Equipment
Family Variance

Salt-system targets and manual differences

These cards show the family-specific salt, stabilizer, cleaning, and winterization differences that make generic SWG advice unsafe.

5 Cards
Brand variance

Pentair IntelliChlor / iChlor

Open the exact manual for Pentair IntelliChlor / iChlor before cleaning the cell, changing salt, or trusting a controller display.

  • Target salt range: 2600-4500 ppm (ideal 3600).
  • CYA / stabilizer: 30-50 ppm (ideal 40).
  • Cleaning trigger: follow the family manual; do not calendar-soak the cell.
  • Diagnostic source: Pentair IntelliChlor / iChlor manual library and family registry.
  • Cover / low-temperature behavior: verify the exact manual before assuming a cold-weather rule or cover behavior.
  • Winterization notes: keep the family manual with the plumbing and controller notes for spring restart.
Open family manual
Brand variance

Jandy TruClear

Open the exact manual for Jandy TruClear before cleaning the cell, changing salt, or trusting a controller display.

  • Target salt range: 3000-4500 ppm (ideal 3000).
  • CYA / stabilizer: 30-50 ppm (ideal 40).
  • Cleaning trigger: follow the family manual; do not calendar-soak the cell.
  • Diagnostic source: Jandy TruClear manual library and family registry.
  • Cover / low-temperature behavior: verify the exact manual before assuming a cold-weather rule or cover behavior.
  • Winterization notes: keep the family manual with the plumbing and controller notes for spring restart.
Open family manual
Brand variance

Jandy AquaPure / PureLink

Open the exact manual for Jandy AquaPure / PureLink before cleaning the cell, changing salt, or trusting a controller display.

  • Target salt range: 3000-3500 ppm (ideal 3250).
  • CYA / stabilizer: 50-75 ppm (ideal 60).
  • Cleaning trigger: follow the family manual; do not calendar-soak the cell.
  • Diagnostic source: Jandy AquaPure / PureLink manual library and family registry.
  • Cover / low-temperature behavior: verify the exact manual before assuming a cold-weather rule or cover behavior.
  • Winterization notes: keep the family manual with the plumbing and controller notes for spring restart.
Open family manual
Brand variance

Hayward AquaRite / Salt & Swim

Open the exact manual for Hayward AquaRite / Salt & Swim before cleaning the cell, changing salt, or trusting a controller display.

  • Target salt range: 2700-3400 ppm (ideal 3200).
  • CYA / stabilizer: 50 ppm.
  • Cleaning trigger: follow the family manual; do not calendar-soak the cell.
  • Diagnostic source: Hayward AquaRite / Salt & Swim manual library and family registry.
  • Cover / low-temperature behavior: verify the exact manual before assuming a cold-weather rule or cover behavior.
  • Winterization notes: keep the family manual with the plumbing and controller notes for spring restart.
Open family manual
Brand variance

Hayward AquaRite S3

Open the exact manual for Hayward AquaRite S3 before cleaning the cell, changing salt, or trusting a controller display.

  • Target salt range: 1200-8000 ppm (ideal 3200).
  • CYA / stabilizer: 40 ppm.
  • Cleaning trigger: follow the family manual; do not calendar-soak the cell.
  • Diagnostic source: Hayward AquaRite S3 manual library and family registry.
  • Cover / low-temperature behavior: verify the exact manual before assuming a cold-weather rule or cover behavior.
  • Winterization notes: keep the family manual with the plumbing and controller notes for spring restart.
Open family manual

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Salt Systems and Cell Care

Use the exact family manual first, then confirm salt, CYA, flow, and cell status before you clean the cell or add salt.

Use this when
  • Use the exact family manual first, then confirm salt, CYA, flow, and cell status before you clean the cell or add salt.
You'll need
  • Salt
  • Free Chlorine
  • CYA
  • pH
Stop and escalate if
  • Do not use a generic salt number when the family manual gives a different approved range
  • Do not acid-soak the cell on a calendar schedule
  • Do not add salt before checking flow, runtime, temperature, and an independent salt test
À FAIRE EN PREMIER

Identify the cell and controller family before cleaning, adding salt, or trusting a display reading.

À éviter
  • ✕Do not use a generic salt number when the family manual gives a different approved range
  • ✕Do not acid-soak the cell on a calendar schedule
  • ✕Do not add salt before checking flow, runtime, temperature, and an independent salt test
À préparer

Salt / Free Chlorine / CYA / pH

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1

Identify the exact family first

SWG advice is only useful when it matches the actual cell and control box on the pad.

2

Check the chemistry the cell depends on

An SWG is not a chemical-free pool. It still needs chlorine strategy, stabilizer, and scale control.

3

Clean only when the manual says to

Routine acid soaking on a schedule can shorten cell life.

4

Separate salt problems from production problems

Low chlorine in a salt pool is not always a low-salt problem.

5

Use a tight SWG triage order

A salt system becomes much easier to diagnose when you do not jump straight to acid or salt.

Ressources (6)

Manual library

Open the manual library first when you want stable links to the exact SWG PDFs.

Manual library

Manufacturer manuals and model-family index

Use the family index to route an SWG to the correct Pentair, Hayward, or Jandy documentation before adding salt or cleaning the cell.

Manufacturer manuals and model-family index

Salt cell manual mapping

Use the family mapping page when you need the exact cell manual, cleaning trigger, or controller family.

Salt cell manual mapping

Hayward AquaRite troubleshooting guide

Source-hosted Hayward AquaRite / Salt & Swim troubleshooting guide for diagnostics, display codes, and owner-service boundaries.

Hayward AquaRite troubleshooting guide

Hayward AquaRite S3 owner manual

Source-hosted owner manual for Hayward AquaRite S3 systems with 40 ppm stabilizer guidance and 1200-8000 ppm (ideal 3200) salt.

Hayward AquaRite S3 owner manual

CDC residential pool treatment guidance

Use CDC minimum disinfectant guidance underneath the owner-level FC/CYA workflow.

CDC residential pool treatment guidance

Salt System Boundary

Treat salt cells, flow sensing, and control wiring as a manual-first service path. Keep diagnosis to safe inspection until the exact family is confirmed.

OWNER-SAFE
  • ✓ Confirm the exact model family, inspect salt and flow readings, and clean the cell only if the manual allows owner service.
  • ✓ Photograph fault codes, heater states, and bypass valve positions before changing settings.
  • ✓ Verify that circulation and water level are normal before you assume the cell itself failed.
PRO-ONLY
  • ★ Replace a cell, open the control box, or rewire the equipment pad.
  • ★ Repair a plumbing bypass, sensor harness, or automation integration that changes the salt system's control path.
  • ★ Adjust internal controller settings that depend on exact model-family behavior when the manual does not clearly allow owner access.
STOP NOW
  • ⚠ Breaker trips, shock concern, burning smell, cracked housing, or a leak near energized equipment.
  • ⚠ Cell damage that exposes internals or a controller fault that keeps returning after a reset.
  • ⚠ Any condition where water and electrical components are interacting in the same enclosure.

Educational guidance only. Verify labels, manuals, local code, and site conditions before acting. Stop for electrical, gas, structural, drain, drowning, injury, emergency, or chemical-mixing risk.

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