Salt Water Pool Maintenance for Beginners | Swim University
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Published 2023-05-20
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⏰ Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction to Salt Water Pool Maintenance
00:43 - The 7 Keys to Salt Water Pool Maintenance
01:28 - #1. Add the Right Amount of Salt
02:44 - #2. Test and Balance Your Water Once a Week, Especially Your pH
05:01 - #3. Set Up Your Circulation
05:34 - #4. Prevent Erosion and Calcium Buildup
06:35 - #5. Check Your Salt Cell Every 3 Months
07:21 - #6. Shock Your Pool Regularly
08:04 - #7. Clean Your Surfaces Once a Week
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All Comments (21)
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We hope this helps you maintain your salt water pool! And be sure to grab the free salt water pool cheatsheet at www.swimuniversity.com/saltwater 👍
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Great video following all areas of salt water pools.
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Do you have a video showing how to properly clean a salt cell with acid? I’m afraid of damaging mine.
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my salt levels are good at 3200ppm. All other levels are low, except we have really hard water and the hardness is very high. i have ran the chlorinator and boost and cant get the chlorine up. My water is crystal clear. what should i do first? Ph level? alkalinity? stabilizer? thank you! i love your videos!!
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My salt water pool CYA is only reading to on my palin testing kit, how would I raise that? My chlorine levels are low too, when I turn my chlorinator up I get a red light fault, Ph and Alk are spot on those and salt reading is 4 mg/l.
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Does anyone know why my salt cell won’t turn off when my pool filter does( filter on schedule )
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What are your thoughts on need for anti-electrolysis zinc anode in a salt water pool?
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I just signed the lease on a home with an in ground salt water pool. Now I’m super overwhelmed about being able to do all this. If I were to hire a weekly pool maintenance would they handle all that stuff? lol
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Is that necessary to have CPO certification to check the pool chemistry? Thanks
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I am really torn on this...i have an automatic cover and im worried of the corrosion possibilities to all the metal...
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how keep salt water from eating up intex or bestway coleman metal pool frames hear zinc annode but will this help for sure ? last pool rusted out and ate up with rust became unsafe had replace need tips on replacemant to protect it
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My salt water pool is getting a little green tint after I turned off the pump and let the robot vacuum do its work. What can I do to clear it since the ph. Salt and chlorine are all in range.
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Can you recommend a brand of test strips for a saltwater pool?
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Do you need to turn off/unplug your salt water generator during any certain times like shocking the pool or adding salt?
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This just made my decision to go chlorine on my pool that will be here Monday
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I have been having to clean my salt cell like every 3 weeks this summer. The cell gets build up so fast it seems. What could the cause be? High PH??
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What happens if you add liquid chlorine to a salt water pool? Not knowing it was a salt water pool
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We opened the pool, but didn’t add salt is that why the pool turned green?
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I never shock my salt water pool .... I put it on super chlorinator for 24 hours after a big get together
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I thought salt water was supposed to be less maintenance…WTH
