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. With the right instructions you'll repair the salt cell yourself and save money on a service charge.
Things You Will Need
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Turn off your pool pump, unplug the chlorine generator, unplug the salt cell from the chlorine generator and turn off all the necessary valves.
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Grip the right side collar of the salt cell with a pair of water pump pliers and loosen it by rotating it towards yourself until hand tight. Repeat on the left side collar.
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Unscrew one collar at a time by hand while supporting the salt cell with your free hand. Pull the salt cell away from the plumping and set it aside.
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Scrape out calcium build up from both ends of the salt cell using a metal scraper. Scrape any calcium build up that might be present in the piping where the salt cell connects to the pool system.
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Mix one gallon of water with 1/4 gallon of muriatic acid in a large plastic container. Coil a few wires around the salt cell and slowly submerge it into the solution.
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Soak the cell for several minutes. Pull the cell out of the solution with the wire and rinse it off thorough with a high pressure garden hose.
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Fit the salt cell back onto the system and plug everything back in. Open all necessary valves and start the pool pump. Wait a few minutes and check if the salt cell error LED found on the salt generator control panel turns off.
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- Grip the right side collar of the salt cell with a pair of water pump pliers and loosen it by rotating it towards yourself until hand tight.
- Scrape any calcium build up that might be present in the piping where the salt cell connects to the pool system.
- Pull the cell out of the solution with the wire and rinse it off thorough with a high pressure garden hose.