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How To Operate a Compupool Salt Chlorine Generator

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The Compupool Salt Chlorine Generator is a high-performance salt water chlorination system that lets you enjoy perfectly clear pool water without the use of harsh chemicals. It is a safe, clean, easy alternative to dosing your pool with dangerous and expensive chemicals. The Compupool Salt Chlorine Generator is setup and automatically controlled by its Compupool Control Unit. This guide shows you how to operate and read the touch pad controls and LED lights on the Compupool Control Unit.

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Step 1

ON/OFF – This button turns power to the Control Unit on and off. In an OFF state, all LEDs are off and the display will show the current time and POWER OFF. To turn the Control Unit ON, press the button once. The POWER ON LED and one of the POLARITY 1 or 2 LEDs will illuminate and the display will show time and the % of current Chlorine Output setting. Note that this button only turns on power to the Control Unit. The SET TIMER and OUTPUT functions (described next) may have to be set to pass power to the Cell and generate chlorine.

Step 2

SET TIMER – The Control Unit has the option of working off an external timer or off of two internal timers. This function allows you to set two internal timers to generate two chlorination cycles per day. To enter the timer mode, press the SELECT button and hold it for 3 seconds. The Display screen will ask WHAT LANGUAGE? Select a language with the up and down arrows. Then press SELECT again. The Display will now show WHICH TIMER? EXTERNAL. If you want to bypass the internal timers, press SELECT to go to the next setting (SET CLOCK). If you want to set the internal timers, press the down arrow to change the setting to INTERNAL. Pressing the SELECT button again will display ON TIME 1. Select the start time hours for Timer 1 with the up/down arrows. To change AM to PM, you have to keep scrolling through the hours until you get to the AM or PM setting you need. To set the minutes, use the right OUTPUT arrow to move the cursor from under the hours to under the minutes and then change minutes with the up/down arrows. Press the SELECT button to display OFF TIME 1 – set the end time for Timer 1. Set TIME 2 using the same process as above. Then press SELECT once more to SET CLOCK. A final push on SELECT will exit and return your Display to normal operation mode.

Step 3

SET CHLORINE OUTPUT LEVEL –The Chlorine production level can be set from 0% to 100 % in increments of 10%. To set the production level, press the OUTPUT arrows left or right. The % Output level will be shown in the Display. Note, at a Output level of 0% the Cell is turned off and the display will read OUTPUT OFF.

Step 4

SUPERCHLOR - There are occasions when you will need higher than normal amounts of chlorine to be generated - when you have an abnormally high swimmer load, after a heavy rain, or if you have a cloudy water condition. To increase the level of chlorination, simply press the SUPERCHLOR button. This electronically "super chlorinates" the water by increasing output to 100% for a cumulative 24 hours. If, for example, your pump runs 8 hours a day, the Cell will remain in SUPERCHLOR mode for three days before returning to normal operation. Or, if you elect to stop SUPERCHLOR at any time, you can simply push the SUPERCHLOR button again to return to normal operation.

Step 5

WINTER MODE - If you are not using your pool during the winter months, we recommend that you put the chlorinator in WINTER MODE by pressing the WINTER MODE botton. This reduces the output of chlorine by 50% of your current output setting. For example, if your output is set at 80%, pressing the WINTER MODE button will reduce the output to 40%. To return to normal operation in the spring, push the WINTER MODE button again.

Step 6

MANUAL OVERRIDE - If the Control Unit is operating between the two internal timers (between OFF TIME 1 and ON TIME 2), it's in IDLE mode and the Cell in OFF. To manually override this function, press the SUPERCHLOR button. The cell will come on in SUPERCHLOR mode.

Step 7

POWER LED - When this LED is illuminated, the Compupool Control Unit has input power. This only indicates that the Control Unit has power. The timer has to be on and the output level must be greater that 0% for the cell to be active and generating chlorine.

Step 8

POLARITY 1 or 2 LEDs - When either is illuminated, it shows which end of the cell is producing chlorine.

Step 9

WATER FAULT LED - When illuminated, the flow switch has detected that no water is flowing and the cell has stopped generating chlorine. The Display will read NO WATER. Check pump operation.

Step 10

ADD SALT LED - When illuminated, the salt level is too low and the cell is generating at low efficiency. Additional salt should be added. See our guide on "How To Add Salt To Your Pool".

