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What tool do you guys use to easily remove the salt cell? I tried the other day to twist open the connectors between the salt cell and the pipe and it's quite tight.
I need some kind of wrench that could give me a better grip than my bare hands. Thanks.
I keep one of those strap wrenches in the pool shed. It's a rubber strap that you loop around the object you need to loosen/tighten and feed back into the handle to apply torque. Should be able to google it, then find one cheap at Lowes/Home Depot/Sears/etc, etc, etc. Doesn't leave marks or destroy the plastic like pipe wrenches/slip lock pliers do.
Nater is correct. Probably the easiest to handle is a rubber strap wrench. You can also try large channel lock pliers, but they're heavy and expensive just for loosening a cell union. A oil filter wrench from an auto parts store will work too... Strap wrench though, is the way to go.
+1 on the strap wrench. I use it on plumbing fixtures in the house also. Cheap handy little item.
I would also go with the strap wrench. Metal channel locks can mess up plastics.
Josh
make sure it does not have reverse threads.. mine does.
That's because everything down under is backwards! =P