Well, it's working, but I now have another problem?
I was gone all last week so I couldn't keep an eye on things, but last Sunday morning before I left, I checked the readings and everything looked okay. The salt was reading 2400 and the only lights that were on were the "power" and "generating" lights.
A few days later I got a call from my son saying the "low salt" and the "check cell" lights had come on, and the "generating" light was no longer on. The salt reading was at 300 (that's right - 300!)
I got home yesterday morning and we removed the cell and cleaned it out. It had two clogged passages, so I figured that was the problem. After cleaning with muratic acid (about a 2:1 ratio), I put it back on and turned on the system. After 15 minutes, the readings were still 300 and the "check cell" and "low salt" lights were still on. At that point I decided to completely shut off the system and reset, so I hit all the circuit breakers, waited 15 seconds and powered everything back up again. After that the "power" light and "generating" lights came back on and the "low salt" and "check cell" lights were no longer illuminated. The salt reading went up to 2800, so I ran the system for 3 hours and the only thing that changed during that time was the salt reading. It went up to 3000.
I took a sample of the water to the local pool place and they said the salt was at 3600, but everything else was perfect, so I figured the system had to be powered down and then back on to get it to work correctly, and didn't think anything more about it.
The pool cycled 4 hours this morning (it automatically turns on between 1:00AM and 5:00AM every day), and when I got up, I checked the readings again and all was okay. The salt read 3000 and only the "power" and "generating" lights were on.
Now, at 3:30PM (after watching the Chicago/Green Bay game) I went out to check it again, and now the readings are salt 300 (yep, I'm at 300 again), and the "check cell" and "low salt" lights are once again on!!
Edit: After I wrote this, I went back out to check the salt level (about 20 minutes later), and now it's reading 800!!
Edit 2: I went ahead and turned on the pump and after another 30 minutes or so, the salt was still reading 800. So I shut it down again and then after another 20 minute wait, the reading is now (4:40PM) at 2200. Is this normal to fluctuate so much???
Thanks
Ed