Hi,
I am simi-clueless on Chlorine Generators and am considering switching when I replace the liner soon... I reviewed pool school and some other sites please help me clear up a few things...
1. Are chlorine generators and saltwater chlorine generators (SWG) the same thing? Or let me ask it this way... Are there 3 types of sanitation? Salt Water pools, Manually Chlorinated Pools, and Chlorine Generated Pools?
2. If I get a chlorine generator does that make it a saltwater pool?
If chlorine generated is different from SWG, I would prefer chlorine generated, so the rest of the questions should be answered from that perspective.
3. Do they pay for themselves in say 5 - 7 years?
4. How long do you have to run the pump on a 20,600 gallon pool?
5. How much liquid chlorine will I need to buy in a season if I am currently buying 100 gallons?
6. I read that it costs about $50 a season to run just the generator, is that about right?
7. I assume my delta costs will be, generator run time, extra pump run time to chlorinate, liquid chlorine supplements, anything I am missing?
8. Do I need to test the water and/or add chlorine every night still when I have one?
9. If it is really saltwater, will it be hard on my 30 year old equipment? (liner pool. worried about the steel walls)
10. Are they hard on liner pools?
11. Is it better to spend a little extra to buy a 40,000 gallon or 60,000 gallon generator so I can run the pump less? Today I only run my pump 4 hours a day.
Thanks for the help, what I have gathered on my own from commercial sites (but would like your experience) is that they do pay for themselves eventually, are not typically hard on pools for SWG, but jury is still out. Question 1 answer might clear a lot up for me...
I am simi-clueless on Chlorine Generators and am considering switching when I replace the liner soon... I reviewed pool school and some other sites please help me clear up a few things...
1. Are chlorine generators and saltwater chlorine generators (SWG) the same thing? Or let me ask it this way... Are there 3 types of sanitation? Salt Water pools, Manually Chlorinated Pools, and Chlorine Generated Pools?
2. If I get a chlorine generator does that make it a saltwater pool?
If chlorine generated is different from SWG, I would prefer chlorine generated, so the rest of the questions should be answered from that perspective.
3. Do they pay for themselves in say 5 - 7 years?
4. How long do you have to run the pump on a 20,600 gallon pool?
5. How much liquid chlorine will I need to buy in a season if I am currently buying 100 gallons?
6. I read that it costs about $50 a season to run just the generator, is that about right?
7. I assume my delta costs will be, generator run time, extra pump run time to chlorinate, liquid chlorine supplements, anything I am missing?
8. Do I need to test the water and/or add chlorine every night still when I have one?
9. If it is really saltwater, will it be hard on my 30 year old equipment? (liner pool. worried about the steel walls)
10. Are they hard on liner pools?
11. Is it better to spend a little extra to buy a 40,000 gallon or 60,000 gallon generator so I can run the pump less? Today I only run my pump 4 hours a day.
Thanks for the help, what I have gathered on my own from commercial sites (but would like your experience) is that they do pay for themselves eventually, are not typically hard on pools for SWG, but jury is still out. Question 1 answer might clear a lot up for me...