How To Clean Pool Salt Cell With Muriatic Acid

The following video comes from hayward pool products and can give you a good idea as to how to clean a salt cell.

How to clean pool salt cell with muriatic acid. You use muratic acid to clean the deposits off the filters in the salt cell. Next add about 1 10th as much muriatic acid as water to the bucket. Holding the salt cell by the power cord or top portion of the cell slowly lower it into the bucket. Step 1 switch of the system and remove the salt cell.

With the generator cell secured to the cleaning stand pour the diluted muriatic acid in through the top. Pour water in a clean bucket that s easy to pour from. Step 2 suit up with protective gear including cover alls gloves and goggles. Work in a well ventilated area and do not inhale the fumes.

Turn off the power to the system and deactivate the pool pump before removing the turbo cell. Step 3 add. How to clean salt cells with muriatic acid. How to clean your hayward salt chlorinator turbo cell.

Once removed look through the cell and inspect for scale formation light colored crusty or flaky deposits on the plates. Mix the muratic acid. Wear safety gloves and pour 1 gallon of muriatic acid into the bucket carefully. For optimum turbocell operation and life you will need to inspect your cell approximately every 3 months of operation or 500 hours and clean the cell if n.

However you must dilute it because straight muratic acid is too strong. Keep in mind that if your salt system is not a hayward system or mentioned in the video the process and prinicples remain the same for all salt systems. Using rubber gloves and safety goggles for protection add one quart of muriatic acid to one gallon of water add acid to water not water to acid in a clean plastic bucket. Dilute the acid fill a five gallon bucket with clean water not pool water.

Remove the turbo cell.