Loose or corroded intellichlor to motherboard connector

[johnssc1]

I noticed the intellichlor was out the other day. I unplugged, then plugged it back into the control board, and it worked for another day

Now it seens to only work when I hold it in.

There is corrosion only on the DC pin. No water seems to be leaking anywhere. If it is just the harness, that is a much cheaper fix than the board. Has anyone seen this before?

 

[Jimrahbe]

John,

I have not seen that specific problem with the IntelliChlor, but in general it is a pretty common problem with high current connectors.. All it takes is for the connector to have just a little corrosion or be dirty.. This current causes a voltage drop across the connector that causes heat.. The more heat you have the worse the connection becomes until the connector over heats, melts, or catches fire..

The real fix would be to replace the discolored parts.. But I suspect that you could solder a jumper around the connector that would by-pass the problem pin.

A new Surge card is about $150 bucks and the cable is about $80 bucks on Amazon... So not that expensive to do it right.


Thanks,

Jim R.