How To Clean A Hayward Pool Salt Cell

Watch this video by hayward on how to clean your hayward salt cell.

How to clean a hayward pool salt cell. Turn off the power to the system and deactivate the pool pump before removing the turbo cell. Use the interactive hayward water chemistry calculator to make the correct adjustments to the following. Empty the turbo cell and inspect. Ideally this should be done at the circuit breaker.

Salt ph total alkalinity cyanuric acid and hardness. The hayward t cell 15 up to 40k gallon pools is the most common sized turbocell in the hayward series of salt cells that people buy for their pool. Cleaning your hayward salt cell is essential and will extend the life of your turbocell which will save you money in the long run. You use muratic acid to clean the deposits off the filters in the salt cell.

Step 2 next relieve the water pressure in the pool line. Your first step in cleaning the hayward aquarite turbo cell is to turn off the power to the pump and chlorine salt generator. When you do press the diagnostic button five times in a row. Before filling turbo cell with muriatic acid solution place a container underneath to avoid any spills.

Remove the turbo cell. Mix the muratic acid. Once removed look through the cell and inspect for scale formation light colored crusty or flaky deposits on the plates. Turn salt system off and on with the pump running take the power switch down to the off position and then back up to auto.

You re probably reading this because you either need a replacement or you want to know more about hayward s salt chlorination systems. Fill the turbo cell to the top with the solution and let soak for 15 minutes. Fasten the turbo cell to cell cleaning stand with the cord side down. Next screw the cell to the hayward cell cleaning stand hand tight make sure the end where the cord is connected is facing down as shown this will assure that the contact points inside the cell come in contact with the cleaning solution stand the cell and cleaning stand up vertically as shown begin to fill the cell with the acid and water solution being care for the pour the solution in slowly to avoid breathing in the vapors exiting the cell the level of the solution should be slightly over.

However you must dilute it because straight muratic acid is too strong.