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PREPARING THE POOL WATER
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Salt Addition Chart
The following salt chart is included for reference only. Once your Pool Pilot Digital is properly programmed to the pool water
volume, it will automatically indicate how much salt is needed. To use this chart:
1. Find your current salt level (ppm or g/l) in the left column. (This can be obtained from your Pool Pilot display or by
testing your water.)
2. Find your pool/spa volume in the second row (Gallons or Liters).
3. Find the amount of salt needed to bring your pool to the ideal level by finding the intersection of th e row and column.
For volumes other than what is shown, use combinations of various columns.
For example, for an 11,000 gallon (41,64 6 liter) poo l with a salt level of 500 pp m (5 mg/l), the column value for 1000 gallons
(4,000 liters) (21 pounds (9 kg)) is added to the column value for 10,000 gallons (38,000 liters) (209 pounds (95 kg)) which gives
a total of 230 pounds (104 kg) of salt needed to bring your pool salt level up to the ideal level of 3000 ppm (3.0 g/l).
Pounds (kilograms) of Salt needed to attain 3000 ppm (3.0 g/l)
Pool/Spa Volume in Gallons (Liters)
1,000 2,000 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000
Current
salt level
ppm
(g/l)
(4,000) (8,000) (18,000) (38,000) (56,000) (76,000) (94,000) (114,000) (132,000) (152,000)
25 50 125 250 376 501 626 751 876 1,002
0
(11) (23) (57) (114) (170) (227) (284) (341) (398) (454)
23 46 115 230 344 459 574 689 803 918
250
(0.25)
(10) (21) (52) (104) (156) (208) (260) (312) (364) (416)
21 42 104 209 313 417 522 626 730 835
500
(0.50)
(9) (19) (47) (95) (142) (189) (237) (284) (331) (379)
19 38 94 188 282 376 470 563 657 751
750
(0.75)
(9) (17) (43) (85) (128) (170) (213) (256) (298) (341)
17 33 83 167 250 334 417 501 584 668
1,000
(1.0)
(8) (15) (38) (76) (114) (151) (189) (227) (265) (303)
15 29 73 146 219 292 365 438 511 584
1,250
(1.25)
(7) (13) (33) (66) (99) (133) (166) (199) (232) (265)
13 25 63 125 188 250 313 376 438 501
1,500
(1.5)
(6) (11) (28) (57) (85) (114) (142) (170) (199) (227)
10 21 52 104 157 209 261 313 365 417
1,750
(1.75)
(5) (9) (24) (47) (71) (95) (118) (142) (166) (189)
8 17 42 83 125 167 209 250 292 334
2,000
(2.0)
(4) (8) (19) (38) (57) (76) (95) (114) (133) (151)
6 13 31 63 94 125 157 188 219 250
2,250
(2.25)
(3) (6) (14) (28) (43) (57) (71) (85) (99) (114)
4 8 21 42 63 83 104 125 146 167
2,500
(2.5)
(2) (4) (9) (19) (28) (38) (47) (57) (66) (76)
3,000
(3.0)
Ideal
3,500
(3.5)
OK for Pool Pilot Operation – (This is typically the maximum salt level desired by most pool
owners/operators since most people can taste salt levels above this.)
Greater
than
3,500
OK for Pool Pilot Operation but greater than 6000 ppm can cause corrosion to metallic
objects- (If lower salt level is desired, partially drain and refill with fresh water.)