Step 11

OVER SALT LED - When illuminated, indicates that the salt level is too high. To get the salt level back to acceptable levels and turn off this LED, purge some water out the WASTE line of your filter and add fresh water to the pool. See our guide on "How To Reduce the Salt Level In Your Pool". If you do not bring the salt level to within the acceptable, the cell will draw more current, run hotter, and fail.sooner than normal.

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InyoPools Product Specialist  Posted: 7/31/2011 

We recommend that you contact your unit's manufacturer for information on this issue. You can call us for the manufacturer's number.
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 Posted: 7/30/2011 

My unit is blinking between winter mode and regular mode. I am unable to use any controls and I am not able to power the unit off. If I turn off main pool power and then repower, it does the same thing. Any known fix for this?
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InyoPools Product Specialist  Posted: 7/25/2011 

Refer to the previous comment which addresses this subject.
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Anonymous  Posted: 7/21/2011 

I noticed an "over current" message on my computer screen.what does this mean
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InyoPools Product Specialist  Posted: 7/18/2011 

There are some special contol box software procedures that will correct issues like this. Contact Compupool at 1-888-989-7258 for assistance with these procedures.
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 Posted: 7/18/2011 

MY WATER FAULT LIGHT IS ON AND SAID NO WATER, WATER IS GOING THREW CELL. WHAT IS CAUSING THIS
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InyoPools Product Specialist  Posted: 7/18/2011 

Yes, you have to run two sets of wires to the timer - one from the pump and one from the control box. For detailed instructions see our guide, How To Install an In-Line Salt Chlorine Generator.
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Anonymous  Posted: 7/17/2011 

Purchased compupool salt generator. How do you set up unit so that it goes off when pump is off? Do you have to run two separate 220 lines into the timer box?
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Anonymous  Posted: 7/5/2011 

My Compupool is 6 mths old and is producing only trace amts of chlorine. Settings are per manual recommendations. Any suggestions?
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 Posted: 5/21/2011 

My Water Fault red light is on and i seem to notice some white particle formation around the cell
Just prior had to add significant calcium chloride as water was at only 50 ppm hardness subsequent had to do a Chlorine breaking point treatment IE CL lever is well over 5ppm for reason of the shock treatment Has this treatment damaged my cel and the reason for the red led water fault light being on. What would you recomend i do ?
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InyoPools Product Specialist  Posted: 5/4/2011 

There are some special contol box procedures that will correct issues like these. Contact Compupool at 1-888-989-7258 for assistance with these procedures. Also see Niel comment below.
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 Posted: 5/2/2011 

Has anyone been able to fix the compupool non-genuine call dealer error message? I can't seem to get anybody on the phone to help fix the problem, and I can't find anything online either but all my searches bring me back to this website.
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 Posted: 4/22/2011 

Since installing the CPSC-24 I have the red light of about 7,000 ppm of salt and read on your computer, after changing a new water and bring to 3500ppm ppm steady red light on and the reading of the instrument remains in 7000ppm, I should do?
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 Posted: 4/21/2011 

I noticed an "over current" message on my computer screen. Does it mean that the cell needs to be cleaned? Is it safe to operate?
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 Posted: 4/10/2011 

What does it mean when you get the message NOT GENUINE CALL DEALER?
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 Posted: 4/10/2011 

At what percentage level should I set the unit for chlorine output for a 15000 gallon pool at 3500 PPM of salt on a CPSC24 unit. I have it set to it's internal timer between 9AM to 8PM.
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Anonymous  Posted: 4/7/2011 

My Chlorinator works fine since August but, all of a sudden I notice my pool greenish and a strange message on display: "Over Current". Does anybody know what's the meaning?
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 Posted: 3/29/2011 

Contact Compupool 1-888-989-7258. They were very nice in addressing this. They are very familiar with the problem.
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InyoPools Product Specialist  Posted: 3/29/2011 

There are some special contol box procedures that will correct issues like these. Contact Compupool for assistance with these procedures.
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 Posted: 3/29/2011 

Why does my unit power itself off.It is configured to operate off an EXTERNAL timer.
I also get the "Not a genuine cell- call dealer" display. Anybody have an answer to both questions?
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Anonymous  Posted: 3/13/2011 

I got my unit last summer works great,but something come up on the screen non genuine. What can i do to fix it
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Anonymous  Posted: 6/3/2010 

I have just had a Compu Pool unit installed and there are additional information supplied after the timers are set. This additional information includeds water temperature and a test for salt level in ppm. It would be useful if this was added to your instructions.
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