This article is your go-to guide to everything "Chlorinator", giving you tips and tricks on how to maintain and when to replace your chlorinator. The cell of the chlorinator is a set of metal plates that sit in a plastic housing. The plates carry an electric current, and as the salty water flows over the plates, it turns the salt into chlorine via electrolysis. What problems can a dirty chlorinator cell cause? A dirty cell will reduce the amount of chlorine your cell is capable of producing. Because the salty...