Recent content by rcenturion

I would confirm your salt level is accurate by testing your pool water at a pool store. It could be your salt level is not actually at 3000 due to a faulty tri-sensor cord. Also, I have an Autopilot system myself and 8 years is a long time for the cell life so maybe the cell has gone bad...

I have a DIG-220 as well. Run the "test pool pilot" as suggested in the post above mine. If you're getting 19 volts and around 4.9 amps, the cell should be working properly so the problem could be low salt. If the amount of salt is adequate, chlorine should be getting produced. I would...

thanks for the link to the old thread - it contains a lot of good information When I got home this afternoon the output was back to 0% so I manually set it to 67% and pressed the select button. Although with the DIG 220, I don't think its necessary to press select to set the purifying level...

you may be better off it does turn out to be scaling, since that will usually just require a quick cleaning of the cell (usually by soaking it in a combination of acid and water in a 1:4 ratio) and that's it. If it's not scaling, there could be another problem including possibly needing a...

I have an Autopilot DIG-220 system and the past couple weeks I've noticed the purifier output level reduced to 0%. I manually increase it back to 70 or 80% and the purifier comes on with no problem, but then when I look the next day or several hours later and its back to 0% and I have to...

I test my water at the local Pinch a Penny. The last test readings were about 2 weeks ago and everything was in normal range. The calcium hardness was a bit high at 350 though. Here are a couple pictures from above the pool outside the water. I took some underwater pictures with a gopro...

about 3 months ago I had my 12 year old pool resurfaced with Florida gem aggregate finish (similar to Diamond Brite). The original surface was plain marcite plaster. About a month ago I noticed grey stains in the bottom of the pool, ranging in size from a dime to a half dollar. The stains are...

Yesterday I noticed the display panel on my DIG 220 unit was off. The unit apparently still had power because the red warning light would flash when I turned off the pump. Today I opened up the control panel and checked the 3 fuses and they all appear good and the control panel looks good and...

I live in Miami, and the average temperature in my pool during the months of July and August is about 92 degrees, which is much warmer than I like. I would like it be around 84 or 85 so that it feels cooler and more refreshing when you go for a swim. I'm looking at getting a pool chiller such...

I don;'t have the end cap, so I've always used a bucket

from my experience, low amps can be caused by a bad cell, low salt, or a bad power cord since the salt level appears good, I would check and clean your cell and check the power cord. On the power cord, also check the connections to the cell are clean and dry and also that the banana plugs...

I checked it first before boost mode and it was 17.0 volts/5.0 amps, then put it in boost mode and checked a minute later and it was the same 17.0 volts/5.0 amps

they each have about 2-3 years of use so far the reason I have 2 is because I replaced the last one prematurely a couple years ago - I thought the cell was bad but it turned out to be a corroded banana plug on the power cord.

I'm trying to figure out what's wrong with my Autopilot. It will be working fine for a few hours at a time but then it gives either the "low amps" or "check cell" warning. I don't think its the cell because I have 2 of them and have changed them and cleaned them and it still gives the same...