CompuPool Salt Chlorine Generator Part IIII

Ok !!!

All installed and hooked up and generating Chlorine (I think) When the unit is on, you can see bubbles coming off the plates in the chamber. Looks a little like a battery when it's hooked up to a charger.

Through the process of electrolysis, water passing over the chlorine generator cell produces chlorine that is instantaneously transformed into Hypochlorous acid. When any type of chlorine is added to water it ALL makes the SAME thing: Hypochlorous acid. It does not matter if it is Sodium Hypochlorite (liquid chlorine), Tri-chlor and Di-chlor or Lithium based, Cal-hypo or even gas chlorine--it all makes Hypochlorous acid. Hypochlorous acid is the active sanitizer; this is what kills algae and other harmful stuff in the water. Its effectiveness is totally predicated on balanced water conditions and, more importantly, proper pH. So, with a salt water system or chlorine generator, you still must maintain your water balance (pool chemistry) properly.

The last of my chlorine tablets has just run out today and the chlorine level is up around 9 ppm, A little high but I will update as the summer goes on.

Happy Swimming!

CompuPool Salt Chlorine Generator Part III

OK...after getting the staples out, I was ready to add the salt to the pool. Getting info off the Internet about dissolving salt in the pool was confusing. It's now going to be salt water but several site suggested NOT to just dump it in as it would hurt the liner. ???? WTF? So I decided to use this 30 gallon barrel and dump the salt into it under the pool return nozzle.

I added the salt until it was about 3/4 the way full and did some other house keeping around the pool to waste time. The whole 600 lbs took about 2 1/2 hrs to dissolve like this.

After it was dissolved, I recirculated the pool water for about a hour before trying to start the salt generator.

Whoopsie Daisy

A little set back during the installation of the salt water generator. Had to cut some hoses to install the generator in line and forgot the first rule of using a knife.

ALWAYS CUT AWAY FROM YOU !

This little accident included 8 internal stitches and 11 staples outside.

Think I'll have to add the bill to the pool project.

On a good note, the Dr. who stitched me up and the nurses were super. They did a fantastic job and I am really thankful of the job they did ! It did suck parking my car and walking a block to GET to the emergency room which was no fault of the ER personal. I did express my feelings to the person who called and asked for my opinion of the service and facilities on the stroll to get there.

CompuPool Salt Chlorine Generator Part II

From the instructions, it calculates at .03 lbs of salt to each gallon of water. Since the pool is 20,000 gallons that works out to 600 lbs of salt. Pool salt at Wally World is about $6 for 40lbs. I needed 15 bags and who wants to pack 15 - 40lbs bags thu WalMart? Went to Farm & Home Supply and got water softener salt that met the 99.8% purity that was required. It was on sale for $3.99 a bag. They loaded it up with a forklift and I was off.

This is what 600 lbs of salt looks like in the garage.

One footnote about the Salt generator since last post is that noticed that the box it came in said "for in ground pool". Emailed Compupool and they had a quick reply that the above ground and below ground had the same physical makeup but the above ground had a timer and the in ground did not. Since I run mine off a timer they said it would be fine and wire it up to the timer.

Next was the adding of the salt to the pool.

CompuPool Salt Chlorine Generator Part I

Did about a year and a half researching the salt water chlorine generaters and decided to go with Compu Pool. They seemed to have the best reviews on the internet.

Ordered it through PoolnPatio since they had the best price. Total was a little over $500 shipped. Arrived in about 10 days. Was a little cold at the time to install at the time.

Next up is buying the salt.