TFP members,
Recently registered, but have lurked here for some good info on maintaining my first pool. I wanted to share the feedback I got from DiscountSaltPool tech today. I did some googling and searching here and didn't find a thread that covered this info specifically so figured I'd share for others.
Bought the house in May with a CP RJ60 that was installed around mid 2019. The unit has been working fine. When temps started getting low I switched over to tablets and turned the system off. Now that it's warmer, I've turned the system back on and noticed what I thought was a weird behavior. The system runs fine in the daytime, but overnight my current pump cycle turns completely off for about 6 hours and the water temp in the piping gets into the 40s/50s. The RJ60 throws a low temp error as expected, but once the temps warm up back into the 60s, the low temp error stays and the system won't run.
From an electronics perspective, I was expecting that the error would be a live status and when it warmed up it would go away and the system would just work. But I noticed that I kept having to power cycle the unit to clear the warning even when the temps were warm enough according to the unit's temperature sensor.
I thought I might have a bad unit, but calling DSP they told me that once the low temp flag is set the unit will not self-recover and the power must be cycled to reset it. Seems like not great software design to me, but according to the tech its expected behavior. So for the early spring/late fall it means you have to either stick with an alternate chlorine source until the temps are warm enough at night, run the pump on low 24 hrs to keep the water circulating so the piping stays above air temp, or power cycle the system every day or so to reset it.
Figured I'd share here since this info wasn't easily found via google or search and some other new RJ+ owner may have the same question.
Mike
Recently registered, but have lurked here for some good info on maintaining my first pool. I wanted to share the feedback I got from DiscountSaltPool tech today. I did some googling and searching here and didn't find a thread that covered this info specifically so figured I'd share for others.
Bought the house in May with a CP RJ60 that was installed around mid 2019. The unit has been working fine. When temps started getting low I switched over to tablets and turned the system off. Now that it's warmer, I've turned the system back on and noticed what I thought was a weird behavior. The system runs fine in the daytime, but overnight my current pump cycle turns completely off for about 6 hours and the water temp in the piping gets into the 40s/50s. The RJ60 throws a low temp error as expected, but once the temps warm up back into the 60s, the low temp error stays and the system won't run.
From an electronics perspective, I was expecting that the error would be a live status and when it warmed up it would go away and the system would just work. But I noticed that I kept having to power cycle the unit to clear the warning even when the temps were warm enough according to the unit's temperature sensor.
I thought I might have a bad unit, but calling DSP they told me that once the low temp flag is set the unit will not self-recover and the power must be cycled to reset it. Seems like not great software design to me, but according to the tech its expected behavior. So for the early spring/late fall it means you have to either stick with an alternate chlorine source until the temps are warm enough at night, run the pump on low 24 hrs to keep the water circulating so the piping stays above air temp, or power cycle the system every day or so to reset it.
Figured I'd share here since this info wasn't easily found via google or search and some other new RJ+ owner may have the same question.
Mike
