Can I use a INTEX SALTWATER SYSTEM for my 500 gallon Cal Spa Hot Tub?

Question

Can I use a INTEX SALTWATER SYSTEM for my 500 gallon Cal Spa Hot Tub?

Answer 1

You want to use your pool's saltwater system in your hottub?  Let me just tell you that it is not recommended.  Depending on how old your hot tub is, the material it's made from may not be adequate enough to deal with saltwater and it might break down the material quicker.  

Just use bromine tablets in your hot tub for now.  Hot tubs don't take as much as bromine pools do, so be thankful for that because large amounts of bromine gets very expensive.  Bromine has its benefits too.  You don't have to deal with the chlorine smell on everything and it is less irritating on the eyes, for example.  Just stick with that and wait until they have a saltwater system made for your hot tub.

Answer 2

Nope. Salt water generators are in fact chlorine generators. They take salt dissolved in water and convert it to another form of salt...chlorine. It's just at a lower dose than traditional chlorine sanitizing systems and as such is easier on peoples eyes and skin.

There's a reason that hot tubs use sanitizers other than chlorine and that's because in a hot water environment like a spa, that's also bubbling, chlorine oxidizes an organic and gases off, directly into your face and eyes. Pretty darn uncomfortable for your eyeballs.

Stick to the bromine or ozone that you're using now.