Ic-40 hooked up to Easy touch went out last night. No power at all. On the control board of the easy touch,D1 is flashing red when harness is plugged in. Any troubleshooting tips? I have access to a multimeter
No lights on IC-40. Led D1?
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John,
Assuming your EasyTouch has the built-in Salt cell power supply, the first thing I would check is the Intellichlor breaker in the upper right of the main panel.
Here is a pic of my power supply board which I suspect is a newer version of the one you have..
You need to measure the AC input to the board.. between the two red wires marked "AC".. I think it is about 24 volts, but to be honest I don't remember the voltage.. it will either be there or not.. If you have no AC in, then the most likely cause is that the pump/filter relay is not working or not being told to close.
If you have the AC input voltage, then measure between the Red and Black wires on the large connector going to the cell.. Leave the connector connected.. You should get about 40 VDC when the cell is resting and about 36 VDC when the cell is running..
Thanks,
Jim R.
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If you have AC in and zero DC out, your power supply card is toast...
Assuming your EasyTouch has the built-in Salt cell power supply, the first thing I would check is the Intellichlor breaker in the upper right of the main panel.
Here is a pic of my power supply board which I suspect is a newer version of the one you have..
You need to measure the AC input to the board.. between the two red wires marked "AC".. I think it is about 24 volts, but to be honest I don't remember the voltage.. it will either be there or not.. If you have no AC in, then the most likely cause is that the pump/filter relay is not working or not being told to close.
If you have the AC input voltage, then measure between the Red and Black wires on the large connector going to the cell.. Leave the connector connected.. You should get about 40 VDC when the cell is resting and about 36 VDC when the cell is running..
Thanks,
Jim R.
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If you have AC in and zero DC out, your power supply card is toast...
AC is good. DC 27 volts, but should be 39 according to the board.
D1 only lights up when the harness is plugged in. Maybe the board is starting to go?
D1 only lights up when the harness is plugged in. Maybe the board is starting to go?
John,
Just for grins I went out and looked at the DC voltage on mine.. With cell at rest the voltage was 41 and when the cell light came on (cell working) the voltage dropped to 36 VDC...
I think that 27 volts is just way too low... I suspect the little board is bad... but if the cell itself was bad it could load down the power supply board.
What is the AC voltage with the cell unplugged???
Without a good cell or good board it will be hard to tell which is bad..
I would for sure take out the IC40 and make sure that none of the plates are shorted together..
Thanks,
Jim R.
Just for grins I went out and looked at the DC voltage on mine.. With cell at rest the voltage was 41 and when the cell light came on (cell working) the voltage dropped to 36 VDC...
I think that 27 volts is just way too low... I suspect the little board is bad... but if the cell itself was bad it could load down the power supply board.
What is the AC voltage with the cell unplugged???
Without a good cell or good board it will be hard to tell which is bad..
I would for sure take out the IC40 and make sure that none of the plates are shorted together..
Thanks,
Jim R.
I'm geting about 30 vac into the board.
No plate shorts either.
I found this old thread. Looks like someone else for 27 VDC and no lights. Must be a specific failure mode.
Pentair Intellichlor IC40 Chlorinator--Lights Are Not On
No plate shorts either.
I found this old thread. Looks like someone else for 27 VDC and no lights. Must be a specific failure mode.
Pentair Intellichlor IC40 Chlorinator--Lights Are Not On
I did some quick math. The cell is from 2012. I'm probably at least at 8,000 hours, if not 10. So I'm rolling the dice and buying a new cell. Let's see if this works
I'm case anyone pulls up this thread in the future, the problem was the cell, not the board. New cell is working just fine
Hi, I have a similar problem D1 light flashing , seems D3 off all together, and all lights off on the intellichlor IC40 itself.
My intellichlor is > 7 years old as well, had lights on last week but didnt seem to be producing chlorine..
Any suggestions on diagnosing whether it is the board or the IC40 unit?
thanks
Mark
My intellichlor is > 7 years old as well, had lights on last week but didnt seem to be producing chlorine..
Any suggestions on diagnosing whether it is the board or the IC40 unit?
thanks
Mark
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Just had this same issue, no lights on IC40, green D7 light steady on surge board. Checked voltage from SCG transformer and it was good. Found burnt looking harness connection on red J7 wire and low voltage (27 when should be 39 per board) reading with voltmeter. Replaced surge board with aftermarket and IC40 powered right up. This took less than 10 minutes with a screwdriver. I have a spare IC40 so was able to initially trouble shoot that both were not lighting up and it was something upstream in the easy touch panel.
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