Salt-Chlorine Pool Care, how much salt to use in your pool

Ronald Parrs, EzineArticles.com Basic Author

How much salt do you need for your Swimming Pool?

It's important to know not only how much you need, but also the precise volume (in gallons) of your swimming pool. Improper doses can lead to scaling, "thick" water, pH and other water balance problems.

Take a look at the tables below.

Current Mineral Level (ppm)
	Required number of BAGS of BioGuard® Mineral Springs® Beginnings® to raise mineral level to 3000 ppm
	Pool Size - Gallons
	6000	8000	10,000	12,000	14,000	16,000	18,000	20,000	24,000	28,000	32,000
0	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	24	28	32
200	6	7	9	11	13	15	17	18	22	26	30
400	5	7	9	10	12	14	16	18	20	24	28
600	5	6	8	10	11	13	14	16	19	22	26
800	4	6	7	9	10	12	13	14	18	20	24
1000	4	5	7	8	9	11	12	13	16	18	22
1200	4	5	6	7	8	10	11	12	14	15	20
1400	3	4	5	6	7	9	10	10	12	14	18
1600	3	4	5	6	7	7	8	9	11	13	15
1800	2	3	4	5	6	6	7	8	10	12	14
2000	2	3	3	4	5	5	6	7	8	11	12
2200	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	6	6	8	8
2400	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	4	6	6
2600	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	7
2800	0.5	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
3000	ideal	ideal	ideal	ideal	ideal	ideal	ideal	ideal	ideal	ideal	ideal
3200	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok
3400	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok
3600 +	dilute	dilute	dilute	dilute	dilute	dilute	dilute	dilute	dilute	dilute	dilute

Current Mineral Level (ppm)
	"PLAIN SALT"
	Required number of POUNDS of Salt (see note below) to raise mineral level to 3000 ppm
	Pool Size - Gallons
	8000	10,000	12,000	14,000	16,000	18,000	20,000	22,000	24,000	26,000	28,000	30,000	32,000	36,000	40,000
0	213	267	320	373	427	480	533	567	640	693	747	800	854	960	1067
200	200	250	300	350	400	450	500	550	600	650	700	750	800	900	1000
400	187	233	280	327	373	420	467	513	560	607	653	700	747	840	933
600	173	217	260	303	347	390	433	477	520	563	607	650	693	780	867
800	160	200	240	280	320	360	400	440	480	520	560	600	640	720	800
1000	147	183	220	257	293	330	367	403	440	477	513	550	587	660	733
1200	133	167	200	233	267	300	333	367	400	433	467	500	533	600	667
1400	120	150	180	210	240	267	300	330	360	390	420	450	480	540	600
1600	107	133	160	187	213	240	267	293	320	347	373	400	427	480	533
1800	93	117	140	163	187	210	233	257	280	303	327	350	373	420	467
2000	80	100	120	140	160	180	200	220	240	260	280	300	320	360	400
2200	67	83	100	117	133	150	167	183	200	217	233	250	267	300	333
2400	53	67	80	93	107	120	133	147	160	173	187	200	213	240	267
2600	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	110	120	130	140	150	160	180	200
2800	27	33	40	47	53	60	67	73	80	87	93	100	107	120	133
3000	13	17	20	23	27	30	33	37	40	43	47	50	53	60	67
3200	ideal	ideal	ideal	ideal	ideal	ideal	ideal	ideal	ideal	ideal	ideal	ideal	ideal	ideal	ideal
3400	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok
3600 +	dilute	dilute	dilute	dilute	dilute	dilute	dilute	dilute	dilute	dilute	dilute	dilute	dilute	dilute	dilute

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