Recent content by fabsroman

Yeah, you continue to harp on that. I still think it is insane that it WILL produce chlorine upon startup, but it then determines that the parameters are not good enough to create chlorine anymore. An analogy that I can use is a vehicle starting up, you driving a mile down the road, the...

Also, wouldn't it be reporting the salt level to the Easy Touch screen, which is showing me 4,350. I can check the salt level again with a drop test, which was at 4,000 before I added 3 bags of salt. My bet is that the salt level is being reported correctly by the IC60 at 4,350. I'm guessing...

When you say to disconnect the water temp sensor, are you talking about the one plumbed in after the pump/before the filter with a lead that goes to the Easy Touch panel?

Well, that lasted for a day. The pool has 2ppm chlorine now, but the cell light is flashing green again. I took the unit out, flushed it with water, and reinstalled it. There was no scale buildup on the fins. The cell light went back to solid green for about 30 minutes and now it is flashing...

Just to follow up, the handheld tester was showing 3,150. A drop test showed 4,000. The Easy Touch panel was showing 4,050. I added three bags of salt and the Easy Touch panel is now showing 4,350 for salt and the chlorinator is working without a problem. Salt level is solid green on the Pentair...

I just checked the salt content of the pool water and it came back at 3,150 even though the SWG says there is enough salt. So, I dumped in my last bag and am headed to Walmart to buy another 80 pounds. I did a manual check of the SWG and it reports 60% used life (i.e., 3 green dots lit up on...

What is "insane" is that it generates chlorine for 2 minutes, meaning it is capable of generating chlorine, but after an analysis it decides that it no longer wants to produce chlorine.

Yep, I did both of them back in the fall when it was giving me this issue. Just dismissed it as a cold water issue. Think I might have to bite the bullet and buy a new SWG. Just frustrating that it will generate chlorine upon startup and then do a "diagnostic" and shut down. Insane to think...

I have a Pentair IC60 that generates chlorine when initially turned on, and then a couple minutes later flashes "inspect cell". I've had it for about 3 seasons. It was doing the same thing toward the end of the season last year, but the water was pretty cold and I dismissed the issue due to cold...

Exactly what water parameters does the Guru measure? Is it just chlorine and PH, or does it test for more than just chlorine and ph? I am asking because I am thinking about getting it. Thanks

Looked at the label and the manufacture date is 5/31/2011. Guess I should be ecstatic that it actually made it through last season. How it only has 6,000 hours on it is beyond me. Time to buy a new chlorine generator and it looks like I am going with the IC60 since I cannot find the IC40...

I can get an IC60 for $959. Would this be a drop in replacement for the IC40, but with a longer useful life since I would need it to generate chlorine a lot less often than the IC40. The IC60 produces 2.0 pounds per day versus 1.4 pounds with the IC40? Since the useful life is supposed to be...

We have been in the house for 18 months now and this will be our second season with the pool. The IC40 was working just fine up until yesterday. Had 7.0 fc yesterday. Yesterday, the "Cell" light was flashing, which translates to "Inspect Cell". I found some debris on the cell fins on the inlet...

Yep, I had an ammonia issue when we opened up the pool. Poolgate helped me with opening the pool and figuring out my water parameters. Ammonia was above 8 ppm according to my aquarium test kit (highest it will measure since all the fish would be dead already) and dumping in 10 gallons of 10%...