CraigMW said:
y_not said:
Only do an acid wash if hose water jet cleaning methods don't get it all off.
As every time you acid wash it, you shorten its life a little.
How would you do this on an Intellichlor without getting the outside of the cell wet? I guess my concern is that the sensitive electronics inside the unit might get doused by the water jet and then malfunction. I think this is otherwise a good idea, I just don't see how to do it properly.
Ooops, I was thinking he had the Hawyard Aquarite unit. *Robin Williams goat voice* My baaaaaddddd.
Still, it should apply that regular acid washes are going to reduce its life.
In fact, Pentair practically says this. It's due to the titanium plates being coated with a rare precious metal called Ruthenium. Every time you acid wash it, it strips a little of that coating off the plates. Once it's gone, your expensive cell is dead.
Pentair recommends a high pressure jet from a garden hose to 1st clean it. It appears the electronics on top are sealed, so it doesn't matter.
From the bottom of pg. 22 in the manual.
"a. Use a high-pressure jet of water from a garden hose. If the blades cannot be reasonably cleaned in this manner, acid cleaning is necessary."
Here's a link with adl. info on cleaning the unit.
http://intellichlor.org/m.html
Scroll down past the 1st section of text, there's a big white space before the next section. Reading that, you will find the recommendation as outlined above. Prior to performing an acid wash.
Also, as for turning the power supply off. It's a little different with an Intellichlor, as the power supply is hardwired into the pump timer /w no off switch on the unit. So you have to shut off the pump at the breaker, then verify the unit is off and no lights are lit. Just to be sure that's where they wired it and not elsewhere.