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Posting an update. So, it's been confirmed that my salt level is OK (3400) and it's definitely a failing salt cell (and possibly something else is going on with the board). One more SWCG pool is officially "off the market" and I'm going 100% regular (liquid) chlorine. Thanks again everyone for...

Thank you for a super fast response time @mas985 and @ajw22! The cell has been cleaned a few days ago and that made no difference. I'll have to get the exact reading on the salt tomorrow (or as soon as I can make my way to the store to get a refill on the Silver Nitrate - looks like I'm out)...

Hello TFP community ;-) Hope everyone is having an amazing Summer! This is a follow up to my original story posted here. I've been fighting the same issue pretty much the entire 2023 pool season. I've got my salt level to where the system does not overheat too much, but the board would still...

Wanted to post a 4-week update. The salt lever went down a bit (we've had some rains, so that definitely helped). It's now showing 2900 and I only had to re-solder contacts once in the last 4 weeks which is a huge improvement.

I hear ya, but I just can't drop another $1000 for a "genuine" Hayward cell that's gonna fail right after the 3-year warranty mark. Already went through 2 of those. As long as it's reading salt higher than what my actual levels are AND produces chlorine, I'm ok with it ;)

Appreciate the information @mas985 (y) The pool is currently maintained and serviced by the local pool company, so the salt test lever is something they check every visit. But if I was gonna run my own test, what type of device would you recommend? And yes, I did notice that with a lower salt...

Thanks for your reply @mas985 :) Just went out there to fix the issue again. Here's the photo - a little blurry, but you get the idea. I try to clean the area a little every time I re-solder. Just don't understand why the issue keeps coming back - seems like a major design flaw since so many of...

I'm Mark from Palm Coast, Florida. Pool owner since 2014. Glad to finally become part of the TFP community :love:

Hello TFP community ;) Looking for some additional advice on this issue. Thanks to this forum, I was able to troubleshoot my "No Cell Power 2" problem little over a year ago. Re-soldering burned contact didn't work and I ended up replacing the relay. Repair process went well and system was up...