Swim in chlorine-free drinking quality pool water by Aquavic

Are you about to jump into building a pool? Whether it's a plunge pool or something a bit bigger one thing they all have in common is a sanitising system. plumbonline have been working with Aquavic by delivering an online solution for the increasing number of bathers seeking a Fresh Water Pool Experience. We have taken the time to outline some of the considerations new pool owners need to know in regards pool sanitisation.

Aquavic "Ionisers" vs ‘Salt Chlorinators” aka Chlorine Gas Generators

A dilemma facing many first-time pool owners is deciding on just which sanitising system is best suited to your pool, a decision made just slightly more challenging when one of the most common misconceptions is that if you're swimming in salt, you’re not swimming in chlorine. The truth is that the many kilos of salt added to a pool, are converted by electrolysis, from sodium chloride (common salt) to poisonous chlorine gas and then to liquid chlorine. It’s as simple as that. The bottom line is that if you have a chlorine gas generator (Salt Water Chlorinator) fitted to your pool, you are very definitely swimming in chlorine.

Not only are you swimming in ‘chlorine’ but, when comparing a Salt Water Chlorinator to Aquavic’s pool algaecide and sanitising system* it’s costing you a lot of energy to do so. For example, let’s look at the “salt cell” itself where just one glance at the thick black and red leads connected to the call with begin to ring alarm bells.

A typical salt cell operates at 10V DC and may draw up to 30 amps. For the sake of this exercise, let's say 25. It, therefore, follows that our typical cell is 250 watts. Add to this the fact that the vast majority of salt cells – and the 1.5 kW pool pump - run 10 to 12 hours per day in season, and about half in the off-season; the numbers really begin to stack up. Multiply your total kWh x your tariff applicable to your area and you’ll get a good idea why people complain about the power bill!

The Power Saving Solution = Aquavic's New Millennium Ionisers

By way of comparison, the flow-cell of our New Millennium Ionisers, is running at 8V DC – but is only drawing 250 mA - a miserly 2.0 watts. Not a typo. You do the maths. And on top of that, because the copper and silver ioniser released during the process are not affected one jot by UV which kills chlorine, or high pool water temperatures, we only need to run the ioniser and the pump, around 2 to 3 hours per day!

Also of interest is the quantity of salt which you need to add to the pool to run a ‘Salt Chlorinators” aka Chlorine Gas Generators Pool. Typically, the amount salt required to run a CGG is from 4000 – 6000 mg/L with an initial dose of 250 kgs i.e. 10 Qty x 25 kgs bags!

So when you have built your brand new pool and filled it up with fresh water why anyone would choose to deliberately contaminate this perfectly safe potable water with that amount of salt – and continue to do so kinda makes you think! Yes, it is sometimes necessary to add several kilos of salt to increase water conductivity and to “kick-start” an ioniser, but 5.0 kgs. in 40 tonnes of water is virtually undetectable. And it is a once-only exercise.

You don't need to worry about running costs for your new your pool If you choose an Aquavic New Millennium Series Fresh Water Pool Ioniser System. Find out more just "Click" the link below or give plumbonline a call on 1300 428 999 or email

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*(APMA 61690)