I think a cascade of failures in my pool equipment killed my salt cell. (no explosions necessary
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I have a Hayward Goldline AQR15 AquaRite Electronic Salt Chlorination System on a timer synced up with schedule of my variable speed pump.
So here is what seemed to happen:
I got a new cell and put it in. It started generating immediately. Then while working on it I accidently turned the pump off first and then reached over to switch off the salt system and it still said it had flow. After replacing the flow switch now everything works as normal. YAY!!!
So how do I prevent it from happening again or is this too much of a freak event to worry about?
Do I add in a current sensing switch, is there a realistic way to know if the flow valve fails in the closed position, or something else?
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I have a Hayward Goldline AQR15 AquaRite Electronic Salt Chlorination System on a timer synced up with schedule of my variable speed pump.
So here is what seemed to happen:
- The flow valve for the salt system failed in the closed position so that it always showed there was flow even if the pump was off. (I did not notice this to later though.)
- My kids who create tsunamis in the pool caused the skimmer door stop to break off
- The broken skimmer door stop allowed the skimmer door to rotate out towards the pool and it then broke wedging it in the skimmer hole.
- This broken skimmer door blocked the flow into to the skimmer causing my pump to run dry and shut off.
- Since my flow switch was failed in the closed position the salt cell continued to run without flow killing the cell.
I got a new cell and put it in. It started generating immediately. Then while working on it I accidently turned the pump off first and then reached over to switch off the salt system and it still said it had flow. After replacing the flow switch now everything works as normal. YAY!!!
So how do I prevent it from happening again or is this too much of a freak event to worry about?
Do I add in a current sensing switch, is there a realistic way to know if the flow valve fails in the closed position, or something else?