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Aug 13, 2024 - 01:03 PM
A situation in which you find yourself needing to clean your salt cell weekly is going to be one where your Langolier Saturation Index (LSI) has become unbalanced and a high index value is causing deposits and scaling on pool surfaces, including the salt cell blades. LSI can also be unbalanced to the low side and the water will be caustic or aggressive and cause pitting and etching of pool surfaces. Another important thing to understand is that a bad LSI level can be achieved even with water chemistry where each item is "in range."
There are numerous LSI Calculators available online like this one from Orenda Technologies. An online calculator like this and a complete pool water test will allow you to calculate your LSI and most importantly let you recalculate what one or more tweaks of the water chemistry can achieve in balancing your water. Something else that you'll discover is that water temperature will move the LSI the same direction as the temperature. So, the summer heat in Arizona can raise your LSI, but is only one piece of the puzzle.
There are numerous LSI Calculators available online like this one from Orenda Technologies. An online calculator like this and a complete pool water test will allow you to calculate your LSI and most importantly let you recalculate what one or more tweaks of the water chemistry can achieve in balancing your water. Something else that you'll discover is that water temperature will move the LSI the same direction as the temperature. So, the summer heat in Arizona can raise your LSI, but is only one piece of the puzzle.
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