Is a salt pool better than a chlorine pool?
Myth: Salt pools do not use chlorine. Fact: The truth is that salt pools are in fact chlorine pools. The primary difference is that the salt pool does not use chlorine tablets to sanitize the water. If you have ever purchased a salt system you probably have heard the salesman say “just set it and forget it” or “virtually no maintenance required” or “salt pools don’t use chlorine” while saying this the salesman is not technically lying but they are definitely not giving you the whole story. In reality salt pools require just as much maintenance as a chlorine pool. Salt pools tend to have a higher pH level than a typical chlorine pool. The higher pH means that in most cases you will need to add a greater amount of muriatic acid weekly. Salt pools use a chlorine generator to convert the salt (sodium chloride) into chlorine gas and a byproduct called caustic soda which is the cause of the higher pH. As the chlorine sanitizes the pool it reacts with bacteria to convert back to sodium chlori
