First post, thanks in advance for the help - I need it.
This will be our 3rd summer with the pool. ~18k gallon in ground saltwater pool with Mineral Springs MS10 box (same as Hayward I think).
Long story short, I'm not sure the swg T cell 15 has worked from day 1. Maybe the first season (pool was open when we got house). Last year I got the "inspect cell" and "low minerals" error the whole season. I cleaned the cell (which wasn't remotely dirty), but it made no difference. I took the T cell to a pool store where they hooked it up to a machine and tested it and the machine said it was good. But I continued to get the errors. Added salt - nothing.
I had so many other projects to deal with in this old house that I just used chlorine tablets the entire season. This year I'd like to get it working right.
My 'pool guy' told me I needed a new T cell. So I got one and we hooked it up when opening the pool last week. Unfortunately the flow sensor broke over the winter so we couldn't test the new T cell. I ordered and installed a new flow sensor, fired everything up - same errors! Very frustrating.
Do I need a new control box? That's basically the only thing I haven't replaced. (New heat pump, T cell, flow sensor, filter cartridges). I realize the water may be too cold for the T cell, but why the same errors?
I will post the readings in the morning. 1 weird thing I noticed after turning it on is that the temp appears to be in Celsius all of a sudden. It's reading 17 - not sure what that could be and there's no number in the '59' range anymore. Also the salt reading is like -1.6. Isn't it supposed to be more like -3000?
Will take water sample to store soon to check for salt.
Appreciate any guidance. Thank you.
This will be our 3rd summer with the pool. ~18k gallon in ground saltwater pool with Mineral Springs MS10 box (same as Hayward I think).
Long story short, I'm not sure the swg T cell 15 has worked from day 1. Maybe the first season (pool was open when we got house). Last year I got the "inspect cell" and "low minerals" error the whole season. I cleaned the cell (which wasn't remotely dirty), but it made no difference. I took the T cell to a pool store where they hooked it up to a machine and tested it and the machine said it was good. But I continued to get the errors. Added salt - nothing.
I had so many other projects to deal with in this old house that I just used chlorine tablets the entire season. This year I'd like to get it working right.
My 'pool guy' told me I needed a new T cell. So I got one and we hooked it up when opening the pool last week. Unfortunately the flow sensor broke over the winter so we couldn't test the new T cell. I ordered and installed a new flow sensor, fired everything up - same errors! Very frustrating.
Do I need a new control box? That's basically the only thing I haven't replaced. (New heat pump, T cell, flow sensor, filter cartridges). I realize the water may be too cold for the T cell, but why the same errors?
I will post the readings in the morning. 1 weird thing I noticed after turning it on is that the temp appears to be in Celsius all of a sudden. It's reading 17 - not sure what that could be and there's no number in the '59' range anymore. Also the salt reading is like -1.6. Isn't it supposed to be more like -3000?
Will take water sample to store soon to check for salt.
Appreciate any guidance. Thank you.