New to the forum, but I've had my pool for ~32 years, so I'm used to liquid/solid chlorine and just about every other chemical available for pool water. This year, my local stores are claiming a chlorine shortage due to the burning of a plant in Louisiana. Prices are up to 5.00/2 1/2 gal jugs, used to be 2.59, and with an unscreened pool here in FL, this year I've had the greenest water I've ever seen. Nuff bout that. I bought a Calimar CMARSHA25-3y salt system. Depending on whose formula is used, my pool is somewhere between 19.5 - 21K gal. Based on Calimar's charts, I put 400lb of Morton's pool salt in. Their chart calls for 480lb. For clear. clean water, I've not had to add anything for 3 weeks. Here's my problem - the Clorox salinity test strips (new purchase) start registering at their reading of 3.6 which equals 920ppm salt. My instructions call for 32 - 3400ppm. My strip reading is 2.4... The SWG control box is wired to the pump and when it all starts, it goes through a series of LED readouts, the first being salt ppm. The reading on the SWG control has a small 'up' arrow in the upper left hand corner and reads 6800. It functions fine, 2 green LED's - Power & Generating. After a while two red LED's come on - Hi Salt & Check Salt Cell. I have an email into the company, but they have a disclaimer - due to covid BS, it may take forever to return an answer. The regular test strips are all within normal limits, cept I show 0 chlorine and - 0 free chlorine. I'm going to take a sample to my local Pinch-A-Penny tomorrow and see what they say. What is involved with "Check Salt Cell"? I've read they can be cleaned using a vinegar solution, do I maybe have a bad cell... this whole works is only 3 weeks old.
Pending the outcome of any testing tomorrow, what should I do???
Sorry for being so long winded...
Thanx
Any help greatly apprciated
Ski
Pending the outcome of any testing tomorrow, what should I do???
Sorry for being so long winded...
Thanx
Any help greatly apprciated
Ski