Have you been thinking about switching to a salt filtration pool system?
Here are some of the benefits you will see:
- Your pool will contain a much milder and safer kind of free chlorine as a result of this type of filtration.
- Saltwater wastewater systems use fewer chemicals and are easier on the skin, hair, and eyes than comparable chlorine treatment systems.
- Since saltwater does not require the additives of a conventional pool, asthma and allergy sufferers will not face the potential complications they would risk in a traditional chlorine environment!
The crucial difference is that a salt tank uses a salt-to-chlorine generator (salt chlorinator) to convert pure salt into chlorine. With the daily production of chlorine from the salt cell, the chlorine content becomes that of the basin. Since the system relies on salt, it is necessary to replace the cells of the saltwater generator every five years, because of the corrosive nature of salt, which is not an issue in a traditional pool system.
We first use a saltwater test set to determine the current salinity of the pool, then calculate how much salt you need from the salt level based on the pool size in gallons, and subtract that amount from your manual for the generator, which includes a salt table. Saltwater pools work the same way as other swimming pools, but instead of adding chlorine tablets, add fine grains of salt.
Sand filtration is the most common filter for saltwater basins and an affordable option for residential and commercial areas. They require around 1 square inch filters per 1,000 gallons of water, so an 18,000-gallon pool requires an 18-inch sand filter tank and a 23,000-gallon pool requires a 23-inch sand filter tank.
Many Benefits When You Switch to a Salt Water Filter
The use of chemicals reduces the need to balance the pool water, which in turn is good for your health and your filtration system as its service life is extended. Sand Filtration is able to use pool sand as another alternative to sand that works well with saltwater systems to make your pool crystal clear.
One aspect to bear in mind is that saltwater benefits all the elements in your pool, not just the pump, the filtering system, the liner, the lighting and the masonry. The traditional chlorine system that we use in our swimming pools pollutes the water that contains chlorine with a hardness that can be irritable. The Sand Filter and pumped salt water system saltwater electrocatalytic oxidation (ECO) to keep your pool water clean and free of bacteria, algae and other disease-causing germs.
The initial cost of a saltwater pool is much higher than that of a chlorine pool, so you will need to purchase a saltwater generator and cleaning system for the pool. Keep in mind that a salt-chlorine generator is only part of a saltwater pool system.
How Saltwater System Works
Salt chlorinator generators use a simple electrolysis process (a combination of water) to separate chlorine and sodium molecules and inject them as liquid chlorine back into the pool. The electrolytic pool cell is often referred to as a saltwater filter, but in reality it is not a filter; it converts the existing salt in your pool water to a low chlorine content by electrolysis. A salt chlorine generator splits the dissolved salt by electrolysis into hypochloric acid and sodium hypochlorite, the two disinfectants used in chlorine pools. The mild saline solution (the standard sodium chloride in your salt shaker) passes through a saltwater generator (also known as a chlorine generator, a salt chlorine generator or salt chlorinator) or a saltwater chlorinator (a swimming pool filter system) and circulates the water, dissolves the salt solution and produces chlorine gas.
If, as mentioned above, you are using a sand filter in a saltwater pool system, there are two other options that you should consider. In particular, the chlorine content is a problem that is mandatory for a pool filter such as the Intex 28675EG sand filter, which pumps saltwater into the system at a flow rate of seven gallons per hour. Another type of filter commonly used in pools is sand, and there are new alternatives to sand that works with saltwater systems to obtain crystal clear water.
High-quality crystal and clear saltwater systems feature a combination of salt chlorination and ozone effects for above-ground basins up to 15,000 gallons. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter if you buy a chlorine or salt water system for your pool, as long as you are aware of it and willing to carry out the necessary maintenance to keep your pool clean and in balance with chemicals. Many pool owners choose to switch their pool to a saltwater system instead of paying insanely high prices for chlorine treatment or running the risk of not being able to treat their pool at all.
While we use an integrated salt reader to provide most of the salt to the system, we use a separate digital salt reader every time we make a service or maintenance visit to the brine tank.
