Is a chlorine system or a salt water system better for a Gunite pool?

Answer 1

It depends what you are looking for. If you want to keep the pool clean year-round the salt-water filter is best.If you want to close your pool down for the winter season and open it again in spring, then chlorine is best choice. I have had both and i prefered salt water. The water is a little foggier but still is clean. I have spent less money in the long run on cleaning and supplies. I enjoyed chlorine but had to change it because one of the family members was allergic. I have been happy with my change to salt water.Just be careful with opening your eyes and swallowing the water.It's not near as bad as the ocean and actually not that noticable. It took about 4 pool parties for anyone to really realize.

A: in the above answer, if the water is still foggy then it is not being maintained properly. As a note here - - - a salt pool IS a chlorinated pool. You are just adding the chlorine in a different manner. You should not be able to taste the salt in a salt system pool! The salt system is just more automated - - - only difference.

Answer 2

A salt water pool chlorinating system works just fine in a gunite pool. It makes Little difference what sort of pool you put it in.

A salt water system as stated above does use the salt to make chlorine. However, the benefits of a salt water system are the ease of use, virtually no irritation to the eyes, and the cost of salt being less than that of other chlorine systems. For example, it requires approximately 25lbs of salt per 1,000gals of water per season. So if you have a 10,000gal pool it would require approx. 250lbs of salt a season. The last bags of salt I bought for our pool was $6.50 for a 50lb bag. So based on the 10,000gal scenario, I'll have a $32.50 cost per season. Way cheaper than traditional chlorine systems. Ease of use --- I have personally found it so easy to use that I don't even maintain the pool anymore and have delegated that responsibility to my 12yr old son and 10yr old daughter. Yes, they do come to me and ask me questions every now and then about what to do, but the salt water system does not usually require my hands on attention. For all intent and purposes, the salt water system is maintenance free in comparison with that of a traditional chlorine system. The salt water system is so easy to use by the average pool owner that they do not require the use of a professional pool maintenance company for chemical management. Which means a savings of a lot of $$$ per season.

When calculating your yearly costs for the Salt system ,you should also add in an additional $100 to $150 per year to balance out the replacement of the Flowcell that will need to be done on average every 3 to 5 yrs. The systems are still really convenient,and do save you from actually having to physically handle the Chlorine. Ernie from Konabayonline.com

Salt systems have been called a "green alternative" to chlorine systems; they are not. A salt system simply uses NaCl (salt) to generate/make hypochlorous acid, which is chlorine. The only real difference is a "feel thing", since now you not only have chlorine, which is a toxin, but you now have salt, which is a corrosive. Just ask anyone who's having to replace their $1,200.00 salt system after a short 3-4 years. Salt system "sellers" do not necessarily reveal this to you when selling you the system. Before "converting" to a salt system, research the new "truly green" alternative systems, like Nature Boy™ Advanced, which uses a new, "copper pentahydrate" solution. Joe from goodbyechlorine.com

A better salt system chlorinator that I would recommend would be Saltron Retro by Aquatron.

Answer 3

Makes no difference, both have chlorine, the salt is used to generate chlorine. A salt water system as stated above does use the salt to make chlorine. However, the benefits of a salt water system are the ease of use, virtually no irritation to the eyes, and the cost of salt being less than that of other chlorine systems. For example, it requires approximately 25lbs of salt per 1,000gals of water per season...so if you have a 10,000gal pool it would require approx. 250lbs of salt a season. The last bags of salt I bought for our pool was $6.50 for a 50lb bag. So based on the 10,000gal scenario, I'll have a $32.50 cost per season. Way cheaper than traditional chlorine systems. Ease of use --- I have personally found it so easy to use that I don't even maintain the pool anymore and have delegated that responsibility to my 12yr old son and 10yr old daughter. Yes, they do come to me and ask me questions every now and then about what to do, but the salt water system does not usually require my hands on attention. For all intent and purposes, the salt water system is maintenance free in comparison with that of a traditional chlorine system. The salt water system is so easy to use by the average pool owner that they do not require the use of a professional pool maintence company for chemical management. Which means a savings of a lot of $$$ per season. Hope this helps.---dmt

Answer 4

A salt system connected into the Plumbing of the pool produces chlorine from the salt that is added to the pool. One system is done manually the other is somewhat automatic. You have to add the salt and test and monitor pretty much the same as in the manual add system.

Answer 5

A salt water system is a chlorine system. People mistakenly assume that the salt in a salt water system does the work of dis infecting the water, this however is a mistake. in a salt water pool there is what is known as a salt water chlorinator. This is an electronic devise that converts part of the salt (sodium chloride) into chlorine gas and this is in turn immediately dissolved into the pools water, automatically creating the chlorine required whenever the filtration system is operating So in either case the important thing is to see to it that the available chlorine levels along with associated water balance are correct Regular free water analysis done by many pool shops will help in the proper maintenance of your pool. the colour of the bottom of the pool makes litle or no difference in this.

Answer 6

If you have a salt water pool then you have a chlorine generating system. In a salt water pool through an electric process, the sodium turns into Sodium Hypochlorite. (Chlorine / Bleach ) Now to answer your question: With a chlorine generator system the majority of expense is up front with the unit itself and then when you have to replace the cell. A cell will usually last about 5 years. With chlorine you simply pay for the chlorine as needed. I've had some customers (the Lady's say the salt makes there skin feel smoother. I personally don't notice a difference.

Answer 7

Chlorine is a better system because it kills algie and the salt water atracts it.

Answer 8

It should not make any difference one way or another.