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Just want to verify if you were running your pump almost 22 hours a day at 50% duty cycle or 11 hours @100% , 365 days a year in order use your cell 12,000 hours? Regarding the Simple Cell, the threads are the weak points. Very easy to strip and they have a tendency to become brittle over time...

discountsaltpool.com and CircuPool are the same ownership for anyone still wondering.

Consider yourself very lucky that you were able to get almost two seasons out of the cell. Most of their customers don't even get one. Hundreds, if not thousands of people have been ripped off. Yet they still sell cells based upon a too good to be true price and warranty.

So nice that your pool company has only your best interest in mind. Spend $5300 to replace a $3 part. I would suggest ditching those guys and finding somebody else who are not trying to rip you off.

But old systems can use generic cells. At this point in the cycle, well north of 90% of installed systems are old systems.

I can answer any questions you might have. Just message met thru this platform. And continue to ask TFP members for advice. Don't rely on the pool store. Their advice is to buy chemicals or salt cells even if you don't need to.

I can answer any question you have.

What happens if you don't read the fine print when purchasing these sub-$200 generic salt cells? You find out after the fact that the warranty is six months or sometime even three months which should tell you all you need to know about how long the cells will last. There is a reason why...

Another month has gone by and I've seen prices as low as $164...it's like a limbo contest now.

Took another month but I've seen prices as low as $219 for some of these generic t-15 cells from online auto parts stores. I think most buyers are realizing the "too good to be true" pricing and are not purchasing in volume. However enough people will buy and then eventually complain, which...

It's only been two weeks and the prices have dropped to the $260 area for some eBay and Amazon sellers of generic t-15 cells (all auto parts stores). I contacted one of the sellers again, figuring that their record keeping is shoddy, and told them I had a problem with a cell purchased from...

Asked the eBay seller, who I think answers with a combination of AI and their own Pidgeon English, about the rated hours of their T-15 cell. The response was "Friend, this product has no battery. The service life is more than 5000 hours. Please rest assured that our products have a one-year...

A further update has revealed that this is one Chinese seller who is operating an umbrella of online generic auto part stores selling in the USA. They have now added swimming pool salt cells. The company ships to their own warehouses around the country but as far as i can tell do not have...

I posted this on another thread but it fits into this discussion as well....I can only speak for generic Hayward cells but I have noticed since the beginning of summer that a flood of really inexpensive Chinese cells have hit the USA market (some would call it dumping). Prices of $150 below...

I can only speak for generic Hayward cells but I have noticed since the beginning of summer that a flood of really inexpensive Chinese cells have hit the USA market (some would call it dumping). Prices of $150 below normal for t-15 equivalent. Common denominator is that a dozen online auto...