This thing looks like a ray-gun… or maybe one of those things from Ghostbusters. Do NOT cross the streams!
If it was one of those, I’d consider it.
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So you Own (a) Pool(s) that already has this? ;)…can you please give a review? 
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He did - they seriously kick ass…
I did the opposite conversion a few days ago (using 115V equipment on a 220V setup). I connected a 115V swimming pool cleaning robot to a 220V AC supply.
I bought an aluminium box and a 2x115V –> 2x55V 300VA toric transformer. I wired both primaries in series and both secondaires in series, giving a 230V –> 110V transformer that I put into the aluminium box.
The wiring is then straightforward: connect the 220V AC supply to the 230V input, and you get ~110V output. It’s not precisely 110V or 115V but it doesn’t matter as the AC line voltage changes anyway.
You need a separate transformer if the unit cannot handle your AC voltage itself, but sometimes it can by changing the wiring of the primaries of the internal tranformer.
For example, if this unit has a 2x110V –> 1x9V transformer, then the primaries will be wired in parallel for 110V operation and in series for 220V operation. Just switch the wiring from series to parallel or from parallel to series to change the AC input voltage.
FYI the transformer I used is a MULTICOMP MCTA300/55. It’s powerful because it’s used with a cleaning robot.
The box I used is a MULTICOMP G125. I took an aluminium box for heat dissipation purposes and because it won’t rust as it’s used in a semi-outdoor location.
I’m with the pool guy who posted earlier - this thing looks poorly made. My guess is it is a case of getting what you paid for.
The Verro on Sellout is tempting though. Our Polaris is not cleaning any more…
Wait, for $700 for cheap electronics and some electrodes, I’d expect a good quality…
Anything more than $1000 for that kind of unit really looks like a ripoff either from the pool guy selling it or from the manufacturer (or both).
Uhm… Salt is Sodium CHLORIDE. You’re right, chlorine is an element…one of the elements that makes up salt. What this thing does is separate the sodium from the chloride, creating chlorine gas.
And I forgot to say that I own a chlorine generator, similar to this one (but with more bells and whistles, that doesn’t matter).
Chlorine generators rock. I NEVER have to add chlorine in any form to my pool. All I do is add salt to keep the salt level at a certain point and let the system do the rest. If I need to superchlorinate (“shock”) the pool I just press a button, and the system runs at 100% for 24 hours.
I live in Florida, have an in-ground pool without a screen (does that make me “rich”?) and would never own another pool without the chlorine generator. You can’t even taste the salt in the water in my pool, and it maintains perfect free- and total-chlorine levels.
Still have to vacuum the damn pool, though…isn’t there a poolba?
i’d totally be in for one if i had a pool. all those harsh chemicals make my skin cry, so why NOT go for the salt water chlorination?
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It seems that salt-water would corrode all the metal parts, including the nuts &
screws plus suck all the calcium from your grouting.
Must be a fad sort of thing for rich folks because the maintenance and parts
replacement would probably cost a fortune.
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no, The fad was the ozoneaded pools and hot tubs. but what makes you think that Salt corrodes anything more then Chlorine!! Chlorine will even ruin your gold jewelery , while salt does no harm.
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Uhm… Salt is Sodium CHLORIDE. You’re right, chlorine is an element…one of the elements that makes up salt. What this thing does is separate the sodium from the chloride, creating chlorine gas.
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And what do we do with all the sodium left over. I don’t need anymore sodium. I’m on a low sodium diet as it is.
I have a salt pool its wonderful, its like swimming in Eye Solution no burnning your eyes are turnnig them red. No salt residue on you or your swimming suit, and the best part I spend no money on chemicals. once a year I put about 400 pounds of salt with the cost around $4 to $5 for 50 pounds.If your buying for a pool do some checking its well worth it…
You are totally missing the point. You do NOT have to have a “salt water” pool. I have a fresh water pool that you just put one bag of salt in a year and I live in Florida. The PPM of salt is so low you can’t even tell the salt is in the water. The salinity of a salt water pool would be too high for the unit to work. This is my second pool and I wouldn’t use anything else. You just rinse off the element once every 3 months and that is the limit of maintenance required. If I didn’t already have one, I would buy one especially for this price. I paid $1300 for mine.
Has anyone done a comparison between the cost of chlorine versus the power cost of this or similar units?
Why pay $699 when you can pick a product for $170 from Walmart:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5601479
Looks like someone in Columbia Missouri bought one along with a salt pool owner in Thibodaux Louisiana.
We live in Florida and added a salt system to our pool about 3 years ago. The best money we’ve spent on the pool. After we had the system installed, our friends and my brother also installed salt systems on their pools. There is no burn to your eyes; your skin is not nasty/filmy when you get out; your hair does not have that dry stringy feel to it. It’s like swimming in saline solution. There no heavy salt taste. We add about a bag of salt every 5-6 months. I don’t know anything about this particular model but I’d never own another pool without having a salt system.
Less than 2 Amps is about 400 watts.
400 watts cost about $40 per month.
Assume running 24/7 and watt hours cost $0.15.
I have a salt water pool. I bought into this last year. This one look a little expensive but 40K gallons is a big pool. You use salt to softer your water. Here you use the same kind of salt. It is much better on the skin and eyes to swim in. If you have a pool without this process, it’s messy and hard on hair skin and eyes. You really don’t have to use all that much salt and the water does have a slight salt taste. I would rather taste salt than bleach.
Nowhere near the capacity. Read the specs
You really shouldn’t be running your pump 24/7. Depending on the size of your pool only a few hours a day. How long do you leave you PC running a day? It’s probably close to 400 watts if it’s a desk top. Not counting you monitor. Probably longer than you should be running you pool pump. I have a 5,000 Gal pool and I run my pump two to three hours a day. It’s a salt water pool. Doesn’t kill the grass when I empty it in the fall ether. Not much salt is used.