How To Clean Pentair Pool Salt Cell With Muriatic Acid

It should not be poured down drains or onto the ground.

How to clean pentair pool salt cell with muriatic acid. If your pool s salt cell has not been cleaned for a very long time double the soak times to 1 minute. If there are deposits still visible repeat the process. Step 5 inspect the salt cell s plates. You use muratic acid to clean the deposits off the filters in the salt cell.

Step 4 soak the cell in the mixture for 10 15 minutes then rinse off using a high pressure hose. Though most cells with polarity reversing do a good job repelling most of the deposit. Pour water in a clean bucket that s easy to pour from. Create an acid solution by mixing one quart of muriatic acid with one.

Allow the cell to sit in the acid solution for up to 30 minutes until the bubbling stops. To clean the cell you need to remove the cell and attach the cap to one end. To acid wash the electrolytic cell. Just make sure the end is well sealed.

Pour the muriatic acid carefully into the cell until the blades are covered. Typically i soak the salt cell in the water acid mixture for 10 15 minutes. Step 3 add muriatic acid to water in the ratio of 1 part acid for every 5 parts of water. It will just work slower than the 31 muriatic acid.

Remove the electrolytic cell from the pool system plumbing as described on the previous page. Then you fill the cell with a mixture of 5 parts water to one part muriatic acid. Periodically you will need to clean your salt cell of calcium deposits. Acid cleaning must be performed if the cell cannot be reasonably cleaned using water from a high pressure garden hose.

Be careful when disposing of the used mixture. If you don t have a cell cap you can seal one end with a plastic bag and tape. Install the acid cleaning kit on to the intellichlor or ichlor cell as described on the previous page. However you must dilute it because straight muratic acid is too strong.