Chlorinator

Saltwater Pool Maintenance - What To Do

The Watermaid salt chlorination system drastically reduces the maintenance required for a standard pool. The weekly routine of shocking the pool with high doses of liquid or granular chlorine will no longer be required. The Thursday panic visit to the pool store to get the pool ready for the weekend will be a thing of the past.

In an ordinary pool, chlorine combines with waste material in the pool, which is typically a nitrogen, or ammonia based compound. The normal cycle sees the chlorine combine to form mono,di and tri chloramines. Trichloramines are the compounds usually associated with community pools and really dirty private pools. They have a strong “chlorine” smell that burns eyes, irritates skin and leaves you with the typical chlorine smell after you swim. The only way to rid the pool of this locked up chlorine is to “super chlorinate” or “ shock” the pool on a routine schedule, which is usually every week.

In a Watermaid pool, the chlorine that is generated doesn’t have the chance to build to the more complex molecule before it is passed back through the cell where the molecule is broken apart freeing up the chlorine and driving off the nitrogen or ammonia compound.

Salt Water Pool Maintenance Cost

The average pool in Canada costs around $400.00 to maintain for the season. With a Watermaid system, you can expect to pay $70.00 to $80.00 per year for chemicals AND ELECTRICITY to run the unit.

Without the combined chlorine and with a salt level that closely matches our body chemistry, the system provides the clean, cost effective and odour- free comfort that our customers have come to expect from a Watermaid salt chlorinator.

Saltwater Pool Maintenance and Inspection Routine

To ensure the Watermaid Unit functions and operates efficiently for many years, it is necessary to inspect and service the Watermaid Unit occasionally.

The list below shows the most common tasks required to ensure trouble free operation and adequate chlorine production from the Watermaid Unit.

• Visually look at your swimming pool. If it is Clean, Clear and Sparkling, it means there has been sufficient filtration, and chlorination from the day before and that your water balance is OK.
• Look at the Watermaid Unit. If the green Light Emitting Diode indicator on the production scale is glowing, the unit must be producing chlorine. Please note that every hour the unit performs a self clean for 5 to 10 minutes. At this time, the blue self clean light will be flashing.
• Check the salt level in the pool every 6 months. More often if your area has experienced heavy rainfall or you have lost a large quantity of water from the pool and you have had to refill.
• Clean the cell to ensure calcium deposits do not result in a loss of chlorine production from the unit. These are the basic checks to perform when using the Watermaid Salt Chlorination System.