Hi there, so my dad through in 2 bags of salt shock in the pool this morning (normally when we shock it is 3 bags for our size of the pool)as it was getting green and didn't turn off the SWG did he ruin the cells ??? I turned it off as soon as he told me he added shock 4 hours later !!!
Ahhhhh forgot to turn off the SWG when putting shock in
- Thread starter ccp2
- Start date
- May 3, 2014
- 62,674
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Welcome to the forum!
You would do well to review the articles in Pool School linked below.
I suggest you read through Pool Care Basics - Trouble Free Pool and even look at a few of our videos TFP-TV - Trouble Free Pool
You would do well to review the articles in Pool School linked below.
I suggest you read through Pool Care Basics - Trouble Free Pool and even look at a few of our videos TFP-TV - Trouble Free Pool
ccp2,
To directly answer your question, it is very unlikely that adding a couple of bags of salt, when the cell is on, is going to damage the cell..
Just to be clear.. Salt has nothing to do with 'shock' There is no such thing as "salt shock"..
There is zero reasons to add chlorine 'shock' to a saltwater pool.
If you can see green algae, then running a SWCG will never get the pool back to being clear... The algae will consume more chlorine than your cell can produce.
We'd be glad to get you pointed in the right direction... Just let us know if you are interested...
Thanks,
Jim R.
To directly answer your question, it is very unlikely that adding a couple of bags of salt, when the cell is on, is going to damage the cell..
Just to be clear.. Salt has nothing to do with 'shock' There is no such thing as "salt shock"..
There is zero reasons to add chlorine 'shock' to a saltwater pool.
If you can see green algae, then running a SWCG will never get the pool back to being clear... The algae will consume more chlorine than your cell can produce.
We'd be glad to get you pointed in the right direction... Just let us know if you are interested...
Thanks,
Jim R.