Pentair Intellichlor Transformer

[Forest Cove]

Does anyone know if a replacement transformer is available through Digikey or other suppliers vs. Pentair as the OEM?

My salt cell lights are all off, the pcba surge board has a steady green light and is outputting 29-30vdc to the cell. Thinking this may be too low a voltage.

My transformer is putting out only 30vac and I understand it should be closer to 36 vac.

 

[Flying Tivo]

How old is your cell? Did you measure voltage on the ac side or dc side of the surge board? Transformers dont usually fail. Its the cell or the surge board.

 

[Jimrahbe]

Forest,

Power transformers do not go bad often, and when they do, they generally don't work at all.

I doubt that your transformer is your problem.

Thanks,

Jim R.

 

[Forest Cove]

Does anyone know if a replacement transformer is available through Digikey or other suppliers vs. Pentair as the OEM?

My salt cell lights are all off, the pcba surge board has a steady green light and is outputting 29-30vdc to the cell. Thinking this may be too low a voltage.

My transformer is putting out only 30vac and I understand it should be closer to 36 vac.

Cell will be 3 yrs old next month. I had noticed the lights were out once before, and I disconnected (i.e. pulled) the AC power wire off the board, plugged it back in and the cell came back to life for a week or so. Then out again and stayed that way.

Voltages were taken at the board both ac and dc. I agree that the transformer was unlikely, but I was thinking the voltage was a little on the low side. That being said, I did not check my mains voltage values to see if they were low.

Have contacted Pentair customer service, but nothing back from them yet. The surge board I have is a pcba 521593, and I do not see it for sale anywhere. Plenty of the 521218 boards, and if you zoom in close, the Amazon photo has the 521593 p/n on it. Wondering if the 521218 board is a replacement?

 

[randytsuch]

Intellichlor wiki
From what it says here, your voltages seem ok.
Doesn't really seem like the surge board is bad either since your dc seems close enough.
Its an unregulated power supply, so DC voltage out depends on your 115V in.

Randy

 

[ajw22]

Cell will be 3 yrs old next month.

3 years in Texas running at 50% for 10 months out of the year is about the 10,000 hour generating life of a cell.

I think your cell is just depleted and needs to be replaced.

 

[ajw22]

The IntelliChlor SCG has a built-in cell “usage hours” meter that displays how many hours IntelliChlor has been generating. The IntelliChlor SCG is designed to generate chlorine for approximately 10,000 hours before replacement is needed.

To access the system status mode:

1. Press and hold the MORE button for three (3) seconds until the lights scroll across the unit.
2. One (1) of the five (5) Sanitizer Output LED indicators (20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100%) will be lit,indicating the hours of usage.

The Output LEDs are as follows:

• 2000 hours (20% LED on)
• 4000 hours (40% LED on)
• 6000 hours (60% LED on)
• 8000 hours (80% LED on)
• 10,000 hours (100% LED on)

 

[Forest Cove]

3 years in Texas running at 50% for 10 months out of the year is about the 10,000 hour generating life of a cell.

I think your cell is just depleted and needs to be replaced.

Thanks,'
if only the lights would come on, i could check usage. would pool supply stores have a cell tester?

 

[ajw22]

would pool supply stores have a cell tester?

No, there is no way to test a dead Pentair cell.

Replace it.

Was it a IC40 cell? Or IC60?

 

[Forest Cove]

Thanks,'
if only the lights would come on, i could check usage. would pool supply stores have a cell tester?

anyone suggesting the best place to purchase an IC40 cell?

 

[Forest Cove]

No, there is no way to test a dead Pentair cell.

Replace it.

Was it a IC40 cell? Or IC60?

ic40

 

[ajw22]

anyone suggesting the best place to purchase an IC40 cell?

Pentair IntelliChlor Salt Replacement Cell | IC40 | EC-520555

 

[Forest Cove]

Replaced ic40 this morning and the new one lights up and appears to be functioning properly.
Thanks for everyone's support.