I've been doing as much reading about SWG's as I can possibly stand. I tend to over analyze purchases like this. But when I'm buying something I want to make sure I'm getting the most bang for my buck meaning I'll reduce the time I spend testing and increase the amount of time I spend floating... or drinking a beer and watching my wife and kids floating.
The good seems to break down to "no more buying and storing chlorine" and "less monitoring of chlorine" (notice I don't say no more...)
The bad, based on my reading so far, seems to be that there's an increased need to monitor PH. So it seems to me you trade monitoring both Chlorine and PH for just monitoring PH on a semi regular basis.
The ugly seems to be that I've found a lot of articles that mention corrosion to metal pools like my AGP with a metal top rail. It seems like adding an anode is recommended to sacrifice it rather than the metal that makes up the pool.
So what's right? Is there more risk of corrosion going to SWG? Do I need to add a sacrificial anode to the system to prevent corrosion? Beyond there being no more storage of chlorine bottles, is there really a greater benefit to SWG vs just making a chlorine injection system with a dosing pump that adds chlorine throughout the day?
Here's an article that absolutely blew my mind Is Salt Water Bad For Your Pool?
The good seems to break down to "no more buying and storing chlorine" and "less monitoring of chlorine" (notice I don't say no more...)
The bad, based on my reading so far, seems to be that there's an increased need to monitor PH. So it seems to me you trade monitoring both Chlorine and PH for just monitoring PH on a semi regular basis.
The ugly seems to be that I've found a lot of articles that mention corrosion to metal pools like my AGP with a metal top rail. It seems like adding an anode is recommended to sacrifice it rather than the metal that makes up the pool.
So what's right? Is there more risk of corrosion going to SWG? Do I need to add a sacrificial anode to the system to prevent corrosion? Beyond there being no more storage of chlorine bottles, is there really a greater benefit to SWG vs just making a chlorine injection system with a dosing pump that adds chlorine throughout the day?
Here's an article that absolutely blew my mind Is Salt Water Bad For Your Pool?