Need to add salt.

[Jojo4A]

We have had a lot of rain here in West Alabama. Did my full testing and my salt reading is 2600ppm, with a goal of 3000. According to Pool Calculator, I need to add 54 pounds of salt. Couple of questions. 1. I know I need to add salt specifically for pools, I read somewhere it was ok to use the same salt that is used in water softening systems. Is that correct? 2. Do I just dump the salt in the pool?

FC 3.5
CC 0
pH 7.5
TA 70
CH 120
CYA 70
Salt 2600

 

[jblizzle]

I use the Solar Salt from the hardware stores ... about 60% of the cost of the "pool" salt. The pool salt is just ground up a little more so it dissolves faster. The solar salt still dissolves in a matter of minutes. Just dump it in and brush it around.

You do not want any salt that has any additives (rust inhibitors, etc).

 

[RobbieH]

Same here, the Diamond Solar Salt from the hardware store. Super cheap.

 

[MikeInNH]

I've used pool salt from Walmart and water softener salt (the one that is only salt..blue bag?). Salt is salt, right?

 

[Suziqzer]

Blue bag almost anywhere you go... watch the amounts.. sometimes the sizes of the bags vary a bit. I just scatter it around the pool and it dissolves pretty quickly with the pump running.

 

[ping]

When ever you add salt to the pool make sure the SWG is turned off for a day. You don't want the cell get exposed to a high amount of salt at any time. Just add bleach for a day while the SWG is off.