Salt Cell
If you have elected to have a salt cell, a Pentaor iChor Salt Cell has been installed.
Please check out the manual for full safety instructions, data and maintenance.
It may be a bit daunting to have to read the whole manual, and on first receiving the pool people usually just want to fill it up, turn it on and get swimming. We therefore have excerpted the following from the manual to provide a sort of Start Up Guide along with some basic cautions. This is no way supplants or replaces the manual – which you should read as soon as you can. There is a lot of important information – both Safety Information as well as operational and Technical Information – that you need to know so that you do not void your warranty, or create a hazardous situation.
First thing is you need to know that your chlorine generator can handle a far greater volume of water than you have in your pool. Setting it so it is producing at 100% will probably over chlorinate the pool and could dangerous. We suggest starting it at the lowest setting and seeing what happens. When you measure the chlorine you will get an idea of what it is doing. If the pool starts going green you will know you need to increase it. Best to start low and increase than to start high and decrease.
This is what Pentair say:
The iChlor SCG is designed only to produce chlorine. The iChlor SCG does not monitor or control chlorine levels in the pool or spa water. It is the pool owner’s responsibility to monitor and maintain free chlorine levels at the APSP recommended range of 2.0 to 4.0 parts per million (ppm). It is the pool owner’s responsibility to check, on a regular basis, the free chlorine level while the pool pump is running, and adjust the iChlor SCG accordingly.
1. Salt Level LED
The iChlor® SCG checks the pool water salinity regularly and displays the levels as follows:
• Green LED: Good salt. The pool water salt level is between 3000 ppm and 4500.
• Green LED (Flashing): Salt level is above 4500 ppm. The salt level is high which increases the risk of corrosion and deterioration of pool equipment and surfaces.
• Red LED: Low salt. The salt level is between 2600 ppm and 3000 ppm. The iChlor SCG will be producing chlorine at reduced efficiency. It is highly recommended to add salt. See (*) Note below.
• Red LED (Flashing) Very low salt. The salt level is between 2000 ppm and 2600 ppm. The iChlor SCG will produce chlorine at a “reduced” output rate of approximate 25% less than output selection. It is highly recommended to add salt. See Note below.
• Red LED (Flashing): Not enough salt. The salt level has fallen below 2000 ppm. The iChlor SCG will not produce chlorine until salt is added. The iChlor SCG is OFF. See Note below.
Note: After every salt addition, pump should be allowed to run for at least 24 hours for proper dilution. Salinity readings should only be taken, after the dilution period.
2. Status LEDs
Cell: Shows the status of the iChlor.
• Green: iChlor is operating normally and producing chlorine.
• No Light: iChlor is off and not producing chlorine. It may be in an off-period of the sanitizing cycle and will return on shortly.
• Red: iChlor is in “Standby” mode (system off, no chlorine production) due to a cold water condition. The iChlor will resume to normal operation mode, including salinity report, once water temperature rises above 52° F (11° C). In this mode, the display will read “COLD” to indicate the condition.
• Short Red Flash: Unit has detected a malfunction on the temperature sensor, and will indicate it with short red flashes either while the cell is off (LED off), or while the cell is ON (Green LED). The unit will continue normal operation, but salinity indication might not be accurate until flow switch is replaced.
• Green (Flashing): iChlor needs to be inspected. The blades may have calcium buildup or any other condition that cause a lack of conductivity. The iChlor is not producing chlorine.
In this mode, the display will read “CELL” to indicate the condition.
Flow: This light indicates the status of water flowing through the iChlor.
• Red: Insufficient water flow through the iChlor, no chlorine is being produced.
• Green: Sufficient water flow to produce chlorine.
- Short Flickering: Short flickering: iChlor is in communication with an IntelliFlo pump, and it is monitoring the pump status. This short flickering will be present as long as there is communication with the pump, either with no flow (RED FLOW LED) or with good flow (GREEN FLOW LED).
3. Digital Display
The iChlor SCG Digital Display shows “output %” and cell polarity, during normal operation.
To adjust output percentage:
1. Press either LESS or MORE button.
2. Output will begin to flash on the digital display. This indicates that the iChlor is ready for the user to change output levels.
3. While output is flashing, press LESS or MORE button, to change output in 1% increments. Note: Press and hold LESS or MORE button to change output in larger increments (5% jumps).
4. Once the desired setting is programmed, and the user stops changing the setting, the digital display will stop flashing after a few seconds. This indicates the end of the adjustment mode and the iChlor will return to normal operation.
Cell polarity indicator:
Cell polarity is displayed as a small rotating character on the left-side of the output % display.
• Clockwise rotation indicates Forward polarity on the blades.
• Counterclockwise rotation indicates Reverse polarity on the blades.
- Rotating feature also indicates chlorine production. If cell is OFF, character will not be displayed.
4. More and Less Output Buttons
The MORE and LESS buttons control the percentage of time that the iChlor SCG is producing chlorine while the pump is on.
Note: When an iChlor is connected to a Pentair control system, the LESS and MORE buttons are disabled and iChlor Sanitizer Output is controlled by the automation system.
• MORE Button: Increases the output of the cell in 1% increments up to 100%.
• LESS Button: Decreases the output of the cell in 1% decrements to 0%.
• Boost Mode On/Off: Press both the MORE and LESS buttons together to turn Boost Mode on or off. Boost Mode sets the iChlor to run 100% for the next 24 hours of pool pump run time. If the time clock switches off the pump cycle, then switches power back on the next day, Boost Mode will continue until 24 hours has elapsed since Boost Mode was turned on or Boost Mode is canceled by the user.
In boost mode, the display will alternate between “100%” output and a 24 hour countdown timer indicating the time left on boost mode.
Self-Cleaning
The self-cleaning feature reduces scale buildup on the blades of the iChlor SCG. The self-cleaning feature is factory set to two (3) hours, and can be increased to four (4) or five (5) hours by the user.
To adjust self-cleaning cycle duration:
1. While the iChlor is ON, press and hold LESS Button until “3 Hrs” is displayed.
2. Using the MORE or LESS Buttons, the cycle duration can be set to 3, 4 or 5 hours.