Talk:Saltwater pool

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My new saltwater pool... I just moved into a new home and the electrolysis unit looks like it has not been maintained. Chlorine level in pool is near 0. A bit of algae growing. Will get pH to 7.0, clean electrolysis unit, add algicide and let you know how things go. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.88.158.50 (talk • contribs) 17:30, 22 June 2006

cyanuric acid is used as a stablizer for chlorine in outdoor pools only, because of the effect UV light has on chlorine. In outdoor salt water pools a special salt is added that contains stabilizer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.65.216.97 (talk • contribs) 23:13, 16 July 2006

As far as I know, there is no chlorine left in the pool when you're using a salt chlorinator. I've tested the chlorine level in my pool since I switched to salt and it registers no chlorine. The water is run through the salt chlorinator and returned to the pool as salt water. So the previous poster is incorrect about needing a chlorine stabilizer.Hcantrall 00:16, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

The first paragraph of this page is utterly false - salt disassociates in water all by itself... this is the lie the manufacturers tell you to smooth over the real chemistry that is going on (and that you don't actually have to buy those $1000 units from them).Bobxii 15:15 August 13 2007 CST

What happens to the Na+ thats left over when the chlorine is used up? I have a salt waterpool and it hasn't gone solid with sodium metal yet after 10 years of use. 203.47.209.97 (talk) 21:38, 18 December 2007 (UTC) Allan

I hope you wouldn't get Na+ in the bottom of your pool - Na is strongly hydrophobic! and strongly reacts with water when in the solid phase. I'm curious, if the pool water has 3,000 - 6,000 ppm salt, how is this less than the 35 ppt salt in sea water??? 35 ppt = 0.0000035 ppm

35 ppt = 35,000 ppm, a lot more than 3,000-6,000 ppm. --Vaughan Pratt (talk) 20:12, 13 June 2008 (UTC)