catfish Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Hi.....I'm installing a Raypak natural gas heater for the pool (indoor). 'Thinkin about converting the hot tub to salt water also and buying one of those plug-in salt generators for the tub. I would plumb the pool & tub to the heater with shut-offs. i would then be able to heat one or the other (not both) by adjusting the valves. The Raypak has both a spa & pool function. I really don't know much about salt/chlorine generators for spas. Am i on the right trail here? Or should I just have the pool on the heater and maintain heat for the tub with my existing whopping 5.5 kw electric heater. I don't want to do this however if it is going to cause me grief I will not proceed. Anybody out there have this setup. Really would like your comments. Thanks, Catfish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limulus Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 I also considered one of the drop in salt based chlorine generators. I considered the spa pilot and the colorchlor and/or technichlor. The spa pilot brand has little pouches of chemicals that you buy and the color/technichlor use items from your local grocery store. The downside to the latter is there is no stabilizer (CYA). The plus side is you can buy the chemicals at your local grocer. I was leaning toward the color/technichlor and would have probably just added dichlor in the beginning to get some cya in the water. I don't know if that would have worked or not. My current Nature 2 and an electronic ionizer are working well for me at a very low 0.5-1.0 ppm chlorine level and I'll probably just continue along that path. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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