Are borates worth adding to a saltwater pool? I see lots of good feedback about adding them, and the overall benefits, but I cannot find where it specifically states that the benefits work the same in a saltwater pool. Thanks!
Borates with a SWG
- Thread starter Gr8ful2xist
- Start date
- May 3, 2014
- 62,692
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
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They can be helpful. Do you fight rising pH? What state, province, or country is West Columbia in? What is your fill water chemistry? Do you add lots of fill water due to evaporation?
Read this Borates - Why and How
Take care.
They can be helpful. Do you fight rising pH? What state, province, or country is West Columbia in? What is your fill water chemistry? Do you add lots of fill water due to evaporation?
Read this Borates - Why and How
Take care.
We are in South Carolina, and we add a decent amount of water due to our warm summer temps. We also have two fountains, which as I understand it can raise pH due to aeration and cause additional water loss.
- May 23, 2015
- 25,704
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Borate chemistry is unaffected by salt. The biggest benefit to an SWG pool is that borates can cut the pH rise in half inside the cell which means the SWG will be less likely to develop calcium scale. I have never had to acid wash my cell.
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