Our plucky pool professional, Paul, breaks down the benefits and drawbacks of solar copper pool ionizers. They can be tricky and damaging, but quite helpful in the right circumstances. This video is a basic user's guide to freshwater pool maintenance for those curious about how to properly use these solar ionizers!

Q&A TIMELINE:
0:00 start/intro
0:58 how to you assess water quality?
1:40 why did you start using copper ionizers?
2:24 how are salt water pools different?
3:03 how do you make a solar copper ionizer?
4:17 what ionizer brands do you recommend?
4:44 why did you remove copper ionizers?
5:31 how to do you treat black copper deposition?
6:04 do copper ionizers save time?
6:20 do copper ionizers save chlorine?
7:03 what is the risk of copper deposition?
11:04 how hard is transitioning away from ionizers?
11:58 when do you recommend using ionizers?
12:58 any seasonal variation?
13:26 how much chlorine do you recommend?
13:44 general summary

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