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MTI 07-23-2015 03:01 PM
Really Like It When Forums Work Like This
 
I have a chlorine generator for the pool, which came with the house, so it's probably at least 8 years old, if not older. It's been on the list of house electrics that probably should be coming to the end of useful life and replaced. Today, I noticed that the power LED wasn't coming on, but the LCD display was working, so that ruled out a power transformer issue. I was prepared to spend about $400 for a new system board and install, but checked the interwebs. ;)

Five minutes of searching led to a pool forum and a thread that matched my problem with 33 pages of posts. Three posts from the top of the thread came the answer: A failing/failed variable resistor, and the name of an online vendor, and the part number! $6 including shipping. Then there were the install write up and a guy posted a YouTube video . . . now to dust off my Hakko soldering station.

t walgamuth 07-23-2015 07:02 PM
Good for you!

panZZer 07-26-2015 05:45 PM
Uh you were suposed to pay a specialist his price for that repair.........

how is he gonna feed his family now???

davidmash 07-26-2015 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by MTI (Post 3500763)
I have a chlorine generator for the pool, which came with the house, so it's probably at least 8 years old, if not older. It's been on the list of house electrics that probably should be coming to the end of useful life and replaced. Today, I noticed that the power LED wasn't coming on, but the LCD display was working, so that ruled out a power transformer issue. I was prepared to spend about $400 for a new system board and install, but checked the interwebs. ;)

Five minutes of searching led to a pool forum and a thread that matched my problem with 33 pages of posts. Three posts from the top of the thread came the answer: A failing/failed variable resistor, and the name of an online vendor, and the part number! $6 including shipping. Then there were the install write up and a guy posted a YouTube video . . . now to dust off my Hakko soldering station.
What the name of the pool site. I have a pool and could use a good site.

INSIDIOUS 07-26-2015 10:41 PM
Wait now ... the proposed solution hasn't be proven yet ...

MTI 07-27-2015 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by INSIDIOUS (Post 3501769)
Wait now ... the proposed solution hasn't be proven yet ...
Tru dat. The part should be in the mail today or tomorrow.

MTI 07-27-2015 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by davidmash (Post 3501732)
What the name of the pool site. I have a pool and could use a good site.
Don't know how good they are, but this is the vBulletin based site: Aquarite Not generating - lights not on

davidmash 07-27-2015 11:54 PM
Thanks.

Simpler=Better 07-28-2015 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by MTI (Post 3502047)
Tru dat. The part should be in the mail today or tomorrow.
We were starting to get worried-maybe you had tried to solder it while in the pool

MTI 07-28-2015 01:06 PM
Well, the part arrived in the mail yesterday and before sundown, I managed to remove the circuit board from the generator box; used a solder sucker to remove the varistor, which crumbled in to three chunks; soldered the replacement, but decided to wait till morning for reassembly.

Switched it back on this morning and the fix worked. Now I have to reset the generator monitoring values, but have to do tests to confirm the values (salinity, temp, amperage) and the chlorine output.

Then I noticed the that the top of the DE filter valve was weeping, likely an O-ring . . .

INSIDIOUS 07-28-2015 10:34 PM
It never ends. If it is not one thing it is the another :D


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