Hayward AquaRite Turbo Cell - Quick and Easy Troubleshooting of Common Problems.

Today we take a look at some of the common problems we face with the Aquarite salt generator or similar models and how to solve for them without spending tons of money on needless service and repairs when many times it can be accomplished in a few minutes. In this particular case, storms in our area caused multiple brownouts, we will see the results throughout the video of how this manifested.


Consider that before any troubleshooting is done that the cell must be clean and de-calcified The job of the check cell light is not simply to be shut off every three months. These are not maintenance free appliances. Assuming though as in the case with this one, that the maintenance was just conducted no more than a few days ago, a comparison between the displayed salinity and the real-time is way off. Too far off for the internal computation or average over time to correct it. The procedure shown in the video illustrates how to re-calibrate these values.



Even with this issue solved I find that the numbers are still wonky. I see that the live values are erratic. looking through the menu we come to fine that the T value no longer aligns with the cell type I have. Showing T3 when I have a T15. Having lost this setting and calibration at the same time, clearly NVRAM was lost due to a power hit. I Fell like the T setting should have been hardware, that's just my opinion. Having set the T value correctly, the numbers are no longer erratic, and I re-calibrate again.


Looking at issues regarding flow, again, maintenance practices can contribute to these issues, with garbage getting caught in the generator. But we also find the wipers on the RJ11 connector can oxidize, this can be cleaned with multiple re-plugging events. Lastly a test of the switch with a continuity meter makes a positive determination if the switch has failed, or if some other unrelated problem exists. Filter issues, pump issues etc.
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