I recently purchased an intex sand pump with salt (#56681). It is the pump with 2650 gph. After having it filtering for 2 days with salt on, i noticed my copper electrode (part #24 on the reference diagram) is turning black. Has anyone experienced this? i do have hard water, could that be causing this? And should i clean it?
Intex Sand Pump w/ Salt Filter problem
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Welcome to tfp, NJIntexNaCl 
We recommend that you unplug the copper electrode, since it puts you at risk for stains and can turn blond hair green. Just unplug the wire going to it.
Also, for others reading this, I recommend not getting the combined swg/filter/pump system since they never fail at the same time.
We recommend that you unplug the copper electrode, since it puts you at risk for stains and can turn blond hair green. Just unplug the wire going to it.
Also, for others reading this, I recommend not getting the combined swg/filter/pump system since they never fail at the same time.
Will this cause error codes on my pump? and my saltwater system will still work, correct?
I should not cause errors to unplug the copper (I have the stand alone intex swg and it works great with the copper disconnected) and the saltwater system (saltwater chlorine generater or swg) will still make chlorine...which is what you need (not copper).
Do you mean the copper? I wouldn't worry about cleaning it, mine is black too.
How do the plates on the generator look (they are silver in color and really thin)?
How do the plates on the generator look (they are silver in color and really thin)?