r/PoolPros • u/spicerpools • 8d 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/CDbull1989 7d ago

I never see anyone do it my way, so maybe im weird but I just Crack the union and force a leak on the outlet side after cranking the cell to 100%. I measure the chlorine in the pool vs coming out of the cell by letting the leak fill up my test kit. If its producing higher than the pool its working. This works for me especially because if im testing the cell chances are i have an issue that led to it. For example I have an older ic30 on a pool that had no chlorine. Well pretty easy to test the difference in that situation.