Salt Water Pool Maintenance for Beginners

Salt Water Pool Maintenance for Beginners | Swim University

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There are a few key differences between salt water pool maintenance and traditional pool care. You’ll still need to keep your water balanced and clean. But you’ll also need to pay extra attention to things like high pH levels and calcium build-up in your salt water generator. Once you do understand how to take care of your salt water pool, you’ll be able to avoid issues like fluctuating water chemistry and erosion. So here are the 7 steps of salt water pool maintenance.
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⏰ Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction to Salt Water Pool Maintenance
00:43 - The 7 Keys to Salt Water Pool Maintenance
01:28 - #1. Add the Right Amount of Salt
02:44 - #2. Test and Balance Your Water Once a Week, Especially Your pH
05:01 - #3. Set Up Your Circulation
05:34 - #4. Prevent Erosion and Calcium Buildup
06:35 - #5. Check Your Salt Cell Every 3 Months
07:21 - #6. Shock Your Pool Regularly
08:04 - #7. Clean Your Surfaces Once a Week
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@SwimUniversity Жыл бұрын

We hope this helps you maintain your salt water pool! And be sure to grab the free salt water pool cheatsheet at www.swimuniversity.com/saltwater 👍

@charliez2981 19 күн бұрын

I have tried to get your sheet but I don't receive the email

@TulsaPoolBoys-kw7cf 2 ай бұрын

Great video following all areas of salt water pools.

@terrigrimes6133 Ай бұрын

my salt levels are good at 3200ppm. All other levels are low, except we have really hard water and the hardness is very high. i have ran the chlorinator and boost and cant get the chlorine up. My water is crystal clear. what should i do first? Ph level? alkalinity? stabilizer? thank you! i love your videos!!

@anthonyrusso9006 Ай бұрын

Does anyone know why my salt cell won’t turn off when my pool filter does( filter on schedule )

@codymayer4601 7 күн бұрын

Any videos for stone degrading from saltwater pools?

@user-fy5by5xp7n Ай бұрын

This just made my decision to go chlorine on my pool that will be here Monday

@danielskinner6372 Жыл бұрын

My salt water pool CYA is only reading to on my palin testing kit, how would I raise that? My chlorine levels are low too, when I turn my chlorinator up I get a red light fault, Ph and Alk are spot on those and salt reading is 4 mg/l.

@SwimUniversity Жыл бұрын

You can add chlorine stabilizer (cyanuric acid) to the water to raise your CYA

@annaweidler2738 Жыл бұрын

Do you have a video showing how to properly clean a salt cell with acid? I’m afraid of damaging mine.

@SwimUniversity Жыл бұрын

There's a couple good videos on this channel cleaning multiple different cells: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f56Ga9mimdqpqoE.html

@krijashan Жыл бұрын

What are your thoughts on need for anti-electrolysis zinc anode in a salt water pool?

@monoralph1375 Жыл бұрын

required. make sure ground bonded to equipment

@DdDten Жыл бұрын

Hum I don’t know what that is and pretty sure don’t have in my pool.

@Dakobah20 Жыл бұрын

i bought a sacrificial Zinc Anode to put in my skimmer

@SwimUniversity Жыл бұрын

They aren't that expensive it might be worth getting. But it won't solve all of your corrosion issues if your pH gets too high.

@aliciahamblin8087 3 ай бұрын

I just signed the lease on a home with an in ground salt water pool. Now I’m super overwhelmed about being able to do all this. If I were to hire a weekly pool maintenance would they handle all that stuff? lol

@SwimUniversity 3 ай бұрын

They would! But it's always good to know what kind of work they'd be doing so you know what you're paying for

@seattlebest79 11 ай бұрын

Is that necessary to have CPO certification to check the pool chemistry? Thanks

@backfuckinhurts 9 ай бұрын

no lmfao

@kstats8243 Ай бұрын

My salt water pool is getting a little green tint after I turned off the pump and let the robot vacuum do its work. What can I do to clear it since the ph. Salt and chlorine are all in range.

