Are Salt Generators more economical than bleach over the lifetime of the pool?

[cnk]

Well, thanks to this forum I have overcome the baquacil nightmare & now I am knowledgeable in the bbb method. I just thought that if it evens out close to the same cost over time why not take the easier road with the SWG.

[CarlD]

Well, thanks to this forum I have overcome the baquacil nightmare & now I am knowledgeable in the bbb method. I just thought that if it evens out close to the same cost over time why not take the easier road with the SWG.

If that's your only reason, well, it NEVER evens out. It takes 8 years (about) just to catch up with the initial layout, then the cost of the new cell means it ALWAYS costs 10% more.

After 8 years of BBB you won't think twice about what BBB takes to do.

[aquarium]

I haven't managed our pool for a full year yet so I don't have data for every month. Last summer our combined bleach and acid cost was about $25 per month. But since November it's dropped to about $5 a month. We've also cut our electric bill in half, partly by not running the A/C but also by cutting the pool pump runtime to just a few hours a week/month.

[mas985]

When I built my pool, I was going with a full equipment controller anyway and with the Aqualogic, to add a SWG only requires the cost of the cell which for me was about $400 so my payback was much shorter than what was described by some in this thread. But that is not the real reason I went with it. To go a week or even two without having to check the pool was a big plus for me.