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Benefits of Oxygen-Copper Pool Systems: Oxygen-Copper
systems make your pool 100% chlorine-free.
No toxic, caustic, corrosive chemicals to handle, maintain,
or store. Enjoy a Pure and natural swimming experience, no
smell or taste. Eliminates algae. No
more buying chemicals, cartridges, or cell replacements:
Save Money! |
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Chlorine and, to a lesser extent, bromine are the most
conventional way to sanitize swimming pool water. Chlorine
and bromine are extremely effective at destroying organic
material, which makes them a popular choice in pools.
However, because they attack anything organic, this means
that your skin, hair, face, and eyes are also being affected
and damaged. Chlorine and bromine are simply corrosive,
caustic, toxic chemicals.
Chlorine in pool water produces a foul smell and is
irritating to skin and eyes. Once chlorine has attacked
organic materials, it combines with them to create
“combined-chlorine”, or Chloramines. Chloramines are organic
waste and known cancer causing agents. Outside the pool,
chlorine is hazardous to handle, or even to breathe in!
Because of its toxicity and flammability, it is dangerous
even to store.
Beyond the high cost of chlorine and bromine products
themselves, they require manual maintenance! Unless, of
course, extra automated feeder and or drip systems are
additionally purchased. Regardless, keeping chlorine in the
water can be very problematic, even impossible in high
chlorine-demand pools. Residual chlorine levels are highly
affected by temperature; complicated pool chemistry
interactions, such as pH, phosphate and nitrate levels; and
even the number of people swimming in the pool! The more a
chlorine pool is used, the more chlorine has to be used, and
even more money is poured into pool maintenance.
Furthermore, chlorine takes large amounts of electricity to
be created, which means large amounts of fuel must be used
to create it. Once the chlorine is in pool water, it
eventually gets transferred into the environment through
splashing, draining, and backwashing. What this means is
that less dependence on conventional chlorine means less
impact on the environment. |
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Saltwater pool systems can be found under a plurality of
names. You’ll see them called: Saltwater Chlorine
Generators, Salt Water Chlorinators, and of course, Salt
Pool Systems. These devices simply do one thing; they
manufacture chlorine directly into the pool system.
Saltwater Chlorine Generators require on average thirty
pounds of salt to be put into the pool for every thousand
gallons of water in the pool. These chlorinators use an
electric current to break the salt (NaCl, sodium chloride)
down into pure chlorine gas. This chlorine goes into the
pool and sanitizes it in a similar manner to conventional
chlorine.
Since Saltwater Chlorine Generators sanitize pools with
chlorine, they are affected by similar demands; bather load,
rain, algae blooms, pool chemistry fluctuations, and
increased temperature all may require pool owners to
purchase shock with which to supplement their Saltwater Pool
Systems. Salt pools require a more restrictively maintained
pool chemistry. If pH levels, alkalinity, and calcium
hardness are too high, minerals will rapidly come out of
solution and coat the Saltwater Chlorine Generator with
white deposits that impede performance. If salt levels are
too low, it will halt production of chlorine and may damage
the system. If salt levels are raised to an extreme, bathers
will taste it, porous stone and pool materials may build up
with scaling and be damaged, and salt discharged into
surrounding lawns and gardens can build up and sterilize the
soil.
Salt Pool Systems are designed with a limited life. The
process that creates chlorine from salt wears out the
Saltwater Chlorine Generator’s internal components. This
means that replacement parts are periodically necessitated:
some brands are warranted for as little as 1 - 3 years of
use (no more than 8000 hours of use), and some brands’
replacements range in cost from $600 to $1000. |
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Ozone generators, also called ozonators, are pool systems
that use high-powered ultra-violet radiation to produce
ozone molecules in the in-line chamber, which will only kill
bacteria that come into contact with it. The only sanitation
occurs in the ozonator’s chamber, leaving the main body of
water unprotected by any residual levels of sanitizer. This
means that the pump and filtration system must be running to
provide any purification. Ozone generators have an extremely
high price, especially when compared to the small amount of
water they are rated to protect. In fact, in average size
pools and above, the operation manuals of Ozone generators
call for supplementation with conventional chlorine. In most
cases, the cost/benefit aspects of these systems make them
impracticle. |
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Biguanides, such as the products Baquacil and Soft Swim, are
water purification chemicals that do not utilize oxidation
to remove contaminates from the water. Biguanides are
instead bactericides, breaking down the cell walls of
bacteria. These products can provide a more pleasant
swimming experience than chlorine, but can be up to double
the cost. Biaguanides are manually maintained in the
swimming pool, and can have diminishing effectiveness with
long periods of use. |
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Cartridge systems for pools are purification devices that
kill bacteria as they pass through this in-line system.
These systems are only supplements for the majority of
pools, as they provide no residual protection in the pool.
They will reduce the need for chlorine, but will only treat
the water to the extent that the pump can circulate the
entire body of pool water through the cartridge.
Additionally, pool cartridge systems can only be counted on
to last a single season of swimming. |
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