Andrew Leigh
Member
Hi,
I have a salt chlorinator in my pool which started playing up. When I opened it up to see if I could see anything obvious I was shocked to see how little there was inside vs. how much I paid for it. Anyways to cut a long story short it had nothing to do with the unit but was a function of salt levels that were too low and the water level sensor which I remedied.
Looking at the "guts" so to speak I really want to know how it works, I am not familiar with the theory of electronics but would like to understand this apparently simple puppy.
Secondly, after about a weeks worth of operation the electrodes get gummed up with the residue of the electolosis. Obviously the Na stays behind as the Cl is released into the water. Some units automatically clean the cell, would it be possible to modify this circuit to become self cleaning?
My circuit runs of a.c., my son however has a similar unit but his supply is rectified, would would that be the trick, to reverse polarity? I would really like to take this on as a simple project to make my own self cleaning chlorinator.
Thanks
Andrew
The ammeter is used to indicate the amount of chlorine generated as it is apparently proportional to the current draw.
I have a salt chlorinator in my pool which started playing up. When I opened it up to see if I could see anything obvious I was shocked to see how little there was inside vs. how much I paid for it. Anyways to cut a long story short it had nothing to do with the unit but was a function of salt levels that were too low and the water level sensor which I remedied.
Looking at the "guts" so to speak I really want to know how it works, I am not familiar with the theory of electronics but would like to understand this apparently simple puppy.
Secondly, after about a weeks worth of operation the electrodes get gummed up with the residue of the electolosis. Obviously the Na stays behind as the Cl is released into the water. Some units automatically clean the cell, would it be possible to modify this circuit to become self cleaning?
My circuit runs of a.c., my son however has a similar unit but his supply is rectified, would would that be the trick, to reverse polarity? I would really like to take this on as a simple project to make my own self cleaning chlorinator.
Thanks
Andrew
The ammeter is used to indicate the amount of chlorine generated as it is apparently proportional to the current draw.