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Originally Posted by ODDJOB UNO
yes i have owned one. they work well butt heres the real low down. water and salt thru electrolysis make chlorine cheap. the downside is the other side. the caustic side which is the byproduct.
if you have kids both sides are hazardous. chlorine side if inhaled will knock a full grown man on his ass. ask me how i know. caustic side will burn the living hell out of yer skin badly. ask me how i know. went diving into pool to clean the stuff off after spilling some on me.
they lasted a few years and then lil electrodes in tub waste away and ya have to replace while cleaning out hazardous cells on each side.
me? i buy a 5 gallon bucket of 3" tabs from my pool guy amigo at his cost and drop 3 tabs in my skimmer each week for a 33,000 gallon pool. crack a cold one and get on with other tasks at hand.
i DO NOT MISS MY CHLORINE AUTO CHLOR!
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This is basically my method, except my hot-tub was getting a little algea, so I switched to a $10 chlorine tablet holder which sits in the hot-tub with 4 tabs in it. It keeps the level in the tub a bit higher and keeps the pool at a very good level. I add 4 tabs about every week. I add a gallon of HCL about every 2-3 weeks. And I shock the pool after there are a bunch of people in the pool.
I buy a 5 gallon bucket of 3" tablets and a 5 gallon bucket of shock powder. Costs about $200 per year and takes about 5 minutes a week.
I have several friends with Salt pools here in Houston. They all seem to have black algea problems.