In areas where winter is extreme and a hard shut down is used the pool should be drained down and winterizing chemicals added as usual.
Salt water pool generator not working.
The salt generator should be deactivated and in some cases disassembled and stored for the winter.
This is due to the chlorinator cell building up scale on the electrical plates.
Excessive sun exposure has evaporated chlorine.
A salt chlorinator cell not working causes the water to become murky and dirty with time and most sane people wouldn t touch it with a ten foot pole.
You can expect a salt chlorine generator scg cell to last 5 or more years if the pool and cell are maintained properly.
Before you replace the cell you will want to check several possible issues that can cause a good cell to shut down or perform poorly.
Insufficient operating time of the saltwater chlorinator.
Knowing when a cell has gone bad and needs to be replaced is not always obvious.
Number of swimmers has increased.
Increase the daily operating time of the saltwater chlorinator.
The method for winterizing a salt generator pool is not that different from a regular pool.
Check the salt level and adjust as needed.
Salt level in pool water is less than 2 000 ppm.
A malfunctioning salt water chlorinator is every spa and pool owner s nightmare.
More often than not the problem is with the salt cell and not the entire chlorinator system itself.
Use a pool cover when the pool is not in use.
Increase the daily operating time of the chlorinator.
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