Salt water generator

[kmac1196]

Thank you for the information. Put the other bag of salt in and produced chlorine. Very happy that it's working. I have every intention of putting in the stabilizer now. My ph did raise a bit (not sure why, I guess). I use test strips but I will take a sample to the pool store to make sure it's accurate and adjust accordingly.

[PoolDoc]

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[waterbear]

Thank you for the information. Put the other bag of salt in and produced chlorine. Very happy that it's working. I have every intention of putting in the stabilizer now. My ph did raise a bit (not sure why, I guess). I use test strips but I will take a sample to the pool store to make sure it's accurate and adjust accordingly.

The reson the ph went up is because when the cell is working it aerates the water and that causes CO2 to outgas and THAT is the main cause of pH rise in ANY pool. What is your Total Alkalinity? (NOT adjusted total alkalinity and not done with strips. They do not have the resolution (precision) needed to adjust TA!) High TA will cause pH to rise faster than low TA.

FWIW, Pool store testing is often not that accurate and is geared to sell you as many chemicals as they can. Best investment you can make would be in a good test kit. Also, you might want to consider disconnecting the copper electrode so you don't put copper in your water.