I'm troubleshooting my salt cell since lately the service light has been coming on and off (seems to happen randomly about half the day it's solid on with no visible gas being produced, otherwise sometimes service light is off and working fine). Warranty department has been really slow to get back to me so I'm seeing what I can discover on my own. I've narrowed down the issue, it seems like when the polarity 2 light is on, it's barely producing any visible gas, but when polarity 1 is running, there is at least 5x the amount of visible gas. Also out of the 5 blades, 2 of them are collecting calcium, while the other 3 are perfectly clean (the clean blades: 1,3, and 5 are on one connector, and the ones with calcium deposit are blades 2 and 4 on the other connector), so I'm guessing it's related to the problem. By connector I mean the welded joint that goes to the plastic screw cap. Any ideas while I'm waiting on lackluster customer service?
Another clue is that when the service light is on, if I power cycle or press +/-, service light will turn off and produce gas for about 1 minute before the light comes back on and it stops producing. But if I hold the + down (to make polarity lights flash and perform some type of reset), it will work fine for like 12-24 hours until I see the service light come on again. It's just under 3 years old so should be too early to need replacing.
Chemical levels: 4200ppm salt (4000-4500 recomended), 80 cya, 7.4 PH, 4.0 FC, CH 300, water temp avg 80F.
Picture: Bottom connector going to blades 2 and 4, scaled. Upper connector going to blades 1,3,5, perfectly clean. Which would be the "bad" one? The one that isn't cleaning itself? Note: this was 2 weeks after acid washing.
Another clue is that when the service light is on, if I power cycle or press +/-, service light will turn off and produce gas for about 1 minute before the light comes back on and it stops producing. But if I hold the + down (to make polarity lights flash and perform some type of reset), it will work fine for like 12-24 hours until I see the service light come on again. It's just under 3 years old so should be too early to need replacing.
Chemical levels: 4200ppm salt (4000-4500 recomended), 80 cya, 7.4 PH, 4.0 FC, CH 300, water temp avg 80F.
Picture: Bottom connector going to blades 2 and 4, scaled. Upper connector going to blades 1,3,5, perfectly clean. Which would be the "bad" one? The one that isn't cleaning itself? Note: this was 2 weeks after acid washing.
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