SWCG Faulty?

[D Chadwick]

I have a salt system that has just recently started giving me concern. I felt that I had put to much salt in the pool but my reading didn't seem to be moving. I came home the other day and I had low salt and check cell light flashing. Had water tested at pool store and reading was 5000 ppm. I watched a video on how to recalibrate the cell and did that. Within 24 hours system was back to low salt and check cell light flashing. Used an acid bath to clean cell recalibrated again and within 24 hours back to low salt and check cell light flashing. Cell is approx 5 - 7 years old. My concern is the cell is expensive to replace and want to make sure there is not an issue with the circuit board causing issues prior to replacing cell. Is there any way to confirm the cell is actually my problem.Thanks

 

[YippeeSkippy]

Yeah, you may be on the downswing of usability for that cell. 5-7 years is a pretty good run, especially if you task it heavily.

You can often take them in to pool stores and they have ways of testing the cell. Try that.

Is it making FC? Enough? I never count of my mechanical device to accurately give me salt readings, so you need the K-1766 Taylor kit to test your salt yourself. If its working and making FC, I'd ignore warning lights and keep it in the back of my mind that its getting on in years and will need replacing eventually.

Maddie

 

[D Chadwick]

It appears to be working and producing FC. I had it checked when I had the salt level checked. I will keep my eye on it and see if I can drag out another couple of months from it. Do you know what the signs are that the circuit board is have problems except when the unit shuts down completely?

Thanks

 

[Philo]

I tried nursing along a SWG that was beyond it's prime. I found that additional effort was a waste. The lesson I learned was to just to replaced it when it was showing a false low salt reading. (There needs to be a light that says "replace soon" not "low salt" when they are dying....Duh)