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My Intellichlor is connected to the Pentair Easy Touch controller. It will allow me to set any percentage that I choose. I suppose that, for manual units, the chlorine production below 20% is controlled by run time which is controlled by your pump run time. By the way, the Intellichlor manual...

There are many reports of Intellichlor SWG low salt readings here in the forums. You should get some good salt test strips and confirm your salt content before adding any more to your pool. Too much salt can cause more problems than not enough. The Intellichlor can be re-calibrated if...

Re: May I ask for Prayers? Casey, The Lord works miracles every day. My family and I will add your entire family to our prayer list. May all of you feel the peace that comes from God holding you in his loving arms. Jim

Believe it or not olive oil will remove adhesive residue. I've used it on metal, glass and plastic. It may work for you too if your tile is not too porous. All natural too.

Hmmm. I would have thought that the pool builder had done that. I gave it a go and sure enough air did escape. It's a little better but still not right. The pipe that leads from the filter to the heater is the one that dances most. Something else must be going on.

My sand filter developed a leak and was recently replaced. This new one jerks and shudders a great deal. Much more vibration than I remember with the old one. I thought that the water flow through the filter and pipe should be pretty smooth. Am I seeing something normal? Does anyone have...

This isn't an answer to your baking soda question. I'll admit that I have not read all of your thread so I won't step into that conversation but I do have a question for you. Is your CH still at 80 ppm? I know that you have a painted pool and that you don't need to worry about low calcium...

Once your intellichlor has been running for a few days post back here and let us know if it thinks your salt level is close to the level that you get when you test with a strip. There have been a number of posts about the newer IC-40 and variable salt readings. I suppose that we mostly hear...

My IC-40 shows low salt too. It varies between 2700 ppm and 2900 ppm frequently and for no reason that I can detect. The strips say that my salt is 3600 ppm and are very consistent. I have my unit set on 10% with 12 hour per day run time and it easily maintains 4 to 5 ppm FC depending on...

Hello and welcome to TFP. The fault codes are in your user manual. Here's a link for a PDF version of the manual from Pentair. The codes are on page 57. http://www.pentairpool.com/pdfs/EasyTouchSystemUG.pdf Your 146 is really three different faults 1 and 4 and 6. Let us know how it goes...

Wonderful news! I hope that you now have your new test kit too. You are well on your way to a Trouble Free Pool season!

So, what was your salt reading last year? Is the new bottle of strips close to what you expected the salt level to be? If your chlorine is only 2.0 ppm, what % is your SWG set on? There have been a number of us reporting that their fairly new intellichlor units show low salt when the test...

Get the IC-40. It may cost a bit more but it won't have to work as hard to keep your pool chlorinated. That means possible longer cell life.

Information that come with my intellchlor IC-40 says that the warranty is for three years. Just so that you know, my unit changes from 2700 ppm to 2900 ppm for no discernible reason. It may change several times per day or stay constant for a week or more. I quit worrying about it. After all...

Glad to hear that your water is in balance. If you are still having problems, your IC-40 does need to be replaced. Have you talked with Pentair directly or just the builder that installed your unit? Pentair is pretty easy to deal with, as a couple of others have said, they will ship a new...