{"id":4010,"date":"2020-07-30T00:42:35","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T05:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roboticpoolcleanerscompared.com\/?p=4010"},"modified":"2020-08-13T07:43:39","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T12:43:39","slug":"swg-salt-water-generators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roboticpoolcleanerscompared.com\/reviews\/swg-salt-water-generators\/","title":{"rendered":"Saltwater Chlorine Generators (SWG): Pros, Cons and Maintenance Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Saltwater Chlorine Generator (SWG)<\/a> uses electricity to convert salt to chlorine.<\/strong> As the chlorine gets used up, it turns back to salt, ready to be reused. With an SWG, you are yet using chlorine; the SWG simply helps to add the chlorine for you.<\/p>\n

The salt levels vary between models. They are approximately 3,000 ppm. These levels are much lower than ocean water, which is around 35,000 ppm. Folks will be just able to taste the salt. Most individuals will only be barely able to taste the salt. In addition to letting the SWG work, adding salt also develops the subjective quality of the water.<\/p>\n

SWGs are intended to produce modest quantities of chlorine continuously.<\/strong> This is ideal for daily use and enables you to use a bit lower FC levels than you require when adding chlorine manually.<\/p>\n

Adding salt into the pool does a little bit to increase the chance of corrosion. Rarely any SWG owners encounter difficulty with corrosion. There has been debate in the industry regarding the use of SWGs because dangers for some of the substances are not well understood.<\/p>\n

The two most frequent situations where harm has occurred are in indoor pools, where the FC level was allowed to get far too high. If you have one of the milder types of natural stone (limestone, sandstone, etc.) over the waterline, and the stone gets splashed frequently, such as in a waterfall.<\/strong> In both of these scenarios, problems are rare.<\/p>\n

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Advantages (vs. bleach)<\/strong><\/h2>\n