Pool Pilot SWG Electrical Contact Issue

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Sean,

Well it happened again although differently this time.

Unit came on this morning, all was well, then I left for and hour and came home and the unit which normally reports 3600 ppm was reading 1600, and showed a fault something like "Bad Temp Sensor," so it was not reading the temperature. Shut down the unit, turned off the fuses and pulled the little Tri-Sensor pin out. Did not see any corrosion just a tiny purple dot on the sensor, cleaned both the plug and the sensor pin with electrical contact cleaner as before, then re-installed.

Unit came on showed correct salt but the "Bad Temp Sensor" alert was still there. Oh no, I thought I will have to wait to tomorrow to call tech support. But my tiny little brain then realized there are two connections one to the Tri-Sensor plug and the other into the digital unit itself so unplugged the one to the unit and cleaned both male and female part of the plug with electrical contact cleaner, first time since it was installed 4 months ago.

You guessed it everything came on fine.

I'm am nearly positive as I stated before that they are not well insulated enough from the atmosphere. It would not be good if I were away for a few days or a few weeks. Although, obviously, I would treat them just prior to leaving.

Could I wrap them in Teflon tape to protect them so I do not have to go through on an ongoing basis.? Do you think this is ok, it seems no heat builds up in these areas?

Otherwise it still works like a champ and is dead on accurate, so apart from this minor annoyance, I love this unit.