Hughescorp
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Pool Clown- Long time since you saved me hundreds of dollars. Crazy times! I am an ICU nurse here in San Diego and the crazy is real. Hopefully we are on the back end of the medical part of the crisis. The financial part will be even more extreme.
My 2 issues- aquapure 1400 system reading 1500 ppm salt. no way possible. I even dumped a 40lb bag in, next day still at 1500 ppm. I cleaned the sensor and the generator. still reading low salt. Any insight?
2nd issue- while all of this is going on, my control panel led screen went blank. Now I can't see codes or anything for that matter. I do have a inside the house aqualink control screen in the house but it doesn't read codes and things like that. are the led screens fixable/changable?
thanks for your time.
Eric
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Unfortunately, to get the LCD working again requires a front board replacement. Although that board connects to the other "main" board via a ribbon cable, you may check that first. Have the LED lights gone dark as well?
Having said that the fix is a replacement, i would not spend the money on that unit. Perhaps budget for an ic40, and manually chlorinate for now. I know its probably not what you want to hear, but those units have long lost their appeal, for me anyway. Consider how much you have put into the unit over the years. Now a days, i dont even repair them because i cannot guarantee that they wont have another issue as soon as i leave!
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any insight on the first issue? the salt reading jumps back and forth from 1500 to 0. I even replaced the cell and sensor. same issue.
Eric
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First issue:
Rule #1 When the unit says you are low on salt, get a second opinion. Usually, you are not low on salt.
Salt does not evaporate, and the only way to loose salt is if you loose water form the pool (Not evaporation). That can be a leak, or it can be from overflowing (rain or overfilling), or it can be from too many cannon balls. Weather you decide to fix this unit, or buy a new one, always have the water checked through a third party (pool store) first before you start adding salt.
Salt level that jumps from 1500 to 0 is a new one to me. The sensor plugs into the front board so, start there? But please, dont. There are basically 4 components to that unit. front board, back board, cell and flow sensor. You have already re-purchased half that unit again, and a new front board is probably at least a couple hundred with no guarantee that will fix the issue. I would cut my losses before spending any more on this unit.
My best advice is, again, budget for a new, different unit.
I apologize if i come off a bit snarky, it is not my intention.
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