My pool was completed in August of 2018. Since completion I have had to change the cell on the Nature 2 Fusion Soft 3 times. The most recent replacement was in March of 2021. I was checking the system this morning and I see that I am getting the 194 and 125 code again indicating that the cell is bad. I took the cell out to examine it and there was very little buildup present. I cleaned the cell (5:1 MA) and reinstalled only to get the same error codes. I was under the impression that I would get at least a couple of years out of these cells but they seem to be averaging right about a year. Any idea why this might be happening?
Nature 2 Fusion Soft salt cell failing after 1 year
- Thread starter jlbutler2879
- Start date
- May 3, 2014
- 59,314
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
@PoolGate can provide some guidance.
You should get several (definitely more than 3) years of use from a SWCG cell.
You should get several (definitely more than 3) years of use from a SWCG cell.
- Jun 7, 2017
- 9,311
- Pool Size
- 29000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Jandy Aquapure 1400
Do you have any of the old cells still? I'd love to see one. Do you know the nature of the failures? Is it the center electrode? Have they been replaced under warranty? Are you replacing the cable with the cell each time?
- Jul 21, 2013
- 54,613
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
I do not have any of the non working cells other than the one that is currently installed. The others have been replaced under warranty but the warranty expired last month. I replaced the cable one time within the time frame. I was never told what part of the cell failed so I am not aware of what the issue was/is.
I run the cell at 80% from April through September and 30% from October through March. It is the 1400.
- May 3, 2014
- 59,314
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
- Jul 21, 2013
- 54,613
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
That is almost 5,000 hours of generation time in a year and May be about the life of the cell.
How many times did you acid wash the cell?
- May 3, 2014
- 59,314
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
- Jul 21, 2013
- 54,613
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
That is almost 5,000 hours of generation time in a year and may be about the life of the cell.
How many times did you acid wash the cell?
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I have only acid washed it once and that was today. There was hardly any buildup on the cell. I thought I saw that the life was 10,000 hours but that could have been a general answer and not specific to the Nature system.
- May 3, 2014
- 59,314
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
What CYA level do you maintain? You should be able to run the SWCG at half that setting.
- May 3, 2014
- 59,314
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
In your climate that is pretty low. A 70-80 ppm CYA would dramatically reduce your FC needs.