I have an expensive lesson in pool winterization to pay for. I have a DIY Aquacal T115 I bought and installed when I built my 15k gallon Radiant pool during Covid. I did it all myself because pool peeps are hard to find in Oregon and during 2021 they wanted no part in my project 
Last winter it got to single digits for multiple days and cracked the heat exchanger on my Aquacal T115. Aquacal will not sell one to me and there are no local service people, only real option is replacement. I got ahold of great local place that sells, installs, services Jandy and they suggested the JTR2500R or the JTR3000.
That leaves me with two options:
1. Buy another T115. It worked great and I was going to install the PoolSync this spring which I already bought. Other than getting it to a pretty rough location its a pretty easy thing to install.
2. Buy one of the Jandy's and have them do all the work. Problem is its 4k more just to have them install it with the markup on the equipment and labor. And I'd have to figure out the automation on and off.
Does anyone else have a Aquacal out of the factory cert areas? This has me worried about if something under warranty did come up. The Customer service was awesome but if they can't help they can't help. Are they pretty reliable to the point where I'm better off with option 1? heck if I did have catastrophic failure again I could buy another DIY and still be slightly ahead!
Thanks!
Last winter it got to single digits for multiple days and cracked the heat exchanger on my Aquacal T115. Aquacal will not sell one to me and there are no local service people, only real option is replacement. I got ahold of great local place that sells, installs, services Jandy and they suggested the JTR2500R or the JTR3000.
That leaves me with two options:
1. Buy another T115. It worked great and I was going to install the PoolSync this spring which I already bought. Other than getting it to a pretty rough location its a pretty easy thing to install.
2. Buy one of the Jandy's and have them do all the work. Problem is its 4k more just to have them install it with the markup on the equipment and labor. And I'd have to figure out the automation on and off.
Does anyone else have a Aquacal out of the factory cert areas? This has me worried about if something under warranty did come up. The Customer service was awesome but if they can't help they can't help. Are they pretty reliable to the point where I'm better off with option 1? heck if I did have catastrophic failure again I could buy another DIY and still be slightly ahead!
Thanks!
