Salt

[cood60]

I have been trying to find where I can post a question about how to add salt to an SWG pool as I am low on salt.
1- Is there a preferred method of adding salt? (I looked all over the site for the topic.
2- I could not find where I can post the new topic, so I came to this place on the site. Do you make it hard for us to do this on purpose? No offense meant, just a question

Could not find any instructions in the calculator or in the Chemisry School

Should I just dump it in? Should pump be running? Should SWG chlorinator be off? ETC ETc
Thanks,

Cush Dobbs

 

[George N]

Add salt, brush it around, run pump at least 24 hours, turn on SWCG.

 

[linen]

George has got you covered! I just walk around my pool as I dump it to attempt to evenly spread it out. My pump is running.

2- I could not find where I can post the new topic, so I came to this place on the site. Do you make it hard for us to do this on purpose? No offense meant, just a question

Salt Water Chlorine Generators (SWG) :-D

 

[JasonLion]

Recommended Pool Chemicals in Pool School is a good place to look for answers to this kind of question.

Salt can be just dumped in, after which you want to run the pump for 24 hours and keep the SWG turned off for 24 hours.

 

[bobodaclown]

You don't have to purchase "pool salt", water softener salt works fine, it's a little courser and will need a little more time to dissolve depending on water temperature. When I first added salt on my install it took 45 minutes for about 400 lbs to dissolve. Added salt, brushed sides and mixed it in. The salt looked like diamonds on the bottom of the pool for a while, looked pretty cool.

 

[jblizzle]

Look for "solar salt" as that does not have any additives and is cheaper than the pool salt but has the same purity.