How to Buy a Chlorine Generator for a Pool

If you've been thinking about making your pool a salt water pool, just add a chlorine generator! The chlorine generators on the market today keep your pool water at an even chlorine level, eliminating those red eyes you get from too much chlorine in the water. Here's how to select one of the many types of chlorine generators on the market to start enjoying more comfortable pool water.

Instructions

1. Decide what type of chlorine generator you want or need. A brine unit is one that puts salt into your pool for you through an electrolysis process, while a chlorine cell-producing type or deck unit, requires you to add salt to the water of your pool.

2. Set a budget. Depending on the type of system and setup you choose, expect your unit to be between one and several thousand dollars. Be sure to add professional installation costs to the total cost of your unit as well.

3. Consider a reverse polarity unit. These units cost a little more, but their design makes them almost self-cleaning, so there's less maintenance involved as well.

4. Learn how to maintain your chlorine generator before you buy one. Depending on the type of chlorine generator you choose, you have several maintenance tasks to perform. The brine unit is especially messy and makes by-products that you'll need to get rid of.

5. Maintain your pool's chemistry. Even though you no longer have to add chlorine to your pool, you still have to maintain your pool's pH and cleaning system. It's especially important now that you have a chlorine generator because the longevity of your generator depends on it.