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

[poolbuoy]

I want to add the softener salt in a Esther Williams aluminum extruded vinyl 18x36 pool.
Questions:
how much to add to achieve 2k-3k ppm in 14,000 gallons?
Will it destroy the extruded aluminum or not affect it?
what is solar salt? IS it the same as water softener salt?

I want to try it soon.....

thanks, Scott

[SLR_65]

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

[Watermom]

This thread is getting ridiculously long - 58 posts already. There have been numerous people who have tagged onto this thread with their particular problem. It is usually best to start your own thread. Please wrap up any loose ends that need to be finished and then we'll close this thread soon. It is getting unmanageable and hard to keep track of who needs what, etc.

Thanks.

[drumr]

Poulboy,
That amount of salt will not affect the aluminum extrusions.

[Ozzzz]

I have a SWC so I know I need to have salt in my pool, but I am a little confused as to why people think that soft-water = salt-water.

I was always under the impression that water softeners used salt in a brine solution that backwashed the resin or media that is used to take those hard minerals out of the water to make it soft. Salt is not added to the water to make it soft, even though I have read where softeners have warnings to people that are on a low sodium diet, and I assume thats because a small amount of salt is left in the softener media after backwashing it which can get into the soft water coming out of the softener.

[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.