Swim University - “Do I Need to Shock a Salt Water Pool?”...

Hey Pool Owners! When most people think about salt water pools, they think “No more chlorine.” And that’s actually COMPLETELY WRONG. A salt water system, also known as a salt water generator or salt chlorine generator, turns salt that’s added to your water into chlorine. That’s right: your salt water pool still has chlorine in the water! But instead of adding the chlorine directly yourself, you’re adding salt to your water and the generator does the work. So while you’ll never have to buy chlori

Hey pool owners! How much salt do you need for a salt water pool? Your salt levels need to be around 3,200 PPM. That’s less than the amount of salt in human tears and about 1/10 the amount of salt in ocean water. So you won’t notice it. And you’ll only need to add salt once or twice a year. That’s because your salt water generator continuously recycles and reuses the salt as it generates chlorine. The salt doesn’t evaporate but it does get diluted when it rains or if you add fresh water. So if y