Do you have a chlorine pool? Are you wondering if it can be converted to a salt pool? The answer is yes! Read this article to find out the benefits of a salt pool and how to convert a chlorine pool to a salt pool.
What is a Salt Water Pool?
A Salt water pool is a pool that is sanitised with the use of a salt chlorinator instead of granular chlorine. Salt chlorinators use a process called electrolysis to convert salt into chlorine gas in order to sanitise the pool water. Read more here about salt chlorinators.
Benefits of a Salt Water Pool
Salt water pools have many benefits such as:
- On a month-to-month basis, a salt water pool is more cost effective to maintain as a monthly supply of chlorine is costlier than a monthly supply of salt.
- Salt water is softer than chlorine water and is therefore gentler on bathers’ skin and eyes.
- Salt pools require less maintenance than chlorine pools as the chlorinator does all the work for you! Salt chlorinators automatically indicate when more salt needs to be added as opposed to chlorine pools which need to be manually tested in order to determine the chlorine levels.
How to Convert a Chlorine Pool to Salt
The process of converting a chlorine pool to salt is as simple as installing a salt chlorinator. You can purchase a salt chlorinator suitable for your pool, as well as the bags of salt from any of The Pool Team stores.
Once a chlorinator has been installed, instead of sanitising the pool with granular chlorine, one would need to add the necessary amount of salt to the pool water. The amount of salt to add will depend on the size of the pool and the type of chlorinator. The chlorinator will automatically convert this salt to chlorine gas and voila, your pool is now sanitised and ready to swim in!
Head down to any of The Pool Team stores and chat to a professional for further advice on your personal salt chlorinator solution. We stock all the products you may need to convert your pool from chlorine to salt.
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