Anybody live around Huntington, NY? Request to plug into your Intellichlor Power Center

[Earthman Bob]

Does anybody who lives anywhere around eastern Suffolk, Western Nassau have a Pentair Intellichlor chlorine generator and power center who would consider having me come over for a few minutes to test an Intellichlor unit.

The problem is that I need to test this ASAP, and I just found that my power center is not working, so I can't test it myself.

It would just involve turning on the power to your power center. I would then plug my unit in. Either it will power up, or not. The hardest part will be filling my bucket with water.

Thanks in advance--

 

[Newdude]

Hey Bob !!! I'm an hour away and mine is buried in the basement awaiting a build.

Check the glass fuse located in the black knob underneath. When mine blew it looked ok, but tested open with a multimeter.

Also check if it's wired appropriately to 120/240.

 

[Earthman Bob]

Hey Bob !!! I'm an hour away and mine is buried in the basement awaiting a build.

Check the glass fuse located in the black knob underneath. When mine blew it looked ok, but tested open with a multimeter.

Also check if it's wired appropriately to 120/240.

Hey Newdude! Ah yes, the fuse. I used to know that, but have since forgotten. I'll give it a test later.

And the wiring is correct, since the unit has been installed and working for years.

Thanks and fingers crossed...

 

[Earthman Bob]

Hey Bob !!! I'm an hour away and mine is buried in the basement awaiting a build.

Check the glass fuse located in the black knob underneath. When mine blew it looked ok, but tested open with a multimeter.

Also check if it's wired appropriately to 120/240.

Bingo. Bad fuse!

I don't have the right size replacement here, so I'll have to pick one up, and then I'll know.

Thanks again for the tip!

 

[Newdude]

Neither the pool store or the electric supply had them by me. I skipped HD/Lowes altogether. The old skool hardware store had a briefcase like container full for $1.75 (?) Each and I got 3.

 

[Earthman Bob]

Neither the pool store or the electric supply had them by me. I skipped HD/Lowes altogether. The old skool hardware store had a briefcase like container full for $1.75 (?) Each and I got 3.

I see. Too late for hardware stores tonight, so I'll try tomorrow if I can break away.

If all else fails, Home Depot has the fast-acting variety. I'll use one of those for testing until I can find a slo blo.

 

[blakeusa]

Bingo. Bad fuse!

I don't have the right size replacement here, so I'll have to pick one up, and then I'll know.

Thanks again for the tip!

10 amp / 250v acg syandatd buss fuse

 

[Newdude]

Hey Earthman!!!! Now that this is resurrected..... is it working OK?

 

[Earthman Bob]

Hey Earthman!!!! Now that this is resurrected..... is it working OK?

Hey Newdude! Thanks for checking back! The story has a happy ending. I took a risk and picked up the IC40 for under $500 (which was a miracle considering what they're selling for) even though I wasn't sure I could test it. I was able to eventually find the fuse and it powered up. Once I opened the pool, I gave it the real test and it's working REALLY WELL.

As an aside, I've read on this forum that it's a better idea to purchase a larger chlorine generator than the specs call for. So with a 36,000 gal pool, I was looking for an IC60. However, the IC40 I got seems to easily bring the chlorine level up in short order--even at 40-60%.

Thanks again for asking and for the valuable help!

 

[Newdude]

So with a 36,000 gal pool, I was looking for an IC60.

We can get away with lower on LI. It's only really hot for a couple of weeks and the rest of the season doesn't need full production. You may need running 100% for the hot weeks, but it will handle the workload.

For $500 it is worth any tradeoffs, and then some. My iC60 was $1500 + tax last year and ths year is $1600- $1800, if you can find both the unit and controller.

Thanks for the update. SUPER glad it's a happy one.

*next time, you only need the cell and they are the same size so you can swap out with a ic60. Mine took 10 mins to replace from front porch package pickup to installed out back.

 

[Earthman Bob]

Yes, well worth it, eh?! I bought it unused, but it was a unit from decades ago. Crazy how expensive all this equipment is getting with all the supply line issues.

And I did only replace the cell. My power center is thankfully still hanging on.

A great weekend to you!