Salt pools (salt chlorine generators)

Salt targets, how much salt to add, CYA for salt pools, and cell care.

A salt cell makes chlorine from dissolved salt. Keep salt where the cell maker says, usually about 2,700–3,400 ppm.

• 1,000 ppm of salt in 10,000 gallons is about 83 lb (simple arithmetic: 37.85 kg)
• Salt only comes down by dilution
• Many salt-pool owners run CYA 60–80 ppm, with a lower FC minimum (about 5% of CYA)^[6]
• Cells scale faster in hot water; inspect and clean per the maker's instructions