I recently purchased a new T15 cell for my Aquarite. The reason I purchased a new cell was my old one kept flashing check cell and low salt warnings. I did have it tested at my local store and it tested ok on the Hayward test unit at 2 stores. I didn’t completely trust the testing though so I bought a new one from Chlorinator Pro, and at least I’d have a semi working spare.
After installing the new unit, I immediately attempted the recalibration procedure on the aquarite and during the countdown the salt level display would only reach 2900.
After letting it run for a day, I noticed that the readings on the Aquarite are pretty far off. New cell says I am between -3000 and +2800 depending on the polarity of the unit at the time. My salt level has been tested at a little over 2600 again with my test kit and 2 local stores all within +-100 ppm.
Yesterday I noticed that the Aquarite was flashing check cell (no low salt though as it thought the calculated salt level was 2900) This is a similar issue to what I saw with the old cell. The negative instant salt reading was pretty far off the positive one although the numbers were about -2600 and +2400.
It’s a little hard to believe that I have 2 goofy cells (though possible sure) I am leaning toward a controller issue. I do have one of the newer Aquarite controllers with the thermistor relay bypass. I guess this relay could be goofed up or the thermistor could be faulty, but I haven’t heard of thermistor failure on the newer controllers.
Any thoughts on what and how I can narrow this issue down?
Thanks everyone!
After installing the new unit, I immediately attempted the recalibration procedure on the aquarite and during the countdown the salt level display would only reach 2900.
After letting it run for a day, I noticed that the readings on the Aquarite are pretty far off. New cell says I am between -3000 and +2800 depending on the polarity of the unit at the time. My salt level has been tested at a little over 2600 again with my test kit and 2 local stores all within +-100 ppm.
Yesterday I noticed that the Aquarite was flashing check cell (no low salt though as it thought the calculated salt level was 2900) This is a similar issue to what I saw with the old cell. The negative instant salt reading was pretty far off the positive one although the numbers were about -2600 and +2400.
It’s a little hard to believe that I have 2 goofy cells (though possible sure) I am leaning toward a controller issue. I do have one of the newer Aquarite controllers with the thermistor relay bypass. I guess this relay could be goofed up or the thermistor could be faulty, but I haven’t heard of thermistor failure on the newer controllers.
Any thoughts on what and how I can narrow this issue down?
Thanks everyone!
