Reset cell after clean and calibrate salt. Ugh.

[crazy woman]

Our pool is flooded in the last hurricane with salt levels in excess of 9000 after draining off 1/3 and replacing with fresh water. Tested via handheld. Drained off again 75%. Refilled with fresh water level by tester 2800. Activating system, called for cell inspection, and cleaning did both cannot reset by holding the diagnostic button for three seconds. Ran through the instructions for recalibration. It clicks and push the button five times and 100 comes up sometimes 200 comes up but the numbers don’t change. It is an aqua right Hayward installed mid 2018. power was cut to the system prior to the flooding. The control unit is at a level where it did not see water. Help ?

I did take a sample to the local pool store, and added alkalinity, increaser, shocked with chlorine and stabilizer.

 

[YippeeSkippy]

Hi there.... welcome to Trouble Free Pools
Here is our Wiki article on the Aquarite Salt Water Chlorine Generator (SWG):

Hayward Aquarite SWG - Further Reading

www.troublefreepool.com

Aside from that problem, which I hope the above helps with, our methods are so different from pool stores. Do you rely on them for your testing? If so....that's a huge problem. You can take the same sample to three different stores and get three different readings and advice. We believe in *owner testing* with a proper test kit. No one cares about your pool more than you, and will be careful with it.

In the case of buying store products- most are overpriced products you can get in the Publix or Home Depot. For example, Alkalinity Increaser is just expensive Baking Soda. I buy big 10 pound bags for about $7 (if I recall) at Walmart. I don't want to remember how much Leslie's sells it for!

Please take a look at our basics articles from our Pool School section : Pool Care Basics

If the information in the Wiki article doesn't help with the SWG, holler back...ok?

Maddie