The low salt indicator light comes on, but the display does not flash the code for salt being too low. Now that I've added salt and it's had a day or two to dissolve, it's a wee bit on the high side per test strip. So why is the light still on?
Low Salt Light on Intex ZS8110
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Turn the device off and let it sit a while. Make sure all the salt you added is dissolved. Turn the device back on and see if that re-sets it.
Test with Taylor K-1766 Salt Test (a drop based test I find more accurate than strips)
Test with Taylor K-1766 Salt Test (a drop based test I find more accurate than strips)
I've done that. Over the last week, I approach it, see that it is in "sleep" mode with the low salt light on. I assume it put itself there. Turn off, restart, "working" light come on, low salt light does not. I leave and come back various periods of a "long" time later to find it in sleep mode with low salt light on. So, just now I turned it off, let it stay off for a solid 5 minutes. Turned it on, it's working, no low salt light. I check it 5 minutes later, still good, come back 10 minutes later, low salt light is on and it's flashing the code for low salt. So, I taste the water. It's salty to taste (not as salty as ocean, but more than just a hint, most definitely salty), so I'm sure my salt strips are just plain old or otherwise inaccurate. Don't have the Taylor k-1766 as I've always just thought that if the machine is happy, I'm happy. Now, it's not happy, so what gives?
Is your SWG Intex with copper bars? Have you tried cleaning the titanium electrode?
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If the cleaning don't solve your problem, call Intex customers service, they may replace your SWG, how old it is?
8,400 gal 3K GPH pump, SWG CG-28669, TF100 test kit, speed stir, K-1766 Taylor salt test.
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8,400 gal 3K GPH pump, SWG CG-28669, TF100 test kit, speed stir, K-1766 Taylor salt test.
The corner stone of TFP
Pool School - Chlorine / CYA Chart
Copper bars? Titanium? I've never opened the unit, except to clean the cell, which I am now doing per your suggestion. There was a very small, absolutely minimal amont of scaling on it, but it's soaking in vinegar now. For $116, I'm thinking a trip to Wal-Mart might be the easiest solution, if they still have them in stock.
Here is a link to a thread I started a few weeks ago. I think we had the same issue. At the end of the thread is a link on how to remove the copper bars. It is really easy.
http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/122492-SWCG-on-the-Blink
http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/122492-SWCG-on-the-Blink
Soaked cell in vinegar. Works fine now. Drained about a fourth to a fifth of the pool to remove excess salt.
THANKS.
As for the salt level, I'm going offshore fishing tomorrow and gaw-rawn-tee that I won't give it any thought whatsoever. It'll just have to wait. Yippee!
THANKS.
As for the salt level, I'm going offshore fishing tomorrow and gaw-rawn-tee that I won't give it any thought whatsoever. It'll just have to wait. Yippee!