AstralPool Viron eQuilibrium Salt Chlorinator

Purchased the Astral Chlorinator with the pool. Worked great for the first 3 months then the party was over.

For some reason every 3-5 minutes the system
Shuts down and does a pre purge. This then increases the PH levels and forces the pump into high speed.

First attempt at and Astral repair was to change pump.

2nd repair was to change the mother board, hoses and revisit the pump.

3rd repair change the unit including the pump...Read more

urther to other comments on these pages too; i would say the astral equipment i've got has been awful:
1. the robot cleaner has been in for repair four times - according to astral, it's been in the water too much !! well yeah, i put it in the pool each day... isn't that what you do with a pool cleaner ?
2. the eq25 motherboard has needed replacing - according to astral, chlorine and acid in the air damage the motherboard... a bit tricky to keep a chlorinator away from chlorine and acid, i'd have thought - 'fit for purpose', i wonder ?
3. the he...Read more

I purchased this system as it promised a healthy pool with much less chemicals & a set & forget economical pump when running on Ai mode. However, my experience has been very frustrating. I live in North Queensland and the sun here is very, very hot. I have had my pool go green many times with this system as the Chlorinator struggled to make adequate chlorine to compensate for the hot sun taking it out faster than it can make it. I have had many, many visits from the pool shop technician trying to adjust settings to get it working right. They re...Read more

As a swimming pool technician with over 38 years of experience in the trade with 30+ of those years operating my own pool business. These are without a doubt the most problematic brand of chlorinator on the market. PC Boards, cells, i would not recommend any of their products! The warranty is questionable and the cost of spare parts especially the main PC Boards doesn’t make them economical to repair. The EQ models if fitted with pH control, be very aware of where you locate the acid. Astral Chlorinators cooling fans draw from under the chlorin...Read more

We had a Magna blu clorinator for 10 years and replaced it with the eQ25 as it had all the bells and whistles, well, what a mistake that was, it is the biggest load of rubbish I have ever come across, I have never had an issue with the balance of my pool until this crap was installed, it never reads the ph correctly and is always out (even after calibration) and I would seriously think about changing the name if I was Astral as it doesn't produce chlorine in summer, well not enough anyway! As stated earlier in the 10 years we have had our pool ...Read more

I had my pool installed about 5 months ago and currently have weed mat around the pool that has prevented most of the sand going back into the pool.
I have a once a month pool service guy that worked for the pool company I quized him about the error "no water" and he mentioned it the lid not secured properly the second time I had the error message. I was unable to back wash the chlorinator which was switching itself off the next day I found the pump on but was slow.
I rang a pool shop and the person suggested take the filter out and see if th...Read more