I switched to a CircuPool salt-water chlorine generator three years ago. When it was very new, the electronic portion failed and was replaced for free under warranty. Now the cell (the part with the metal plates) needs to be replaced; under the limited warranty, it would cost me $213 to replace it. Presumably it would need to be replaced again in another three years -- at a cost of $379, as the warranty will have completely expired then.
I'm tempted to go back to using chlorine sticks in a chlorine feeder. I hate the taste of the salt, and I find it a nuisance to test for salt and for cyanuric acid. The saltwater system is pitched as simpler (and CircuPool claims the salt is below the taste threshhold, which is nonsense). But I find it more complicated, and I think it may be more expensive too, when I add the cost of muriatic acid, cyanuric acid, salt, and electricity for the generator.
Would I be silly to give up salt and go back to the chlorine feeder?
I'm tempted to go back to using chlorine sticks in a chlorine feeder. I hate the taste of the salt, and I find it a nuisance to test for salt and for cyanuric acid. The saltwater system is pitched as simpler (and CircuPool claims the salt is below the taste threshhold, which is nonsense). But I find it more complicated, and I think it may be more expensive too, when I add the cost of muriatic acid, cyanuric acid, salt, and electricity for the generator.
Would I be silly to give up salt and go back to the chlorine feeder?