A big Rave to pool man Steve Riley in Dallas Texas, who voiced his opinion on WFAA-TV that salt-water pools come with serious disadvantages. When the most common thinking is that salt-water pools are the next best thing to sliced bread, I admire the courage and chutzpah of a pool professional to speak out and say what he sees, despite the enormous pressure and countering of the salt chlorine generator industry. All is not perfect in the land of salt. Here is a video clip that ran on WFAA-TV in Texas earlier this month. The reporting doesn't get too deep into the causes, but speaks of definite problems with corrosion of stainless steel and decorative stone work. If you'd prefer a print version - here.
Another huge Rave to this blog, The Pool Guy, dedicated to exposing salt-water pool problems. This guy has a definite salt-is-bad perspective (I like that) with a lot of detail/theory as to what is causing the corrosion (stray currents, galvanic corrosion) and talk about other problems salt causes besides corrosion (environmental). He doesn't pull any punches and absolutely tells it like he sees it. I swear, one look at his pictures of all the corrosion on everything from your pool vac to the heater thermostat...you'll never even consider a salt chlorine generator for your pool.
Thanks to The Pool Guy, Steve Riley and WFAA-TV; you are all helping to turn the tide and wake people up about what you really get when you have a salt-water pool. Oh, by the way, since this blog is so new - ECOsmarte pool and spa systems are indeed 100% chlorine and salt-free. For reals.
