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INST 473 ZODIAC EL24 Salt Chlorinator V10.18
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POOL PREPARATION
The recommended salt level for the EL-24 Salt Chlorinator is 6,000ppm. The chlorinator requires
between 4000ppm and 6000 ppm of salt dissolved into the pool water. The level of salt will depend
on water temperature, but if a level of 6000 ppm dissolved salt is allowed for, your chlorinator will
always be able to produce the maximum level of chlorine. We recommend you add 6 kgs of salt for
every 1000 litres of water (a typical pool of around 50,000 litres requires 300kg of salt).
Salt should always be added at the shallow end of the pool and allowed to dissolve. Running the
pump will mix the water and speed the dissolving process.
WARNING: Never add salt to the skimmer box!!
NOTE:
Plug the pump directly into a power outlet (bypass the chlorinator) and run for 8-10 hours to
ensure the salt is dissolved prior to running the chlorinator.
When the salt is dissolved, connect the pump to the chlorinator and run it on maximum chlorine
output. Check that low salt is not indicated on the screen. If it is, check again in 24 hours. If the
low salt indicator still persists, have the salt level checked by your local pool shops and ensure it is
increased to 6000 ppm.
PROGRAMMING
Setting Current Time/Day
Select Off
(a) Press the MENU button and screen should display CLK. Press ENTER
(b) Press ENTER and the hour digit will flash. Use up and down arrows to adjust.
(c) Press ENTER to change to minutes and set.
(d) Press ENTER and select AM or PM
(e) Press MENU to save
Setting Timers
Your Chlorinator has 2 timers enabling you to set different periods in which your chlorinator/pump
will operate. Timers are set by entering a start time and an off time. To set timers, do the following:
(a) Press the MENU button twice and screen should display TMR. Press ENTER
(b) Use up and down arrows to adjust start time for TIMER1. Press ENTER
(c) Use up and down arrows to adjust the off time for TIMER 1. Press ENTER.
(d) Repeat for TIMER 2
Programming Recommendations
Zodiac recommend that you use two timers, one for the morning and one for the evening and
typically for periods of 2-5 hours for each (depending on pool size and season). Your chlorinator is
most effective if running in the early morning or evening when it is cooler (strong sunlight consumes
more chlorine). As a factory default, the control is set to come on at 08:00am and 04:00pm both for
periods of 4 hours.
CHLORINE OUTPUT
To adjust the chlorine output:
(a) Use Increase/Decrease arrows for setting the chlorine output level of the chlorinator. The
chlorinator output can be set from levels 1 through to 8.
(b) Chlorine Output display shows the level set