Recent content by ASchafer

Hi, I am in charge of maintenance for a couple of hotels. One of my properties has a Desert Aire system in it which has done a good job for us but now the remote condenser has gone kaput and will cost us a little over $8k to replace. We decided to check our options and see what upgrading...

I did end up choosing this unit. I found a company in CA that had it on special for $3000 so I decided to go with it. It should be here next week and I am looking forward to seeing how many years it lasts! :) Thank you for the recommendation!! Thank you so much to all of you for your input and...

There is no power venting installed. The length of the run up through the roof is right at the limits allowed for venting in Hayward's manual. There is fresh air to the room but it is just grates in the wall with no blowers installed. I have suspected they may be smaller than they should be.

My heaters are in the mechanical room with all the other equipment including the air conditioning unit for the pool room. The venting goes up through the entire 3 story building and out through the roof. That actually was one of my thoughts; would an outdoor installation be better since they...

I was actually looking for a boiler with a titanium heat exchanger and was unable to find one. The only thing I found with titanium was the indirect heater that required an external source of hot water to heat my pool. Here is one I found: http://www.poolheatersvti.com/swimmingpoolheaters3.htm...

Yes, I have the induced draft model. I talked to the contractor who originally built the pool 11 years ago and he told me he quit using Hayward and has been installing Pentair boilers exclusively. I asked him about Raypak and he said he has used them and has never had a problem with them. He...

Thank you! I am using muriatic acid controlled by the Intellichem fed in after all other equipment

Hi everyone. I am the head of maintenance for two hotels and about two years ago we converted our pools and spas to salt water. Since then we have been losing heat exchangers to the tune of one every 6 months or so, in each heater! I thought this was due to the salt water but after several...