AquaRite by GoldLine Salt Chlorinator

[waterbear]

Hi Waterbear

I also have an Aqualogic TurboCell chlorine generator salt system. You mentioned that you have to add HCl acid. I'm still adding about 1/2 USG per 10 days to keep the pH in range. I assumed this was because our 10 year old pool was still curing, will I be adding this acid forever?

From my understanding the process of generating chlorine in the cell will cause the formation of sodium hydroxide as a byproduct so adding acid will be necessary maintenance for a salt system. I just fill a bucket half full of water, add about a cup and a half of acid, and test my water after about 20 minutes and the pH is usually right on the money. My pool is fiberglass so I don't have the problems with plaster causing a pH rise. You might want to double check your total alkalinity to make sure it is in the proper range. If it is too low you will not have enough of a buffer effect to help stabilize your pH.

Assume 3200 ppm salt is what I should aim for?

I don't add acid until the pH had crept above 7.8 and then keep it between 7.4 and 7.8 (as low as 7.2 is probably ok. Could someone with more experience check me on this?)

Also, how do I clean the TurboCell, I was told need to put in bucket of water for 1/2 hour with two cups HCl?

If you check the Goldline Controls website they have an excellent page on how to clean the Turbo Cell complete with pictures. You put 3"-4" water in a bucket, add 1 1/2" acid, stand the cell in it for ten minutes, turn it over to do the other side, rinse , and pour the acid mixture into your pool. The website and instruction manual both state that it is not necessary to clean the cell unless the check cell light on the panel comes on and and the salt level is above 2500(I think) ppm.

Thanks for advice . . .

Hope this helps!

[ShelleyAnn]

We are about to purchase our first AG pool. At the "store" the other day, they recommended staying away from salt systems in AG pools due to problems they've seen with grounding and bonding. Seems they have a customer whose salt system keeps eating all the metal in the pool because it's not grounded correctly. I must admit to not understanding everything she was saying, but it was good enough to scare me away from a salt system.

Does anyone have any comments on this? I'd really like to start with the best system and know I have a much better chance of doing that if I listen to all the knowledgeable people in the forum who have done that/been there!

Thanks

[SJohnson]

One thing I can tell you is that there is an SWG by Goldline/Hayward made specifically for AG pools. It's called Aquatrol, I believe. I'm not sure what the difference is, but the cheapest place seems to be ebay. I just bought the inground version for my new gunite pool on ebay for about $400, b/c my builder wanted $1200 to add it to the aqualogic system which I was already getting. A little long winded here, but the aquatrol is the one you want to look for, for AG pools. Lots of info on Goldline's site . . .

http://www.goldlinecontrols.com

-SJohnson