Buosha Inrush Current Limiter 32mm 2ohms 25A by Ametherm

This little $8 part did the trick and saved me a bunch of money. My Hayward Aqua Rite system stopped generating chlorine without any signs of problems. Called Hayward support. What a useless waste of my time. All they did was send links to the user manuals and FAQ's on general use. They also said to contact a local pool repair business to troubleshoot my problem. That would not be cheap. I took the salt cell to Leslies to have it checked and it tested out OK. They tested my water and said the nitrates were too high and I needed to drain the pool to get the Aqua Rite system to work properly. What a bunch of bull. I bought nitrate test strips and found the nitrate level was on the high end but nothing near an amount that would require me to drain the pool. I started dumping liquid chlorine in the pool to try and stay ahead of the algae. In the meantime the lights went out on the control box. The display was working, showing salt level etc. but no power light, generating light etc. After several weeks, gallons and gallons of chlorine, and algae growth I had enough and decided to buy a whole new system online. While checking prices I came across INYOPOOLS.COM and read some of their info on troubleshooting the AquaRite system. They suggested replacing the current limiter. That did the trick! The system works better than before. I always had to set the level at 100% but now I can adjust it to a lower level and still maintain a high level of chlorine. As others suggested, when you go to replace this current limiter, cut the old one off leaving enough of the 'legs' sticking up to solder the new one to. A regular soldering iron worked fine for me. No need for anything special. The new limiter sat up high where it touch the cover so I just bent it over a bit and the cover fits fine. You might cut the new tabs a little shorter or bend them before you solder if you are afraid of breaking it off. This little part was well worth the money and saved me a ton of money. Note that my system stopped generating chlorine before the POWER, GENERATING etc. lights went out. You might want to replace this part if you have unexplained low chlorine levels and the lights still work. For $8, what do you have to loose...

Update 12/15: My fix lasted for one season. Guessing that the condition that caused the part to fail the first time still exists. This time I'll drop the money into a new board. That said, I don't regret buying this part and applying the fix.Original Review: Like the others, I used this to repair my Aquarite chlorine generator. It indeed takes a lot of power in your soldering iron to remove the old part. The part is soldered into a heat sink that a pencil iron can't handle. I ended up committing to a 100W Weller gun type iron to melt and suck up the copious amount of solder on the original board. As others have documented here and on YouTube, it can take a good 45 minutes or more to clear the old part. Take small bits at a time so you won't damage the board. Soldering in the new part was quick and easy. LEDs came back and chlorine generation was working perfectly. This and the soldering iron were ~$150 less than buying a new board, and I scored a new iron out of the deal.

This current limiter works, exactly as expected. My pool chlorinator is back up and running well. The only reason for 4 stars out of 5, is because the prongs on the limiter were exactly the same size as the holes on the circuit board. It took me a long time to clear the solder out of the holes in order to make enough room for the prongs to go through.

Yes, this fixed my pool problem and saved me big bucks. Please, please, if you are having issues with your pool or just about anything, look up the issue on youtube before you call a repairman. I can't tell you the times I have fixed things that I would normally never attempt. Not only have the guys who fix stuff for a living shown me how I can do it myself but, also saved me untold dollars. There is no better feeling than fixing stuff yourself and knowing how much it is going to cost and not wondering if the guy you called is ripping you off because you have no clue what they are doing. My two best buds are Amazon and Youtube.

After researching on amazon and on pool forums, I bought this part to see if it would be a (relatively) simple fix for our Aquarite salt chlorine generator.You can read other posts for more details, but in short it worked. I had not soldered anything in probably 20 years, but I was up for trying. My main tip is NOT to try to desolder the existing part. Instead, use a fine, small drill bit and carefully bore it out. I tried for at least 45 minutes with a 60 watt soldering iron and had not made much progress. I had read somewhere that someone recommended drilling the component out, and it works very well and fast. Putting in the part is very easy if you know the basics about soldering. It's well worth the effort to see if this fixes the issue. Check YouTube for a how-to post.

It worked to resolve the 'No Power' issue with my Aquarite Chlorine Generator Board. The pins were slightly wider than the original part, but I was able to carefully bend one of them inward and solder it.Following some other advice I read on this repair, I snipped off the old part, leaving a few mm of post exposed, and soldered to those posts. Unless you have a heavy-duty soldering iron, it is impossible the desolder the original part.One thing I did not do but I wish I did was to trim down the posts on this part by about half. It is quite tall and the cover touches it and cannot be screwed all the way back in.You must remove the original board to solder on a flat surface. I attempted to do it without removing the board, but, unless you have some helping hands, you can't get a good solder on a vertical surface.

This fit perfect and was easy to install for a diy type of person. Now my salt water chlorinator work again!

If you are buying this to replace the part on a Hayward Goldline chlorinator, it works but the leads are bigger than the holes in the circuit board. You have to attach it on the surface and make sure you make good contact. My chlorinator works well now!

Perfect in every way......pleasant transaction......A+++