Hello all,
I am having trouble with my pentair ic40 cell not creating enough chlorine. Here is the info about my pool.
It is about 100000 litres
Current water chemistry:
Alk 82 PM
Ph 7.9
Hardness 212ppm
Salt 3000 PM
Stabilizer 67 ppm
No metals detected.
The issue is that my salt cell seems to not be able to keep up and maintain my chlorine levels.
I run my pump for 12 hours during the day with the salt cell at 100 the wholetime.
I have noticed some algae on the walls and it has been very hot and dry here over the past couple weeks.
Last night I ran my pump and cell all night at 100 and noticed a slight increase in chlorine this morning.
I am not sure if the cell is failing (8years old) or if something else is wrong.
I have had this pool for 6 years and have never had to run the cell this high. That being said I used to run the pump over night for electrical efficiency reasons (we pay less for power at night)
I have read a bunch of posts on here and am thinking of trying a few more things.
I am going to run the pump at night again as someone said even with stabilizer my chlorine could be getting burned off as its created. I am also going to put more algaecide in the pool for algae. I just cleaned the cell last month but I will try to clean it again.
Anyone think of anything I am missing before I buy a new cell?
Any ideas would be appreciated
Thanks
I am having trouble with my pentair ic40 cell not creating enough chlorine. Here is the info about my pool.
It is about 100000 litres
Current water chemistry:
Alk 82 PM
Ph 7.9
Hardness 212ppm
Salt 3000 PM
Stabilizer 67 ppm
No metals detected.
The issue is that my salt cell seems to not be able to keep up and maintain my chlorine levels.
I run my pump for 12 hours during the day with the salt cell at 100 the wholetime.
I have noticed some algae on the walls and it has been very hot and dry here over the past couple weeks.
Last night I ran my pump and cell all night at 100 and noticed a slight increase in chlorine this morning.
I am not sure if the cell is failing (8years old) or if something else is wrong.
I have had this pool for 6 years and have never had to run the cell this high. That being said I used to run the pump over night for electrical efficiency reasons (we pay less for power at night)
I have read a bunch of posts on here and am thinking of trying a few more things.
I am going to run the pump at night again as someone said even with stabilizer my chlorine could be getting burned off as its created. I am also going to put more algaecide in the pool for algae. I just cleaned the cell last month but I will try to clean it again.
Anyone think of anything I am missing before I buy a new cell?
Any ideas would be appreciated
Thanks