Hi,

New here and had some questions. I have an in ground gunite pool, and have the Goldline/Hayward SWC system. I just tested my water and the readings are below.

Pool Volume 21,000 gallons with side spa
Pentair intelliflow multi speed pump

PH 7.4
Total CL 5 +ppm
CYA 30 PPM
TDS 3000 PPM
Salt=2900 PPm
Borax (50PPM?)

OK, so I just replaced my Salt Cell, it had reached its life span and wasn't producing. Doing some research I saw a recommendation from an Austrailian SWG manufacturer that recommends adding a bag of Epsom salts to the pool water every year to soften deposits on the Salt Cell and it extends its lifetime. Has anyone heard of that ? Safe for humans ? I have a 50lb bag in the garage. The pool store guy said he never heard of such a thing, and of course they never heard of adding Borax either. Thanks for any advise