Several days ago my chlorinator started throwing a low salt light. Its not. In fact, its a little on the high side at 4000ppm (checked a few times with a drop test). Then today I noticed it was dead. After some troubleshooting, I noted the 10a fuse in the power supply was blown. After replacing it, I get the green light inside the power supply. But soon after the pump kicks on, the fuse blows. My assumption is, once the chlorinator sees flow and tries to kick on, it blows the fuse. I tried doing an acid clean, but it changed nothing. The blades looked perfectly fine anyway. They always have as my calcium is typically around 150 (fiberglass).
I only have a 13,000 gallon pool. The ichlor 30 is a little oversized for my application and has a estimated lifespan of 10,000 duty hours. My pool season is mid April to Mid Oct. I set the duty cycle, typically, 15% in the spring and fall, and peaking at 25% in mid summer. I never use the 100% super chlorination setting. So 6 months X 30 days per month X 24 hours per day X 20% average duty cycle is about 864 hours per year. Or just over 3000 hours in my case for this chlorinator.
That is less than 1/3 the estimated lifespan. I have come to terms with I will need to replace it ($$). But I’d really like to get a little more life out of the next one. Is there any reason to believe I did something wrong? Pretty much the only thing I add to my pool is replacement water, shock, salt, acid, and occasionally CYA.
I only have a 13,000 gallon pool. The ichlor 30 is a little oversized for my application and has a estimated lifespan of 10,000 duty hours. My pool season is mid April to Mid Oct. I set the duty cycle, typically, 15% in the spring and fall, and peaking at 25% in mid summer. I never use the 100% super chlorination setting. So 6 months X 30 days per month X 24 hours per day X 20% average duty cycle is about 864 hours per year. Or just over 3000 hours in my case for this chlorinator.
That is less than 1/3 the estimated lifespan. I have come to terms with I will need to replace it ($$). But I’d really like to get a little more life out of the next one. Is there any reason to believe I did something wrong? Pretty much the only thing I add to my pool is replacement water, shock, salt, acid, and occasionally CYA.
