Recent content by TarheelJohnny

Jason and flintstone, Again, I cannot thank you enough for your advice on this post. I believe you are somewhat correct about my cell being on its last leg. However, in the past 8 hours since my last post, the salt reading has increased from 2400 up to 2900 (finally!!) and all of the...

UPDATE: About 30 minutes after the last post, I went back out and turned the Goldline back on, and it has recalculated the salt at 2400 ppm, which is still too low, but at least at this point it will generate chlorine (has to be over 2300 to do that). Voltage is at a reasonable 5.72 and the...

Just checked the diagnostic function, keep in mind it has now been about 16 hours since the second 40 lb bag of salt was added. The pump and filter has been running constantly since, in an attempt to fully dissolve the salt. So far, the salt reading is still steady at 2200. The other...

Jason, Yes, as far as I know, the salt cell is the original one which was put in when the pool was installed. (Again, I am not the original owner.) So yes, it is possible that the salt cell may need to be replaced. More importantly to me, would a failing salt cell cause improper salt...

Hello, First off, let me say how cool I have found this site to be so far. I have been lurking a few weeks and have learned quite a lot about maintaining my SWG system. But the past 24-48 hours have seen some substantial problems. Need some advice please: Pool stats: approx 12K gallon...