@LocdnessMomster 17 күн бұрын

Algaecide

@user-yk4bl9rc1h 5 ай бұрын

how keep salt water from eating up intex or bestway coleman metal pool frames hear zinc annode but will this help for sure ? last pool rusted out and ate up with rust became unsafe had replace need tips on replacemant to protect it

@SwimUniversity 3 ай бұрын

Exposed metal is really hard to protect from salt water unfortunately

@dazeinnn 2 ай бұрын

Maybe spray exposed metal with a clear coat?

@user-fy5by5xp7n Ай бұрын

Paint them with bed liner

@richp5064 10 ай бұрын

I am really torn on this...i have an automatic cover and im worried of the corrosion possibilities to all the metal...

@SwimUniversity 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's a real risk with exposed metal!

@John-cf4xm Ай бұрын

Do you need to turn off/unplug your salt water generator during any certain times like shocking the pool or adding salt?

@SwimUniversity Ай бұрын

If your salt levels are too low, it will run but not produce chlorine. So wait for the salt levels to come up within range before running it.

@Peter-Alexander Ай бұрын

I always do. Shocking increases pH temporarily. So makes calcium deposit more likely. Likewise if new salt is not evenly diluted and a high concentration gets in the swg, this is not a good thing. So I turn it off and let the pump run for 8 hours or so. Best is to bypass the filter as well by selecting circulate with the 6-way valve.

@laurazeller2014 3 ай бұрын

Can you recommend a brand of test strips for a saltwater pool?

@SwimUniversity 3 ай бұрын

Aquachek is a pretty reliable brand

@laurazeller2014 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!@@SwimUniversity

@bgkob 11 ай бұрын

I have been having to clean my salt cell like every 3 weeks this summer. The cell gets build up so fast it seems. What could the cause be? High PH??

@drdrew3 7 ай бұрын

The deposits are usually calcium so get that level checked accurately. pH imbalance will also accelerate that process

@SwimUniversity 3 ай бұрын

Definitely check your calcium levels and pH

@user-ss7sf6lb4h 5 ай бұрын

What happens if you add liquid chlorine to a salt water pool? Not knowing it was a salt water pool

@dfigueroa788 5 ай бұрын

The salt system will still operate. I know some pool guys that was using chlorine during times salt was hard to obtain. As long as your system is operating above the minimum salt level it will still be generating. These salt generators, also called salt cells, work by electrolysis. The salt water is electrically charged, which splits the salt molecules and generates chlorine (Cl)

@SwimUniversity 4 ай бұрын

You can add liquid chlorine, since your water has chlorine in it. Some people use it as an option to shock their salt water.

@xAzrael_ 4 ай бұрын

everytime im opening the pool for summer always use liquid chlorine to shock the pool. It’s important to remember that Salt is made of Sodium Chloride and with the addition of Chlorine and your machine it can be beneficial in cleaning the pool before the other elements are added

@abriellabond 3 ай бұрын

I never shock my salt water pool .... I put it on super chlorinator for 24 hours after a big get together

@SwimUniversity 3 ай бұрын

That works too!

@crystalaber1836 Жыл бұрын

We opened the pool, but didn’t add salt is that why the pool turned green?

@SwimUniversity Жыл бұрын

If you have a salt water system and no salt, you have nothing sanitizing your water

@Shewolf56 10 ай бұрын

It depends on which pool you have if it’s a regular water pool or a saltwater pool

@longbeachnick7554 Жыл бұрын

What happens if you add liquid chlorine to a salt water pool? Not knowing it was a salt water pool 🤦

@SwimUniversity Жыл бұрын

A salt water pool is a chlorine pool, so you should be fine! (Check out the first part of the video)

@Travis456ify Жыл бұрын

I add chlorine when I open my saltwater pool to get the levels where they need to be, and then I kick on the chlorine generator.

@uptown1317 Жыл бұрын

Nothing you just have to make sure there are no metals in your water because liquid chlorine can cause different types stains

@bobbyrountree-nm9hw 2 ай бұрын

nothing, a salt water pool is salt converted to chlorine via generator so you're good

@AcapellaNutella6 2 ай бұрын

Step one. Hire someone. Step two. Enjoy your pool.

@Thepublicaccount Ай бұрын

If only I have hired six companies, my pool was beautiful until any of them came along so now it looks like moving on to doing it myself. Since there’s some type of censorship going on here, I did hire supposedly the best of the best I paid three times what the local average is so I definitely should’ve gotten good service and the company was an award-winning company. All of the ones that came out. it’s the problem with getting quality employees that people are having not me paying.

