Pentair Intellichlor Reads Low Salt When the Salt Level Is Fine

Mr. Muriaticacid

My IC40 has been giving me an alternate low table salt/salt OK light. Of course, when I saw the low salt lite I added a pocketbook of salt. After a day or two it showed that salt was still low and so I added another purse of salt. Nevertheless low. I took the SWG off and cleaned it with MA, 100% MA! I forgot to dilute it, oops. After about 2 minutes I drained and flushed it. I'g wondering if I damaged the SWG?

Now, the indicator lights show depression salt (steady red) one twenty-four hours and common salt OK (steady dark-green) the next solar day. The table salt level is at 4400 due to the 2 bags of salt. The SWG doesn't appear to be making chlorine on the ruby-red days but it does on the green days. I was messing with the output buttons one twenty-four hour period to detect the life left on the SWG and I had a 20% indication. I took that to mean fourscore% life left but this is the third year nosotros have had this SWG running at 20% for 12 hours a solar day usually from mid April to mid October. Nosotros also got hit past lightning in May and it blew out our telephones and router.

So my questions are:

i. Did I harm the SWG using 100% MA?

2. Did I accidentally modify some settings when looking to find the life left on the SWG that would make the chlorine output change every other mean solar day?

three. Do I have 20% or 80% life left based on the lights?

4. Is it possible that the system got hitting by lightning back in May and that is what caused the low common salt low-cal in the first place?

It's kind of a comedy of errors!
These are my readings from yesterday.

Ph 7.4
FC 6.v
CC 0.five
TA 60
CH 550
CYA 50
Borates 50

Thank you!

Catanzaro

Regarding your SWG, I am new to mine, and so not also much experience. Let's bump this thread. Although, I use a Taylor Thou-1766 salt kit. Your first stride is to confirm the truthful salt reading with a skillful quality kit. Then, with my SWG (Hayward T-9), I am able to reset the SWG module to read exactly (start off with) the correct levels. Mine is new and merely a calendar month or and then sometime and the display is pretty accurate betwixt 3,200 and iii,300, which is exactly what I tested.

Yous may want to reset the unit (if possible). Then for a few days, unplug everything and then plug dorsum in. Hard to tell if any damage was done. Accept the unit back out and audit with a flashlight and rinse thoroughly again. I would assume damage would be done if you allowed 100% acid in the unit for quite a long time. If this was less than a few minutes, y'all could be ok (not certain). And so plug dorsum in. Perchance switch to liquid for a few days.

This reminds me where my Windows vii computer (Yes, still improve than others) Aero theme just went out. Could not fix for any reason, even though there were all these solutions. Left it alone. Two weeks after, I come up downstairs and the estimator had an error and stock-still itself. And then maybe, this will happen with the SWG. Attempt resetting and peradventure unplugging it for a few days and starting all over.

Outside of this, you may want to contact Pentair. Amazingly customer support today with these companies is top notch. I know that Hayward has actually gone the extra mile in the last few years, peculiarly with whatever questions, I have had. Good luck and keep u.s. posted!

mknauss

A Low Salt indication on a Pentair IC, if the common salt level in the puddle is OK, is typically the flow sensor. They are easy to fix. If in Warranty, Pentair will replace. If non, there are replacements available on line for around $60. The Pentair brand replacement is nigh $120.

The reason the flow sensor shows upward equally Low Salt every bit it is the temperature sensor in the menses sensor that goes bad. Thus the IC cannot properly summate the salt level of the water and reports every bit low salt.

You nearly likely dramatically reduced the life of your cell using full strength MA. You should never have to make clean your cell if your pool water chemistry (CSI specifically) is kept in proper range. Never make clean a cell if there is not visible scaling that cannot be removed with a stream of h2o.

Philo

"Never clean a prison cell if there is not visible scaling that cannot be removed with a stream of h2o".

Do you mean Can be removed with a stream of water?

pooldv

No, if the scale can exist removed with a stream of water so an acid wash is not needed. My IC40 gets finicky equally the h2o temp drops down toward 70. One time I commencement getting false depression salt errors or when the water temp drops beneath 70 consistently I turn the prison cell off and switch to bleach.

Philo

If y'all take all the negatives out of the judgement to arrive more than readable:

"clean a cell if there is visible scaling that can be removed with a stream of h2o".

I'one thousand not certain this is correct......

pooldv

Most

"clean a prison cell if at that place is visible scaling that tin can Not be removed with a stream of water".

mknauss

I demand to run my grammar corrector adjacent fourth dimension ..............

Deplorable.

Philo

I don't call back there are whatever spelling or grammar rules anymore.

P.South. My High Schoolhouse age Grandson (GPA 3.five) was never even taught cursive writing.......

Catanzaro

I don't recollect there are whatsoever spelling or grammar rules anymore.

The schools do not even teach proper grammar anymore, simply spelling. Unless y'all want to attend higher pedagogy for grammar. Personally, I have sent PM to sure members to kindly do this off line when something is off subject. If something does not sound right, then a question should be asked to kindly explicate.

Mr. Muriaticacid

Ok, cheers everyone. I think I volition just supersede information technology at the beginning of next year. With the MA overdose and lightning and going on 4 years onetime I call up a fresh starting time is due.
I too take the Taylor K-1766 test kit and my common salt is at 4400.

MurrietaRob

I noticed my chlorine level was a lower than normal so, later on verifying all other chemistry parameters were correct (as a consummate TFP practitioner) figured I should inspect my IC40; With annotation of mknauss' annotate about no scaling if chemistry is correct, I can attest every bit in that location was not whatever visible; and have non needed to look at prison cell since early 2017 ; anyhow, I put a quick hose wash down the unit, regreased orings, etc. and reinstalled; before I cleaned it, all lights were green, but later reinstall now the low common salt light is on, and measurement on ScreenLogic Connect shows 0 common salt - was 3600 earlier; I re-flushed the unit, reset the controllers and breakers to no avail. I performed the "more" push tests and the unit shows the right temp range, and the flow light is green when pump is on, merely low salt indicator persists. Oh, I always disconnect the IC40 from ability before performing maintenance too... My question is could this nevertheless be a bad temp sensor, even though the "more" test seems to bespeak the right temp range? I'thousand leaning towards a service telephone call or an unfortunate cell replacement... back to bleach until further notice!

Jimrahbe

Rob,

When you first power the jail cell upwardly does it get through the calibration bicycle where the two lights flash back and along for about 2 minutes?

I would leave it on for at least 12 hours and so recheck it... Dissimilar some cells, information technology merely tests for salt at get-go power upward and and so about 12 hours later..

I don't know for certain, but I would call up a bad thermistor would just give yous a bad salt reading not a nada salt reading..

Thanks,

Jim R.

mknauss

I presume your water is warm enough (to a higher place 60F or then) that the cold h2o shut off is non the trouble. The other normal issue if the IC40 is showing low salt with adequate salt in the pool h2o is the Temp sensor. I am not sure if the diagnostics can give a faux positive. Calling Pentair may help on that.

Replacing the Temp sensor is very piece of cake. Aftermarket ones can be purchased for around $fifty. Of course, if under warranty, let Pentair gear up it.

Accept care.

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