New Pool Equipment

[Vardster]

Thanks to this group we are changing our order from chlorine to salt water system.

Please can you advise best equipment if we have a choice:

Someone mentioned a Raypack Cupro Nickle heater as best for salt system, a Pentair sand filter and Haywood low salt cell.

Is it important to purchase certain items that are better for salt systems?

Thanks in advance.

 

[reggiehammond]

To be clear, a salt water pool is a chlorine pool. A chlorine pool is a salt water pool.

The only difference might be slightly more salt in a pool using a salt water chlorine generator. Many people are shocked to find out that their chlorine pool has enough salt already to operate a SWCG normally.

SWCG pools have zero effect on heaters, filters, pumps...
If you wish to automate, you should stay wholly within a single brand.

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[PoolStored]

Please can you advise best equipment if we have a choice:

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If you have a choice, post your choices and we can help.

Don’t bother with the cupro-nickel heat exchanger, just go with the normal copper one. You get better thermal efficiency and the marketing hype that cupronickel lasts longer is just that, marketing hype. Heat exchangers get damaged from poor water chemistry not from normal use. So unless you plan to intentionally poorly manage your pool, you can save yourself some money by not going with the cupronickel.

Is it important to purchase certain items that are better for salt systems?

Not really.