TL;DR
A salt chlorine generator is a pool sanitation device that passes mildly salty water (around 2,700-3,400 ppm) through an electrolytic cell to convert dissolved salt into chlorine continuously. It replaces routine chlorine purchases but the titanium cell plates scale up in hard water and typically need replacement every three to seven years.
What it means
A salt chlorine generator is a pool sanitation device that passes mildly salty water (around 2,700-3,400 ppm) through an electrolytic cell to convert dissolved salt into chlorine continuously. It replaces routine chlorine purchases but the titanium cell plates scale up in hard water and typically need replacement every three to seven years. Installers plumb the cell after the filter and heater and wire its control board to run only while the circulation pump operates.
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