Why IC-40 literature says it generates above 52 degrees but real world says otherwise

[rawb]

Just curious about the discrepancy between the minimum temp to generate chlorine shown in the IC-40 manual (52 degrees) and the temperature that most people seem to observe to be the real world minimum (60 - 65 degrees). I have found around 60 to be my minimum but weird how they would state an exact number such as 52 in the manual.

Thanks

 

[Jimrahbe]

raw,

I think the manual say it shuts off at 52 +/- 3 degrees... I'm not sure it says when it comes back on.. (It might, I'm too lazy to look)..

The problem that I see is that when the water is around that temperature it will often be too cold to work in the morning but might work later in the day. So I don't even try to use my cell until the morning water temperatures consistently stay above 56 degrees or so..

Thanks,

Jim R.

 

[MLR54]

Mine also at 60-65 degrees (water temp) the low salt light comes on, the cold water light so far has never come on, according to my pool builder this normal for IC-40 as far as the low salt light, so I turn off the power to it. Later in the morning if and when the water temp goes past 65 degrees I turn the IC-40 back on and the low salt light is off.

 

[jeffchap]

Mine also at 60-65 degrees (water temp) the low salt light comes on, the cold water light so far has never come on, according to my pool builder this normal for IC-40 as far as the low salt light, so I turn off the power to it. Later in the morning if and when the water temp goes past 65 degrees I turn the IC-40 back on and the low salt light is off.

Mine behaves exactly the same.