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08/27/2016, 08:46 AM
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Salt creep
Is this normal and is this too much? This is off my return.
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08/27/2016, 09:57 AM
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I'm going to say that is way too much and you most likely have a leak.
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08/27/2016, 10:33 AM
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+1
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08/27/2016, 11:03 AM
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Mine has been running for 3 1/2 years in it's present form. There is Zero salt creep. Although it may be slow, there is definitely a leak.
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08/27/2016, 11:06 AM
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I would find the leak and fix.
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08/27/2016, 11:07 AM
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+1 salt creep comes from water - either mist/spray from splashing, or from a leak. From the pics that doesn't appear to be a location that should have spray at all, so you would appear to have a leak
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08/27/2016, 12:31 PM
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So have loc-lines been known to leak? How do I fix it or do I just buy a new one?
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08/27/2016, 02:28 PM
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+1 on leak. You can likely get another one fairly inexpensively.
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08/27/2016, 03:09 PM
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I would re-plump it with something beside loc-line on the outside of the tank.
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08/27/2016, 03:38 PM
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08/27/2016, 03:43 PM
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I didn't even notice it was loc line and looking at it now it's pretty obvious. Yes, replace it.
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08/27/2016, 04:14 PM
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+1. Definitely a leak!
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