We just bought a house with a saltwater pool and have not been able to get the cell to generate chlorine yet. Pool temperature is mid-70s, salt is at 3.1 GPL, and cell is free of scale, but chlorine production rate is 0%. The Cell On light never seems to come on. This is on a Jandy Aquapure 1400. Any ideas?
Aquapure 1400 not generating chlorine
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What does your water look like? How do you know it is not generating? If you have the setting set at 0% then it is not going to produce any chlorine.
What does your water look like? How do you know it is not generating? If you have the setting set at 0% then it is not going to produce any chlorine.
The water looks great. Crystal clear. When I try to increase the chlorine rate, it says JA, which according to the manual means "AquaLink RS is controlling the AquaPure and desired output percentages." There are no other error codes.
And do you have an aqualink RS? Is that how you're trying to increase the chlorine production?
Yes, we have an Aqualink RS. When I try to put it into Service Mode to manually change the Chlorine Production, I get the error Jo, so I still cannot change the rate. I can't find that code in any manual. Does anyone know what that means?
I just got the salinity level above 3.0 yesterday. Do I need to leave the pump on for a full 24 hours for chlorine generation to kick in? (Right now, the pump is set to turn off automatically after 6 hours.)
I just got the salinity level above 3.0 yesterday. Do I need to leave the pump on for a full 24 hours for chlorine generation to kick in? (Right now, the pump is set to turn off automatically after 6 hours.)
Hi. I'm interested in this thread as well.
Hi. I’ve looked at some of the previous forms but I don’t quote see the exact problem I’m having. I have a 5 year old salt water pool. Lately I have been getting algae on the pool walls.. and the people who do my chemicals keep dumping more salt in the pool but I don’t think its working. I have a zodiak fsoft 1400 salt water salt cell.
My question is fairly simple….i believe the setting on my salt cell is set to 60%. If I’m getting algae..should I simply increase the %?
- i currently run my pool ! 10 hours a day ( 32k gallons - Houston texas..lots of sun) I will increase to 12 just for extra on time for the chlorinator
- I inspected the salt cell...only minor spots of buildup. I will clean as per the instructions i found on this site.
- no error codes that I can see.
- Chlorine production reads 60% on the Aqualink
- It cycles through another number on its own on the aquiline ….145…not certain what that means
- When pressing the C button ( salt) it shows 4.1 Salinity. does that seem high. if it were high - would that slow chlorine production?
- When pressing the D button it reads 83… again - not certain what that means
I know the life of many of these components is only 5 years – so I may be at the end of life BUT it’s not flashing any codes so I’m hoping its just a matter of increasing the chlorine..and if so – what would be a good starting point….increase by what percent?
Appreciate any answers.
Thanks
Mac
Hi. I’ve looked at some of the previous forms but I don’t quote see the exact problem I’m having. I have a 5 year old salt water pool. Lately I have been getting algae on the pool walls.. and the people who do my chemicals keep dumping more salt in the pool but I don’t think its working. I have a zodiak fsoft 1400 salt water salt cell.
My question is fairly simple….i believe the setting on my salt cell is set to 60%. If I’m getting algae..should I simply increase the %?
- i currently run my pool ! 10 hours a day ( 32k gallons - Houston texas..lots of sun) I will increase to 12 just for extra on time for the chlorinator
- I inspected the salt cell...only minor spots of buildup. I will clean as per the instructions i found on this site.
- no error codes that I can see.
- Chlorine production reads 60% on the Aqualink
- It cycles through another number on its own on the aquiline ….145…not certain what that means
- When pressing the C button ( salt) it shows 4.1 Salinity. does that seem high. if it were high - would that slow chlorine production?
- When pressing the D button it reads 83… again - not certain what that means
I know the life of many of these components is only 5 years – so I may be at the end of life BUT it’s not flashing any codes so I’m hoping its just a matter of increasing the chlorine..and if so – what would be a good starting point….increase by what percent?
Appreciate any answers.
Thanks
Mac
You can increase output but without knowing what your cya and chlorine readings, that may not be the proper solution. Typically you will need ~60ppm cya to prevent sunlight from breaking down the chlorine. What are your current readings?
Thank you! I had never noticed that I could control the AquaPure from my PDA before. I knew it was probably something really obvious!