Recent content by Wooderson

Yep, that's what I thought. Thank you for your responses and confirmation, I'm going to pick up a proper test kit and study up in the pool school.

Our pool is "Mineral Springs", and startup each year costs several hundred dollars, and we have a maintenance bag every week on top of that. We also use regular shock and muratic acid as needed per their water analysis. I'm starting to think it's a premium product that our pool company pushes...

Yes, I thought about adding the sediment trap, and it is specified in the Raypak installation documentation, but in the end, I skipped that. The heater diagnostics report "8" for flame quality, which is good. I wired the heater automation line last night, it took a second to figure out how to...

I really took my time, and completed the install in just under 6 hours. Absolutely no problems with the install, it went exactly as planned. Ok, yes, I got a little overzealous with the PVC primer, but I'm confident in my pipe fitting skills. ;) The new heater brought the spa from 67...

That makes sense! Thank you!

Why are flex lines a bad idea?

The old heater was a 400 BTU, which I think was over-specd for this small pool. So I believe I'm good. You'll notice in the photo, the gas line actually reduces a bit before the branch to the pool heater. The gas meter is just behind the fence. The gas line continuation going underground...

I'm glad to hear that the automation is straight forward. This is great news! I believe the old heater is 8 years old, I'll check when I get home. Rust has claimed 80% of the floor of the box, and it's throwing combustion errors. Yes, I was looking at Jandy simply because that's what I...

My Jandy LT heater needs to be replaced. I want to take on this project myself, but I need a little guidance from the experts. My pool is 18,000g with a small attached spa. It has an AquaPure chlorine generator that is controlled by a Aqualink RS system. I have a Pentair VS filter pump, and...

My Service light is on, and the display on the box rotates between three messages; "60%", "25", and "94". I expected three digit numbers, could those possibly really mean error codes "125" (cell needs to be cleaned), and "194" (Salinity invalid due to out of range measurements caused by front...

Hi TBrown and JamesW, I'm in the same boat, I came here to post a question, I hope you don't mind my popping on this thread.. My cell isn't generating chlorine, and the amber "SERVICE" LED is lit on the control unit. My pool guy says that the cell needs to be replaced every 3-5 years, and...

Ok, I got this taken care of. For the record, the flue isn't that long, and after removing the grating, it's possible to clean it out by hand. Also clean any debris out of the small channel that leads to the "secondary flue". Those are my words, I'm not sure what it's really called. It...