My 24 Hour Fitness pool has closed for the week while they change it over to
a salt-water system. Can anybody give me some thoughts on this type of pool
as far as how it affects the swimmers?
Pat in TX
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"Pat in TX" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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My 24 Hour Fitness pool has closed for the week while they change it
over to a salt-water system. Can anybody give me some thoughts on this
type of pool as far as how it affects the swimmers?Pat in TX
We have one salt-water pool here in town, and I regularly swim in the
ocean. IMHO, swimmming in salt-water versus chlorine/bromine and
freshwater means
- you will be more buoyant,
- you can handle and most likely will prefer the water a bit cooler
- your equipment will last longerI don't know what sanitizing they do in such a pool situation though.
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Steph said:
"Pat in TX" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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My 24 Hour Fitness pool has closed for the week while they change it
over to a salt-water system. Can anybody give me some thoughts on this
type of pool as far as how it affects the swimmers?Pat in TX
We have one salt-water pool here in town, and I regularly swim in the
ocean. IMHO, swimmming in salt-water versus chlorine/bromine and
freshwater means
- you will be more buoyant,
- you can handle and most likely will prefer the water a bit cooler
- your equipment will last longerI don't know what sanitizing they do in such a pool situation though.
Just curious... why does saltwater change your temperature tolerance and
preference? -
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Steph said:
"Pat in TX" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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My 24 Hour Fitness pool has closed for the week while they change it
over to a salt-water system. Can anybody give me some thoughts on this
type of pool as far as how it affects the swimmers?Pat in TX
We have one salt-water pool here in town, and I regularly swim in the
ocean. IMHO, swimmming in salt-water versus chlorine/bromine and
freshwater means - you will be more buoyant, - you can handle and most
likely will prefer the water a bit cooler
- your equipment will last longerI don't know what sanitizing they do in such a pool situation though.
Just curious... why does saltwater change your temperature tolerance and
preference?you worry more about the kacky taste in your throat, which distracts from
the temp...j/k.
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"Pat in TX" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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> My 24 Hour Fitness pool has closed for the week while they change
> it over to a salt-water system. Can anybody give me some thoughts
> on this type of pool as far as how it affects the swimmers?
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> Pat in TXWe have one salt-water pool here in town, and I regularly swim in
the ocean. IMHO, swimmming in salt-water versus chlorine/bromine
and freshwater means - you will be more buoyant, - you can handle
and most likely will prefer the water a bit cooler
- your equipment will last longerI don't know what sanitizing they do in such a pool situation
though.Just curious... why does saltwater change your temperature tolerance
and preference?you worry more about the kacky taste in your throat, which distracts
from the temp...j/k.
No, the salt-water makes your throat feel BETTER, you can gargle while
swimming <grin>I don't know why I have more tolerance for colder salt-water versus
fresh, just do. Can't hardly cross a chlorinatred pool less than 74 -
degrees F, but easily swim a couple miles in open ocean 58 degree water. -
Change to salt water is to save on expense of chlorination isn't it?
Electrolysis system turns the salt water into fresh water and by products
(one of which is Chlorine) of the NACL."Pat in TX" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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My 24 Hour Fitness pool has closed for the week while they change it over
to a salt-water system. Can anybody give me some thoughts on this type of
pool as far as how it affects the swimmers?Pat in TX
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"Brian Foster" <> Change to salt water is to save on expense of chlorination
isn't it?Quoted message said:
Electrolysis system turns the salt water into fresh water and by products
(one of which is Chlorine) of the NACL.Oh, I'm sure the reason is economics, not swimmer comfort. But, how does
this process keep the pool disinfected? -
The salt in the water is broken down into it's chemical elements. One of
those elements is Chlorine.Like this
http://www.swimmingpoolsetc.com/salt-chlorinators.htm
"Pat in TX" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Brian Foster" <> Change to salt water is to save on expense of
chlorination isn't it?Quoted message said:
Electrolysis system turns the salt water into fresh water and by products
(one of which is Chlorine) of the NACL.Oh, I'm sure the reason is economics, not swimmer comfort. But, how does
this process keep the pool disinfected? -
Brian Foster said:
The salt in the water is broken down into it's chemical elements. One of
those elements is Chlorine.Hey...what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be out golfing?
Dave Clary/Corpus Christi, Tx
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"Dave Clary" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Brian Foster said:
The salt in the water is broken down into it's chemical elements. One of
those elements is Chlorine.Hey...what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be out golfing?
Dave Clary/Corpus Christi, Tx
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Hey...what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be out golfing?Not if it is as windy in Houston as it is in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
(Do golfers go out in the wind? I know I've seen them do it in the snow.)Pat
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