Can I Put Pool Salt In My Water Softener

Avoid salt that says crystals as they may have dirt mixed in with the salt which will end up in your swimming pool.

Can i put pool salt in my water softener.

There is no need to use water softener salt that has any additives in it if you are. Filling a plaster pool with water from a salt type softener will severely damage the plaster. Water softeners need a coarser salt to function properly. So pool salt water softener salt and table salt all start with the same grade of salt.

You can check the salt level in your water softener manually or with a salt monitor. If you take the same salt that was used for pool salt and press it into pellets you have water softener salt. Providing that the water softener salt is very pure and free of debris or additives you can use some types of water softener salt for your swimming pool. The ph level can either raise or decrease.

Water softener salt that says solar or pellets on the bag are very pure salt and will work fine for swimming pool use. If you are checking manually lift the cover of your tank and observe the salt level if it s lower than 6 inches or less than half full then add more salt. Salt water softeners exchange salt for calcium and leave the water in a calcium deficiency. As per the above points it is clear that you cannot use softener salt for your pool.

It is clean and pure and has no additives. The salt dissolves too fast in my softener.