I've had a Lectra-San for 7 years now with just minor issues and would buy another one...as long as the NDZ's stop growing in numbers. I've wondered about the excess salt issue for these reasons: After reading a Raritan manual cautioning that excess salt can blow the 60A fuse when charging the tank in some installations, The presence of the 'Excess Salt' light on some control panels, and Anecdotal stories of excess salt causing high current flow through the electrode pack causing premature failure. I hope Peggy will clarify this issue. Ronbo

*I used to keep the boat on the rappahanock river and was adding salt to the lectrasan and started blowing fuses.** * *I called and spoke with Vic.* * * *Told me to back off on the salt.* * * *I did so by about half and never had a problem again.* * * *Ric * On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 12:34 PM, ron bruno <ronbruno1@gmail.com> wrote: > I've had a Lectra-San for 7 years now with just minor issues and would buy > another one...as long as the NDZ's stop growing in numbers. > > I've wondered about the excess salt issue for these reasons: > After reading a Raritan manual cautioning that excess salt can blow the 60A > fuse when charging the tank in some installations, > The presence of the 'Excess Salt' light on some control panels, and > Anecdotal stories of excess salt causing high current flow through the > electrode pack causing premature failure. > > I hope Peggy will clarify this issue. > > Ronbo > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers-and-trawlering > > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, change > email address, etc) go to: > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/options/trawlers-and-trawlering > > Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited. > -- Ric Bergstrom 'A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.' ~Thomas Jefferson 'Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety' ~ Benjamin Franklin 'The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.' ~Cicero 55 Bc If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsel or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands of those who feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you. May posterity forget that ye were our countrymen. - Samuel Adams

The ElectraSan was mechanically controlled and did not have the electronic feedback system that the newer ElectraScan has. Estimating how much salt to add to prevent damage to the electrode packs is a tricky business and Raritan obviously came to the conclusion that a major improvement was needed, the new control unit is the answer. My son's boat has the newer ElectraScan unit and the visible feedback that the electronic display gives you makes it very easy to know how much salt to put in, if you are doing it manually. With the new system we have never had more than 1 error message (over/under salt) in about 100 flushes. This does not help the folks who have the older system and the cost of the electronic upgrade may be almost the cost of an entire new unit. Without the new control unit and its display it is very difficult to know how much salt to use in brackish water as you don't know what the actual level of brackishness is. If you are in fresh water the answer is obvious as you can calculate the amount of salt to a good accuracy. I don't know that this helps much, but... Mike _________________________ Capt. Mike Maurice Tigard, Oregon (Near Portland).