No plumbing involved but you do need a power drill and a 3 8 drill bit for the injection fittings.
Hayward chlorinator lid hard to open.
Each hayward chlorinator has a removable lid that allows you to drop in a slow release trichlor chlorine tablet.
Same problem this year past 2 weeks high levels off reader and set at off looked inside after 1 week to make sure chlorine tabs were intact.
If you end up replacing the chlorinator get one.
If you don t have the 9 of clear horizontal pipe close to the ground available to hard plumb the cl200 chlorinator you can install an off line cl 220 model.
Do you have any suggestions.
Late last season noticed chlorine levels high and unable to get it down.
Fill with america s favorite chlorine.
Off line hayward chlorinator install.
Nope all dissolved despite chlorinator turned off.
I ve got an off line hayward chlorine tablet feeder on my pool it has a 1 4 hose that taps off some water from the pressure side of the pump before the filter and it outputs via 1 4 line to the return lines after the filter.
Many times the chlroinator will have a vacuum inside of it preventing you from removing the lid so if you open the air bleed screw on the filter that will allow air into the system.
Make sure you are prepared for the possibility that you may break the chlorinator leaving you unable to circulate pool water.
Hayward cl220 inground pool this is 3rd year.
The process is similar for a rainbow chlorinator as well.
Last year we replaced our chlorinator with a hayward cl 100.
No wonder cannot get level down.
It is very difficult to remove the cap to add chlorine tablets.
Using this valve you can regulate the flow of the water through the chlorinator if the chlorine level in the pool rises too high or falls too low.
This is a short video on how to change an o ring in a hayward chlorinator.