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Mr. Luddite

On 4/22/2016 1:48 PM, fire man wrote:
"Mr. Luddite" Wrote in message:
On 4/22/2016 1:23 PM, wrote:
I am watching Henc's pool again after he went back to Europe. It was
greener than Kermit the frog the other day. I am still not convinced.
I bumped up the cell current after I got it cleaned up.

Don't know what system your friend has but on mine there was no way to
"bump up" the cell current. It draws what it draws, depending on the
salt level. At 3400 ppm, that was about 6 or 7 amps. When it turned on
it would jump up and peak at about 10 amps, then drop to 6 or 7.

What you *can* do is increase the duty cycle, meaning how often the cell
operates. I used to start at 50 percent at the beginning of the
summer and drop it to 40 percent by August.

Also, the cell won't work unless the water temp is 64 degrees or above.
It also won't work if the pool water is low in salt. Mine told you
that the salt level was low or very low. You can also tell by how much
current the cell is drawing. If it drops to 4 or 5 amps or less, the
salt level is way too low and you are not generating any chlorine.

I just had to replace my cell and fix a roof leak where the solar
panels are mounted. Damn pools.
Two more weeks and it's someone else's problem.

I replaced the turbo cell on the pool we had at the beginning of last
summer. The old one was going on it's 9th season. They are supposed to
only be good for about 5 years. Turns out the old one still worked.
I replaced it only because we were selling the house and wanted to make
sure it everything was up to snuff.