@tiko4621 26 күн бұрын

@@Thepublicaccount As a non-pool person, that sucks to hear. I do imagine it’s a “you get what you pay for” situation though. There’s no way you’re hiring your area's best guys and they’re doing damage to your pool that’s so bad it’s left you all alone. “Buy once, cry once.” This applies to contractors as well; do your research before hiring. It pays to hire the guy with a good reputation, even if he charges more.

@Thepublicaccount 26 күн бұрын

@@tiko4621 they all have had 5 star reviews and I paid for way more than I got. You can hire the best company in the world the problem is their employees. companies are starting to hire whoever they can hire because nobody wants to work because they got Daddy government taking care of them. I have paid all price ranges with the highest being over $500 a month. no Pool company should be charging that but I was willing to pay it because it was supposed to be the best of the best. then when the owner came out, he says he’s sorry about it. He cleaned the pool and it was beautiful for a week, but he has worthless employees and he said basically nobody will work and he can’t come and clean the Pools himself because there is too many. he said the only thing he could do was send a different tech each week and I could let him know how they’re doing and if we find one he would keep him on my pool. , but he said he goes through them fast he said about every two weeks he fires and hires. So you can’t depend on the best anymore unless you can luck up and you live in a small enough city that you got one guy who can handle his route himself. and just to put it in perspective in my area the average is $130 and I was paying over 500 for the one company that was supposed to be the best of the best he had won pool cleaner of the year six times in a row had five star reviews. he said after 2020 it’s just been a battle. Which honestly I think he’s just riding it out he’s close to retirement age and he’s probably just gonna let it go.

@Thepublicaccount 25 күн бұрын

@@tiko4621 I don’t know why my reply back was deleted or didn’t post but I definitely paid way more than what I’ve got. One service was charging me over $500 a month and I was willing to pay that even though the local average is 125 to 130.00 this guy was supposed to be the best of the best. so just because somebody wins awards or has five star reviews doesn’t mean they’re employees are going to do a good job. The owner of flat said he would have to send a different person every week because he said he fires people as he hires them because nobody wants to work and then the people that do work they work just enough to get a paycheck get fired so they can get back on unemployment.

@D2O2 Жыл бұрын

First step, stop using test strips and wondering why you struggle to keep the chemistry balanced.

@andrewmoore1536 Жыл бұрын

For me they are close enough since the water out of my hose is pretty balanced

@D2O2 Жыл бұрын

@@andrewmoore1536 I would argue that you likely have no idea what your chemistry actually is, even if you take a sample to the pool store to compare. Take 5 samples to the store and you will get 5 different results, go to multiple stores and you will get different results yet. Eventually you will get cloudy water, scale, alge, etc that could have been prevented if you had better data.

@uptown1317 Жыл бұрын

With enough experience you start to know how to read test strips although they're not as accurate as liquid reagents what if you know your pool and you know pool chemistry test strips are much more convenient

@D2O2 Жыл бұрын

@@uptown1317 How do you know you are starting to know how to read the strips? How do you know how accurate or inaccurate they are or you are? If you have a plaster pool, how do you know your CSI and are not damaging the plaster? Do you simply go by how the water looks and whether people complain about burning eyes or occasional ear infections? The readily available test strips are simply guess strips.

@uptown1317 Жыл бұрын

@@D2O2 I think you mean LSI, not CSI. Pool chemistry is not a perfect science as long as your readings are within range you're pretty good to go. I test with strips and liquid at the same time and compare readings. I really only use them to check for calcium and alkalinity. Keeping calcium at 200-250 you pretty much will never have an issue.

@Phil-rv1xx Ай бұрын

I thought salt water was supposed to be less maintenance…WTH

@codymayer4601 8 күн бұрын

He makes it seem more complicated than it really is lol

@dukeplc 3 ай бұрын

3900 ppm is wayyyy too high

@Peter-Alexander 2 ай бұрын

All depends which swg you have. I have a Zodiac Ei2 Expert and the manual states 4000mg/l (same as 4000 ppm) as a minimum. The cell is able to produce 25 gram of chlorine per hour when set at 100%. Each system is different so it is very important to check the manual that came with the swg.