AquaRite generator displaying "HOT" (with brand new T-Cell)

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Can you give a description of what equipment was installed on what dates?

What is the pump model number?

What is the filter pressure at different pump speeds?

Can you verify how much flow you have at different speeds?

What is the heater model number?

What speed does the pump run when the heater is on?
 
JamesW said:
The heater display shows LO, which means Limit Open, which is usually a low flow issue.

Maybe the heater is running with too little flow.

How much fresh air is provided for the heater?

Indoor heaters have to have plenty of fresh air.
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The heater does need more flow, so when my pool controller turns on the heater, the min flow is 70%. This picture just happened to be taken when the flow was low.
The shed had a window that is always open and vents in the ceiling.
 
Maybe the circuit board is defective.

The board is at least 15 years old and maybe up to 30 years old.

However, if the cell is actually hot or warm to the touch, then the heat is coming from somewhere.

kayzee said:
I have AquaRite rev 1.40 with a brand new T-CELL-15.
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Aquarite History.​

Goldline Controls®, began as Independent Energy, Inc., a company founded in 1975. In 1994, the company began producing Aqua Rite® salt chlorinators for swimming pools.

Hayward® Industries, Inc. acquired Goldline Controls® in August 2004.

Firmware Levels:

  • Revision 1.59 came out 8/20/2014.
  • Revision 1.58 was from about 2011 to 2014.
  • Revision 1.55 came out on 5/8/2009.
  • Revision 1.50 added the ability to select the T-cell type in the settings.
  • Prior to revision 1.50, the system was preset to take a T-5 or T-15 cell.

  • What are the first seven characters of the box serial number?
 
Can you give a description of what equipment was installed on what dates?

What is the pump model number?

What is the filter pressure at different pump speeds?

Can you verify how much flow you have at different speeds?

What is the heater model number?

What are the first six characters of the box serial number?
 
JamesW said:
Can you give a description of what equipment was installed on what dates?

What is the pump model number?

What is the filter pressure at different pump speeds?

Can you verify how much flow you have at different speeds?

What is the heater model number?

What speed does the pump run when the heater is on?
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Sorry, but I don't believe the heater is the culprit. The HOT message started showing when I ran the pump at 22%.

Hayward Pump (Super Pump VS 700 - HL2670020VSP) and Hayward OMNI was installed in 2023.
Filter pressure maxes out around 15.5 PSI
 
JamesW said:
22% is too low.

I would not go below 50%.
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Interesting. For a variable speed pump, why can't you run it very low all day and ramp it up for a specified amount of time? The reason I do this is because I have Time of Use electricity pricing. I run higher pump speeds over night.

I did two tests (30% and then 26% on the pump) and the SWG doesn't complain about flow. I think when I went down to 22% all these problems started occurring.

My theory is that the SWG tries to turn on and then fails from the low flow, and repeats this behaviour over and over until the cell gets too hot. I'd like to find a low flow that is just enough to keep the SWG happy.

Do you think this is a problem? Should I really run min 50%? If so, can you give some details why?

Thanks again eh! :)

I really do appreciate the community here at TroubleFreePool. I'm amazed at how helpful everyone is.
 

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kayzee said:
The reason I do this is because I have Time of Use electricity pricing.
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What is the cost per KWH?

What is the power used at different speeds?

The energy consumed by a pool pump is measured in terms of Watts (W) or Kilowatts (kW).

The 1.65 THP variable speed pump family displays power consumption in Watts.

Given this information, you can determine the cost of operating the pump:

Power consumption of pump X Cost of electricity = Cost of Pump Operation per Hour

Example: Hayward variable speed pump operating at 300 W.

Cost of electricity = $0.10 per kWh

Convert Watts to Kilowatts: 300 W = 0.3 kW

0.3 kW X $0.10/kWh = $0.03 per hour

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