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Agree. Waiting on raypak info before proceeding.

Will try to find out from raypak what the allowable gas pipe clearances are. They didn't specify them in the install manual. Since the unit is built with the gas inlet 2.5" from the vent cover I'd hope the clearances can be pretty minimal, but it doesn't seem to be the case. While I initially...

No, I believed the equipment swap was a minimal emergency changeover. I thought he'd use a flexi-line for the heater actually. I have a whole house tankless heater using one even. Likewise with a whole house gas generator I identified the missing sediment trap issue and had him add one for...

According to this: https://inspectagator.com/2020/06/01/improper-gas-line-sediment-trap-installation/ Two of the 3 orientations for the Tee to the sediment tap are valid, including the one that my installer used... I checked the rest of my house and none of my furnaces or tankless heaters have...

I didn't see anything in the quoted text or descriptions that says the supply has to come from the top. I don't think that's a reasonable interpretation but I'm certainly no expert. Yes, it doesn't seem to be working right to have the exhaust that close to the supply line. I do note that...

Yes, that's what the installer added. Tee. Nipple. Cap. Check.

Hmm, condensation seems to have nearly stopped with water temp above 74 or so (pipes still wet but concrete is now dry). Concrete is grey/brown mix to the eye but shows up with a green tint with LED lighting. Iphone seems to just be screwing up color space.

If you look at the daylight pic there is no green or white. I don't know why the flash makes it look that way, there is not much to see. Yes I think I see a little white on the concrete in the back corner, probably from the old heater. There is no algae, just ficus leaves that keep blowing...

16 years. With the top vent, the heater let a lot of rainwater in and the last rainstorm finally rusted it out too far to repair.

Yes, I already saw that picture from reading the raypak manual. It does not detail a drip leg materially differently from my pics as far as I can tell. The condensation is not "all over the place" it's puddling on my slab under the gas pipe. I put a pan under the gas pipes and now the slab is...

I don't think it's as much as it seems from the flash photo; maybe 1 drop/min weaping off the gas pipes. I could try calling but if I just get a CSR reading a script I can't imagine that helping.

Yes, aware that combustion produces water, but this seems to be condensation emanating with contact to the cold gas pipe not condensation drip from just combustion itself. It's not as if there's water on other surfaces such as the side of the heater. The Previous heater did not produce any...

So with a couple elbows, moved say 1 foot further to the left of the heater, almost into the landscaping? What is wrong with the drip leg (I don't know gas plumbing). Previous heater had no drip leg at all so this was just added.

Easier said than done. The gas line comes out of the concrete in front of the heater, see pics. I'm thinking the most practical would be for the vent to be extended to vent further away from the unit.

The water temp started at about 54, but now the water is 68 and the gas pipe is still dripping with condensation. I had wiped everything dry half way through has well. Note it is the gas pipe with condensation not anything in contact with the water. Humidity is about 50%.

Hi, I just got a new raypak avia heater installed. Model P-R404A-EN-C. I'm noticing that there is a lot of condensate drip on the gas line that passes under the vent (as the gas line is right next to the exhaust vent). I assume this is going to be a problem... This is an outdoor install...

I'm not sure, I'm just the poor residential owner, not the suspicious builder :) But my read of the VGB would indicate that SVRS would only be necessary in situations where there are just 1 drain, ie normally not necesary.

Thanks for the sanity check, I've capped it off. The pump is almost even with the water line, seems to be a few inches below.

My pool system has an automatic relief valve plumbed in to the system right after the filter pump and before the cartridge filter. I had always assumed it was an extra credit air pressure relief valve. But it just started seeping water (slow drip) from the valve so I took a closer look and...

Thanks, taylor's instructions about daylight seemed to be more oriented towards color match tests than color presence tests like fas-dpd but they don't clarify it. Yet when I read up here about the "best" way, the FAQ for fas-dpd testing, here Extended Test Kit Directions says to "follow the...

No, I started the SLAM at about 28 on 10/12. Spent days adding more chlorine as the FC kept getting eaten. But since the 19th, when I did a better job of cleaning the infinity trough/catch basin, I've been at 0-1ppm CC and without new dead algae in the main pool. FC stayed above 30ppm for a few...

But I'm supposed to use daylight light for the fas-dpd color test per taylor instructions, so I've been doing it at sunrise&sunset. If I only test 8 hours I'll have to test indoors (3000k temperature). Seems like testing indoors shouldn't be a problem, but a bit conflicting instructions there...

Looks clear to me. I could count the vent slots on the drain at the bottom, 6' down (if my eyesight was good enough). There's staining on the gunite, but it doesn't scrape off; has always been there since it was built and apparently acid washed too soon after construction. Latest dead algae...

So my last 4 tests with 5ml samples were 10/19 5pm 33 FC 3 CC 10/20 7am 34 FC 0 CC 10/20 1:30pm 34 FC 1 CC 10/20 5:30pm 30 FC 0 CC So looks like I could be "done" if I don't lose overnight tonight, right? Seems like extra cleaning and being full vertical for the drop tests has made the...

My lights are flush at the bottom of the pool I can't really work with them without some free-diving practice. I had them leak tested last year and they passed so hopefully if water can't get in algae isn't passing through either?

Hmm, I haven't been careful to hold the bottle completely vertical, I'm been maybe 20 degrees off, squeezing gently to get the drops to come out. So this gives me over-sized drops some of the time? Argh.