So many times I get calls from new pool customers in San Diego about their salt cell system not working. This is mainly due to a few reasons. The salt cell is not being properly cleaned every 90 – 120 days as recommended by the manufacture of the pool salt cell. The pools salinity is not in the correct range so it isn’t producing chlorine as it should to keep your pool fully sanitized. With a little bit of patience and basic understanding this can be accomplished. The down side to not keeping up on your maintenances is you will have to replace the pool salt cell system much more frequently and it will cost you more money in the long run, and we all hate to waste money!