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7.6.5. START-UP
Check that the filter is 100% clean, and ensure that the swimming pool and the installation do
not contain copper, iron or algae. Ensure that any heating equipment on the pool is suitable
for use in salt water.
Ensure that the swimming pool water is balanced. Balanced water enables the chlorine that is
produced to be used more efficiently and effectively, and ensures that the life of the electrodes
is prolonged. Water should be maintained within the parameters shown below.
a) pH must be in the range 7.-7.6
b) Total alkalinity must be in the range 80-0 ppm
Although the AstralPool Chlore Elite system can operate within a salinity range of 4 – 6 g/l,
the minimum recommended level of salt, 5 g/l, should be maintained by adding 5 kg per m
3
of
water if the water did not previously contain salt. Always use common salt (sodium chloride),
without additives like iodides, that is “apt for human consumption”. Never add the salt through
the cell. Add it directly to the swimming pool or into the balance tank.
When adding the salt, and in case the swimming pool is going to be used immediately, carry
out a treatment with chlorine. An initial dose of g/m
3
of trichloroisocyanuric acid may be
added.
Before starting up the salt chlorinator, disconnect the power supply to the salt chlorinator and
run the pump for 4 hours to ensure that the salt is completely dissolved.
Next, reconnect the power supply and turn on the salt chlorinator, locating the production level
so that free chlorine concentration stays within the recommended range (0.5 – .5 ppm).
NOTE
: in order to establish the free chlorine level you will need to use a test kit.
In outdoor swimming pools it is advisable to maintain a level of 5-30 g/m
3
of chlorine stabiliser
(cyanuric acid) in the pool. A level of 75 ppm should be never exceeded. This will help to stop
the chlorine that is in the water from being destroyed by the sun.
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