17 Jun

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Scale Problems In Saltwater Pools

From Aqua

Saltwater pools have been presented to an unwitting public as a panacea:  they are maintenance free.  Additionally, some more unsavory pool professionals have actually sold these Electronic Chlorine Generating systems as Chlorine free.  The public is finally coming around to realize that salt water electronic chlorine generation systems are not everything they have been cracked up to be.  Saline pools do have some real benefits, but there are also some serious issues associated with them that can shorten and damage the life expectancy of major pool equipment and materials.  This post from Aqua explores one of the most common issues associated with these systems, the formation of scale.

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18 Jan

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Scale Problems In Saltwater Pools

From Aqua

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld, while describing the lure of a friend's offer of a "lift",  inadvertendtly used the perfect simile to describe the lure of saltwater pools: "Like the lure of the siren's song. Never what it seems to be, yet who among us can resist?".  The lure of a maintenance free pool, which is how the salt water chlorine generator has been disingenuiously presented to the general public, has caused innumerable issues for both the swimming pool owners and for the equipment manufacturers.  So what is the truth about salt water pools?  This post from Aqua magazine addresses one major component of these types of systems that causes ongoing and potentially harmful results.  Luckily, this issue can properly be dealt with, but that would require attention, which seems to be something that certain salt water pool owners aren't necessarily willing to give.

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