Help locating a replacement T15 cell still under warrantee.

[Nevets]

Anyone know where I can get a Aqua Rite replacement T15 cell for less than the $980 that my local pool store wants? According to Hayward tech people, I still have a 40% proration due and the pool store will lower the price to $540 after the proration but I feel that I am being taken to the cleaners so to speak... and most online stores that I have found will sell the replacement cell for under $500 without the 40% proration but I can not find an online store that will honor the 40% proration....

There is no doubt that the cell is bad. It was tested by an authorized Hayward testing center and they tested it twice.

I am in the Brandon FL area (Tampa) and need the heavy duty cell with the three year warrantee due to the extreme heat that I have to deal with in my pool water. The H2O temp gets to be above 90 degrees and stays there for 6 months or more.

Thanks

[kelemvor]

I don't know exactly where but I've been pricing cells as well. My local pool store only wants $500 for the T15, but I've found them online as low as $300. I was going to post asking about the site selling for 300 to see if it was legit but I think that sort of thing is against the TOC of poolforum.

[aylad]

I was going to post asking about the site selling for 300 to see if it was legit but I think that sort of thing is against the TOC of poolforum.

I don't see a problem with posting a question about the site to see if others have had experiences with them...the problem we have is with those who post links to their own site to entice people to shop from them, or with people asking for specific names of people to hire as contractors, etc. Basically, no selling here....but asking about an independent site to verify legitimacy would be okay.

Keep in mind that any links you post will delay your post being modded in until Ben looks at it, so you might want to just name the site without the link...

Janet

[waterbear]

Your pool store is ripping you off!
The retail price of a new cell with the 3 year warranty is not that high! Find a different store! For $980 you can but a complete Aquarite with T-15 cell and 3 year warranty!

[mas985]

Nearly every place on the web is selling them for less than $475.

Try This.

Forgot to mention the generics are now going for less than $400 with a 3-year warranty.

[waterbear]

I am in Florida also and keep my pool heated to 88 degrees and it's over that for several months a year. The pool is open year round. I have an aqualogic and my cell is still going strong so the heat is not the problem, water balance is.
A few tips to maximize cell life, keep your CYA at 80 (very important) an and your TA at 70 to minimize acid demand cause by outgassing of CO2.
Add borates to 50 ppm to reduce acid demand (because of the secondary boric acid/borate buffer system that works in conjunction with the bicarbonate buffer system we call TA to "lock" the pH around 7.7 -7.8 for an extended peroid of time) and very probably chlorine demand (because of the algaestatic properties of borates).
These tips will allow you to run at a lower output percentage and to minimize pH spikes, both of which translate into longer cell life.