]

I haven't seen any on the deck. But we don't have kids (any more ) splashing.

I do see it on the solar cover. I leave it on the pool and hose it off a couple times a season.