To much salt in pool ....question

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Manteca, CA
Pool Size
24000
Surface
Plaster
Chlorine
Salt Water Generator
SWG Type
Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Hello again all! Posting this to help my neighbor with a new pool that he just had built. The pool is 37'long x 19' wide, it goes from 3'6" to 6'6"ft. deep. It has a 11'ft x 8'ft. baja shelf and the pool builder is trying to tell him and is adamant that their pool is 29,400+ gallons!!!! I did the calculations using a pool calc with him and I believe we get to 20k+ gallon and subtract the water that is displaced by the baja shelf and get to 18 or 19k gallons +/-

So on that note the pool came by and dumped 20bags of salt each weighing 40#'s and in the Zodiac manual chlorinator it shows to keep the salt levels at 3.0ppm and that 20 bags of salt 40# bags =800 lbs. is for a 32,000 gallon pool!!!! Now his chlorinator is shows 6.0ppm with 58 degree water!!! I also explained to him how his salt level ppm will rise with the water temp rising. This is what the pool builder told him:

1.) Your pool IS 29k+ gallons period!
2.) Even if it was smaller and over salted, to much salt won't cause any issues at all

Soooooooo what would you tell the pool builder??

Thanks!
 
I would tell him to get the K-1766 Taylor Salt Test to determine the actual salt level. From that he can back into his actual pool volume.

Salt level displayed on the chlorinator can be inaccurate and should not be relied on. Hard to say without knowing what SWG he has as they measure salt differently.
 
I would not base my salt reading on the SWG device itself. Tell him to get the Taylor #1766 salt test kit and do a salt test. He'll need that test kit anyway as all salt pools should have it.

If the salt is really so high that swimmers can taste it, he just needs to exchange some water to lower the salt.

Maddie :flower:
 
777,

Never rely on what the salt system reports as accurate..

Use a real salt test kit, like the Taylor K-1766 to determine what the actual salt level is..

Most salt water systems will report high salt or they shut off when too high.

So until you know the actual salt level, I would assume it will not hurt anything.

Thanks,

Jim R.
 
+4. The test kit costs $27 and will relieve an unquantifiable amount of stress that’s being caused by not knowing.
 
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No sense arguing. :brickwall: When I use the PoolMath APP, 800 lbs of salt would put a 20K pool salt level at about 4800ppm. A 29K pool at about 3300 ppm. It's in now, so not much you can do unless you elect to exchange some water. But test with a 1766 salt kit to be sure.
 
So I guess the real question is ....if the salt is indeed double what it should be 6ppm or higher, is there concern? Or just drain half and refill?
 
No real concern other than it’s really salty to the taste if it’s 6000 ppm instead of 3000 ppm. The only way to lower is to drain proportionately. 1/2 is 1/2 and so on. You can’t know how much to drain if you don’t know the salt content. It’s a huge gamble on a guess.
 
If we’re talking about the AquaPure 1400, the reading is in grams per liter, which is the same as 1,000 ppm. 3 gpl is 3,000 ppm.

If the salinity is above 4.0 gpl, the unit will cut off and give error code 145 (High Salinity).

The Salinity button C on the sanitizer user interface keypad can be used to determine salinity.

• 3.0 to 3.5 gpl of salt is recommended for optimum water conditions.

• Low salt concentration below 2.0 gpl will cause premature cell failure.

• High salt concentration above 4.0 gpl may damage the power center.

Make sure that the salt is very well mixed by brushing thoroughly at least 5 times.

If the actual salinity is above 4.0 gpl (4,000 ppm), the pool needs to be diluted to get the level below 4.0 gpl.

The manual says that the unit can be damaged, which could void the warranty.
 

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JamesW said:
If we’re talking about the AquaPure 1400, the reading is in grams per liter, which is the same as 1,000 ppm. 3 gpl is 3,000 ppm.

If the salinity is above 4.0 gpl, the unit will cut off and give error code 145 (High Salinity).

The Salinity button C on the sanitizer user interface keypad can be used to determine salinity.

• 3.0 to 3.5 gpl of salt is recommended for optimum water conditions.

• Low salt concentration below 2.0 gpl will cause premature cell failure.

• High salt concentration above 4.0 gpl may damage the power center.

Make sure that the salt is very well mixed by brushing thoroughly at least 5 times.

If the actual salinity is above 4.0 gpl (4,000 ppm), the pool needs to be diluted to get the level below 4.0 gpl.

The manual says that the unit can be damaged, which could void the warranty.
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It is the Zodiac Nature2 Fusion Soft Mineral Sanitizer. And yes the unit is showing 6.0 gpl and shows no signal of it being off other than us putting it to 00% for chlorine generation.
 
mihzyd777 said:
It is the Zodiac Nature2 Fusion Soft Mineral Sanitizer.
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I get 22,900 gallons.

800 lbs of salt would increase the salinity by 4,175 ppm.

Was the salinity measured before adding the salt?

I suspect that the salinity will have to be lowered, but you need the K-1766 to be sure.

Do you have a K-1766 that you can use?

Make sure that the salt is well mixed in by brushing multiple times.
 
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