Salt Water Pool Filter Not Working

In other words it has lost its prime.

Salt water pool filter not working.

Clear dirt and debris from filter cartridge and cell. Switch the diverter valve back to half way between the skimmer and main drain. If water is not flowing freely in the strainer box return to step one and repeat. Put simply a salt water pool is a pool that has been chlorinated by means of salt chlorination and not traditional harsh liquid or solid chemical chlorine.

By comparison there s 35 000 ppm in the ocean. Make sure filter pump is attached and is operating. Release all trapped air in the circulation line. Filter pump is not attached to the system or the switch is not on.

A salt chlorinator cell not working causes the water to become murky and dirty with time and most sane people wouldn t touch it with a ten foot pole. A saltwater pool contains 10 times less salt than the ocean. If the chlorinator was inadvertently installed with these hoses reversed the injection. This could mean an obstruction dirty pool filter or too much air getting into the plumbing system.

Under sized swimming pool filters and pumps having too small of a pool filter pump motor will cause the pump to work harder and it won t be able to filter the dirt out of the swimming pool. Chlorinated water leaves the canister in a hose that connects to the main return line after the filter. A malfunctioning salt water chlorinator is every spa and pool owner s nightmare. In this situation something has interrupted the suction or the water flow that causes the system to work properly.

You can try opening the main drain line so that the pump can get more water. Also keep an eye on the filter gauge. Normally a residential pool filter pump should turn over the water at the most every 8 10 hours. This salt chlorination gives you clean clear and luxuriously soft water.

Commercial pools may do it a little faster. More often than not the problem is with the salt cell and not the entire chlorinator system itself. If the unit has plunger valves make sure they are open. If the pump is still not primed check the impeller for debris and filter pressure for anything 10psi above the clean reading for your pool filter.

Hello susie the pump may not be getting enough water when you connect the pool cleaner. The key is to just slightly open the main drain because opening it too far can cause the cleaner to get stuck on the drain.