Troubleshooting - Astralpool VX - 3 Series Installation And Operating Instructions Manual

Maintenance of your Chlorinator
Maintenance Schedule: Your new product incorporates moving parts and withstands high velocity water with
chemicals in it. Some of these parts will wear in the normal course of use and require regular checks and
maintenance. Performing these checks and maintenance will identify parts that have worn and require
repair/replacement before further serious damage is sustained. A small amount of regular care and attention to your
pool equipment will help ensure long life and trouble free performance.
To protect against extremes of temperature, your unit is vented to allow expensive electronics to cool. Ants and some
insects are often attracted to the warmer, dry environment inside the enclosure. We recommend that, with power
turned off, you spray a surface insecticide on the surfaces surrounding the control to prevent ant and insect ingress.
Repeat every three months or as necessary.
Timing
Fortnightly
Three Monthly
Six Monthly
Important note: Regular maintenance is important to ensure long life and trouble free performance of your pool
equipment. If unable to perform the maintenance yourself, contact your local AstralPool office who will arrange a trained
service technician to perform the maintenance for you.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Your VX Chlorinator has diagnostic and safety features to make it easy to maintain your system. The table below
summarises potential faults and their causes.
Fault Indication Potential Cause
No Flow Pump turned off/disconnected or valves
closed
Blue wire disconnected from cell
Low salt Salt level in pool has dropped too low
Pool water temperature is low
Cell has calcified
Cell has failed
Display blank No Power to Controller
Fuse blown
Low/No chlorine Cables not connected to cell
production
Timer period too short
Chlorine output level too low
Filter needs backwashing
Inst.245 VX 3 Series Salt Chlorinator V01.18
Maintenance Check
Check cell for calcium build up
Check water chemistry
Check cable connections to cell
Check cell connections for leaks
Check chlorine levels and pump operating
hours
Prevent insect ingress to controller
Service action (if required)
Soak cell in mixture of 10 parts water to 1
part acid. Use a soft brush only if required
Balance pH in pool and adjust output of unit
to ensure satisfactory production of
chlorine.
Adjust pins by separating if not held firmly in
place. Ensure no water contact is occurring
with pins
Isolate Pump, turn power off, clean and
grease O rings or replace if necessary
Spray a surface insecticide on the surfaces
around the unit to prevent ant and insect
ingress.
Adjust timer and output depending on
demand for current season.
Turn controller off, use an insect spray and
spray onto walls around controller. Do not
spay directly into unit.
Remedy
Ensure valves/pump on
Connect Blue sense wire to cell
See section above
See section above
See section above
Call a technician
Plug in controller and ensure
mains power available
Replace fuse (3 amp slow blow)
Connect cables
Increase timer period
Increase chlorine output
Backwash filter
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