Correct amount of chlorine for a salt water pool?

[Bosqueboy]

While web surfing the other day, i found a site that recommended 0.5 ppm chlorine for a salt water pool. I'm having a little trouble understanding why a salt water pool would require less than the normally recommended 1-3 ppm. Anyone have the answer? I've always set it to 3 ppm and now wonder if I'm overdoing it!

 

[splashpad]

Recommendations haven't changed around here Chlorine / CYA Chart

 

[Bperry]

While web surfing the other day, i found a site that recommended 0.5 ppm chlorine for a salt water pool. I'm having a little trouble understanding why a salt water pool would require less than the normally recommended 1-3 ppm. Anyone have the answer? I've always set it to 3 ppm and now wonder if I'm overdoing it!

If anything, your probably under-doing it.

 

[proavia]

Without knowing what your CYA level is, there is no way to know what your FC level should be.

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FC
CC
pH
TA
CH
CYA
Salt
Water temperature

 

[EmilyOTR]

salt is actually generally kept higher than non salt pools because CYA is higher. I keep mine at 5-7.

 

[BowserB]

What Emily said. In addition, the test for CYA is a bit subjective, and it's hard to not look at the tube and say "that's too high, I think its nn." Accordingly, I use the TFP SWCG FC chart but use the FC minimum and target for the next level of CYA. My CYA recently showed as 70 (3-5ppm), but I use 4-6ppm as my FC standard. I feel like running FC a little high makes it more bacteria and algae resistant, and I really don't want to have to SLAM my pool.