Salt Chlorinators?

Question

I am working on a job where the pool company recommended a salt chlorinator in lieu of the standard chlorine filtering system. Supposedly, the system turns salt in the water into chlorine eliminating the need to buy chlorine. You only have to add salt to replace the salt lost due to splash out, backwash, etc.

Does anyone have one of these systems on your pool and do you like how they work?

Or, does anyone on yahoo answers install pools and what do you think of this type of system?

Answer 1

We have a salt chlorinator for our pool and my husband would not trade it for all the tea in China. He brings home a bag of salt from Sam's once in a while and dumps it in the pool. There is a machine that tells you when to add salt.
You can have crystal clear, silky smooth water at an affordable price. This system takes a low concentration of salt water and converts it into chlorine without all the side effects. Better on the skin does not make your eyes burn! We love it.

We still have our water checked at least once or twice a month for the Ph level and other problems just like a regular pool. We take a sample to the pool place and they test our pool water for free and print out what the problem is & what to use and how much to use of each chemical.

Answer 2

The type of chlorinator that your pool company is recommending is a type of electrochemical chlorine cell. They run on dc current and produce chlorine gas.

I would strongly discourage you from using this type of arrangement. There are several things that can fail on them, and you will end up having to replace pieces of the system and eventually the entire thing.

I would recommend that you buy an in-line chlorinator, which is nothing more than a small plastic tank, about the size of a large coffee can. You can fill it with lots of chlorine tablets, and adjust the flow dependent upon how long you circulate your pool pump.

I live on the Texas coast where we get lots of sunshine and the chlorine is consumed at a pretty good clip. Yet, I only have to fill my in-line chlorinator once per week, and I spend about $30 per month on chlorine tablets for a 20,000 gallon pool.

I would never go to the electrochemical cell type of chlorine addition.

Answer 3

http://www.osecchlorinators.com/
This is what I found on it, hope it helps :)