Earlier this year I replaced my dead IC 40 with a new IC 60. Install was simple and I immediately got what I wanted, a working SWG that consistently kept my free chlorine level where I wanted it without running the pump 20 hours a day.
I typically check my salt level using the diagnostics menu in my Easy Touch Automation. About a 4-6 weeks ago it started reporting zero salt. The SWG itself was showing the salt level was fine, green light, and my FC levels were fine every week so I didn't worry about it too much. About 10 days ago, however, the salt level light on the SWG went red and the unit quit producing chlorine. I took a water sample to a pool store that I trust and he told me I'm at 3500. Before anyone tells me how unreliable pool store readings are I will tell you that this guy uses a Taylor test kit for most of his testing. He has some fancy salt level tester but everything else he does looks a lot like what I do at home.
Back to my issue, based on other threads I think that my flow switch has probably gone bad. Since I decided to save money and install it myself my crappy 60 day warranty has expired. Here's my question, can I take the flow switch out of my old IC 40 (my wife will tell you that I never throw anything away) and put it in my new IC 60? Seems like it is the same part for all Intellichlor models. I'm cheap so this seems like a way to at least defer spending $100 on a switch. It also seems like a free way to test the flow switch failure diagnosis.
TIA
I typically check my salt level using the diagnostics menu in my Easy Touch Automation. About a 4-6 weeks ago it started reporting zero salt. The SWG itself was showing the salt level was fine, green light, and my FC levels were fine every week so I didn't worry about it too much. About 10 days ago, however, the salt level light on the SWG went red and the unit quit producing chlorine. I took a water sample to a pool store that I trust and he told me I'm at 3500. Before anyone tells me how unreliable pool store readings are I will tell you that this guy uses a Taylor test kit for most of his testing. He has some fancy salt level tester but everything else he does looks a lot like what I do at home.
Back to my issue, based on other threads I think that my flow switch has probably gone bad. Since I decided to save money and install it myself my crappy 60 day warranty has expired. Here's my question, can I take the flow switch out of my old IC 40 (my wife will tell you that I never throw anything away) and put it in my new IC 60? Seems like it is the same part for all Intellichlor models. I'm cheap so this seems like a way to at least defer spending $100 on a switch. It also seems like a free way to test the flow switch failure diagnosis.
TIA