Hi all,
I have an ancient Mineral Springs SWG (circa 2005), though I've replaced various components over the years. This year when opening my pool, the control box was doing all sorts of odd things I hadn't seen before--all lights flashing at once, the readings on the screen changing on their own (a constant rotation between the different values, without me pressing the button at all), the screen rapidly flashing off and on, bringing up a value then counting up or down, among other weird combos of lights and screen going off and on. I thought the daughter board (I think that's the right term...the smaller board attached in the front) might be loose or not connecting properly, so I tried removing that and replacing it, and that seemed to resolve things for about a month. Also at that time, for good measure, I cleaned the cell.
Over the weekend, I noticed the water looked off and checked the box--sure enough, the 'generating sanitizer' light was off and the 'check minerals' and 'inspect cell' lights were lit. I checked the salt level and it was actually high (3800), so I tried removing the smaller board again. Well, when I put it back on this time, all the lights and screen started flashing and ultimately went off altogether. Upon closer inspection, I noticed this red wire in the photo--right next to the current limiter--is corroded where it joins to the circuit board. I'm thinking this may have been my problem all along? (I'll note the discoloration around the current limiter was there from previous dead limiters that had to be replaced, but the scorched looking area around the red wire is new.) What do you all think? If that's the culprit, can I get away with just replacing the wire--and is there anywhere I can get one that won't break the bank or try to sell me 1000 other things with it?
I have an ancient Mineral Springs SWG (circa 2005), though I've replaced various components over the years. This year when opening my pool, the control box was doing all sorts of odd things I hadn't seen before--all lights flashing at once, the readings on the screen changing on their own (a constant rotation between the different values, without me pressing the button at all), the screen rapidly flashing off and on, bringing up a value then counting up or down, among other weird combos of lights and screen going off and on. I thought the daughter board (I think that's the right term...the smaller board attached in the front) might be loose or not connecting properly, so I tried removing that and replacing it, and that seemed to resolve things for about a month. Also at that time, for good measure, I cleaned the cell.
Over the weekend, I noticed the water looked off and checked the box--sure enough, the 'generating sanitizer' light was off and the 'check minerals' and 'inspect cell' lights were lit. I checked the salt level and it was actually high (3800), so I tried removing the smaller board again. Well, when I put it back on this time, all the lights and screen started flashing and ultimately went off altogether. Upon closer inspection, I noticed this red wire in the photo--right next to the current limiter--is corroded where it joins to the circuit board. I'm thinking this may have been my problem all along? (I'll note the discoloration around the current limiter was there from previous dead limiters that had to be replaced, but the scorched looking area around the red wire is new.) What do you all think? If that's the culprit, can I get away with just replacing the wire--and is there anywhere I can get one that won't break the bank or try to sell me 1000 other things with it?
