Salt Water Pool Cell Not Working

Knowing when a cell has gone bad and needs to be replaced is not always obvious.

Salt water pool cell not working.

They work by passing salt water through an electrically charged salt cell to produce chlorine. You can expect a salt chlorine generator scg cell to last 5 or more years if the pool and cell are maintained properly. So check your salt level first. Hello i am not an expert in the solaxx salt system but i would check the wire connections and check the water flow rate and the salt level should be 3500 ppm.

Bottom line and still an unanswered question. The chlorine generator also known as salt cell salt generator salt chlorinator or swg uses electrolysis in the presence of dissolved salt to produce chlorine gas cl2 or its dissolved forms hypochlorous acid. If the water is clear it s not creating chlorine. Remember less salt less chlorine.

Salt water chlorination is a process that uses dissolved salt 2 500 6 000 ppm or 2 5 6 g l as a store for the chlorination system primarily for swimming pools and hot tubs. More often than not the problem is with the salt cell and not the entire chlorinator system itself. A malfunctioning salt water chlorinator is every spa and pool owner s nightmare. If the salt level is not high verify the correct cell is being used then reset follow steps for how to reset average salt levels above.

The action of salt water passing through the salt cell causes electrolysis creating chlorine sodium hypochlorite which is then returned to the pool. There has got to be an action assuming there is enough salt in the pool. Why does the instant salt level reading decline during a filtration cycle when 1 the pool salt level is in range 2 the salt cell is clean working correctly and not aged out 3 diagnostics indicate there are no problems with the pcb itself hardware. In this video you will learn how to ascertain whether your salt cell salt chlorinator is working and producing chlorine.

For more swimming pool tips and tr. The chlorine is filtered into the water to keep the pool clean and pleasing for swimming in most circumstances salt cells experience problems due to a build up of calcified salt which is fairly straightforward to remedy. The action of the brine passing over the cell creates gaseous activity. The water passing over the cell should be cloudy.

The easiest way to be certain if the chlorinator is working is to make sure the cell is clean by checking the needle or production lights on the chlorinator box. If salt level is above the range partially drain the pool and or spa and refill with fresh water to achieve a salt level of 3200ppm refer to page 9 step d.