Pool salt water Chlorination

[Slats]

Ok so most of us know that the signal through salt water is just about non existant, but a growing trend in my country is for backyard pools to use salt added to chlorine to chlorinate the water. The working behind this is that salt via some reaction within the filteration system generates chlorine, meaning that the pool needs less concentrated chlorine to be added directly to the pool water and users of the pool have less red eyes to complain about.

BUT ... what does this method of chlorination do to signal for our RC subs?

Is it a case of suck it and see?

I have never used a backyard pool to sail in and typically always use fresh water lakes and dams, and the odd Olympic pool when my boat club can organise a meet at such venues.

John

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I've operated in these pools. Sucks! About one foot down with a cross range of 20 feet and I loose signal.

David,

[Slats]

Thanks David, I'll give it a miss.

J

[Subculture]

We've had a few signal issues with the Dive-in's at Brockwell Lido.

The chlorine content was minimised, but we still got the odd deadspot in range, some were more affected than others. However as the winter has drawn on, the problems have reduced to virtually nothing. My guess is that the chlorine has further diluted.

[Slats]

Thanks Andy,
weird how some pools even ones that are just chlorine have glitch spots, but I think I will give the salt / chlorine ones a big miss like David said.

BTW - nice to see you in here.

Best
John

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Hey, Andy.

David,