Two steps to winterize your ICO

Winterizing your ICO is just as important as winterizing your pool. If you wish to winterize your spa, you must also winterize your ICO SPA. Please follow this process. It's part of good practice to preserve the life and reliability of your sensors and battery.

Here are two steps to winterizing your device plus the ICO application.

First step: winterize your ICO device

Our ICO unit is winterized at the same time as your pool/spa, i.e. when the water temperature reaches 12°C.

1. Remove ICO device from water and clean it

After a season in the water, your ICO may be covered with an oily film or impurities on its outer shell and probes.

Start by running ICO under running water and rubbing the surfaces lightly with your hand to remove any deposits. Then unscrew the bottom cover to access the probes, and rinse them in clear water (without unlocking them). Finally, carefully dry your device with a soft cloth only. An abrasive surface could damage your device.

2. Protect sensors with KCl storage liquid

Sensor regeneration with KCl-storage concerns pH and ORP sensors exclusively.

• Pour KCl storage fluid over the yellow sponges inserted in two black caps for pH and ORP/ REDOX sensors only.
• Replace the black protective caps on the probes. For a perfect seal, we recommend using insulating tape to prevent the KCl-storage crystallizing in the black caps.
• Replace bottom cap

3.Dry ICO and recharge battery

Now leave the ICO to dry for 12 hours in an area at room temperature. After this time, check the battery charge level in your ICO application. If it's below 80%, recharge your device using the USB cable supplied.

4. Switch OFF your ICO device

More info on the procedure for switching ICO on and off.

• Remove the top cover and the white sub-cover
• Depending on your ICO model (ICO v1 or ICO v2):
  • ICO V1: press the on/off button for about 5 seconds
  • ICO V2: connect your ICO to the USB port in less than 5 seconds.
  • The LED flashes red when the device is switched off.
• Replace the white sub-cover and the top cover

5. Store your ICO device for winter

Once your ICO has been switched off and your sensors protected, store it in a clean, dry place. The temperature of the storage room should be between 15°C and 25°C throughout the winter. A lower temperature could cause irreparable damage to the probes. All that remains is to winterize the ICO application as described below until the next season!

Second step: set wintering mode in your app

Open the application : select your pool or spa to winterize

Click on the icon settings and then on My pool / My spa.

In the section Winteringselect Activate / Deactivate

In the section Wintering select Activate / Deactivate, and then activate « Winterize my pool /spa » and click on Continue.

When the winterizing mode is on , a snowflake icon appears on your pool profile. Access to data is temporarily disabled until your pool is opened.To reactivate your ICO, click on the snowflake then validate “end of wintering” .

Click in the link to follow our guideline how to winterize a pool. or winterize your spa.