IC40 self cleaning cycle..

[jvrobert]

A few quick questions...

I see in the manual that with the bog standard IC40 you can easily change the self-cleaning cycle by holding down the less/more buttons. If I'm using an EasyTouch is this setting just buried somewhere in the settings? I was hoping to see it in my handy-dandy Screenlogic interface but it's not.

Second question - should I mess with it? I was thinking of setting it to the max (5 hours, I guess?) since my CSI is fairly negative (-.3 or so) and I'd expect scaling to not be much of an issue, so my logic is less frequent self-clean will prolong life.

 

[Flick75]

To change the setting you need to hold the "less" button on the IC40 itself for three seconds. Then use the less or more buttons to change it. I don't think there's a setting on the EasyTouch to change it.

Up to you on whether or not you want to change it. When I installed mine, I changed it right away to 5 hours. I have the IntellipH system installed which has the acid injector installed just before my unit going off every hour. I figure the will provide enough cleaning along with the five hour setting to keep maintenance low.

 

[pooldv]

I changed mine to most frequent self cleaning because our Intex SWG needed to be cleaned a lot. After a year and a half or so I looked at it and it was clean. Haven't looked at it in at least a year. Maybe I should take a peek.

 

[jvrobert]

Thanks, I changed mine to 5 - didn't realize the button was on the IC40 itself and not on the controller (in my case, IntelliPH or Easytouch).