We've owned this pool for 3 years, and each year we start up the heater a bunch of rust blows out but it does fire up. However this year instead I got an airflow error, investigating I found those rust pieces were not flakes from something big but instead were what was left of the fan blades now there isn't enough left to get it to fire, from what I found I'm impressed there was any air moving at all.
With my untrained eye, from what I can see the heat exchanger looks to be in ok shape, and the only thing really rusted was the fan itself, is it worth spending the money to replace the fan on a heater this old?
My other concern is I believe the pool store I trust only carries Pentair and I what I've read here their new heaters aren't that reliable, so if it is time to buy new, do I get a Pentair installed from someone I trust, or do I shop around for a better heater and take my chances with an installer?
I haven't contacted the pool store yet, I plan to ask them on their opinions of replace vs fix as well, but I thought I'd get a second opinion from here.
Thanks,
Dan
With my untrained eye, from what I can see the heat exchanger looks to be in ok shape, and the only thing really rusted was the fan itself, is it worth spending the money to replace the fan on a heater this old?
My other concern is I believe the pool store I trust only carries Pentair and I what I've read here their new heaters aren't that reliable, so if it is time to buy new, do I get a Pentair installed from someone I trust, or do I shop around for a better heater and take my chances with an installer?
I haven't contacted the pool store yet, I plan to ask them on their opinions of replace vs fix as well, but I thought I'd get a second opinion from here.
Thanks,
Dan