Often times pool owners can solve this by recalibrating the salt cell.
Hayward salt system reading low salt.
I m ready to throw the whole system out.
On a hayward salt chlorinator your salt reading should be between 2 700 3 400 ppm parts per million with the optimum level of 3 200 ppm.
I ve replaced the circuit board to no avail.
Maximum current amps before shutdown page 10 3.
The first thing to do is to remove the cell and check the blades inside for buildup.
Verify the system is configured for correct model cell.
Salt chlorination is the natural and more convenient alternative sanitization method to traditionally harsh liquid or solid chemical chlorine.
Refer to the chart provided in your hayward salt chlorinator manual.
My display was reading high salt even though my test strips were showing low salt.
Locating the calibration screen.
If the salt level is low or no salt has ever been added to the pool you ll need to increase the salinity level and allow it to circulate for 24 hours before starting the calibration process.
First take a salt reading.
Cell is a t15 and cell test at pool store is good.
It is also important for any salt chlorination system that the stabilizer level in the pool water is between 50 70 ppm.
Hayward s patented salt systems convert dissolved salt into just the right amount of chlorine resulting in clean clear luxuriously soft water that is less work and worry for you and your wallet.
The aquarite low salt chlorine generator from hayward offers the same simple safe and affordable approach to pool sanitization that you would expect from the original aquarite but uses virtually half the amount of salt making it an even more environmentally friendly approach to salt chlorine generation.
If the incorrect cell is chosen the system will inaccurately interpret the salt level in the pool and the system may turn the chlorinator off.
Test salt level message t cell 3 5 50 t cell 9 10 00.
866 772 2100 best advice on this page is the call hayward directly got right to a guy and he was super helpful.
I can get an instant salt reading high enough to get the generator to work but it will shut down and tell me low salt.
Multiple tests at pool store tell me i m at 3500.
Within 2 seconds the the phone told me my board was was trying to read a t3 when i have a t 15 salt cell.
Here is how to recalibrate a hayward aqua rite turbo cell in three simple steps.
