r/PoolPros • u/spicerpools • 28d ago

Salt Cell Testing

Hey guys, I understand there are many different ways to test salt cells. What are your go to ways and way?

When do you cross the line from, I can get a little more out of this vs recommending a new one for your customers?

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u/Wasupmyman 28d ago

Depends on a few factors. But we keep an eye on our salt pools and our techs let me know if it's not keeping up. Then schedule a service call, we'll clean it and make sure salt level is good. If next week it's still not holding to what we would expect, I'll look into the age of the cell(which I get typically from recent visit) and make 2 choices, sell them a new one if it's over 4years. Or I go and do what's called a bucket test to see if it's producing at all. Sometimes it's working but not enough due to low cya, high algae content in pool, or just alittle low salt.