Recent content by lhlsea

Update and one follow up question: I sealed up the cracks (which were substantial once I got the old stuff off of there) and left it overnight. Looks like the water dropped a bit but too soon to tell if I fixed the problem. Meanwhile I noticed one more thing. There appears to be a crack in...

Thank you!

EDIT: update and follow up question about plugging a skimmer hole in my reply below. Thanks! Hi there, I was hoping to run my plan by you to make sure I’m not missing anything. Owned the place about 7 years now. Last 2 years or so I have to add progressively more water regularly. Lately it...

Got it. Thanks!

Success! Thank you so much for the help. I ran through the flowchart as you suggested and isolated the problem to the thermostat. Then, just out of curiosity, after putting everything back together, I tried rotating the thermostat knob back and forth several times just to see if I could notice...

Thank you for the quick response. I'll give it a try!

Thank you - this is very helpful. @ajw22 I read through the flow chart and understanding the concept that I'm jumpering around different parts to isolate which one may have failed, but I think I might need a tad more handholding if you don't mind to make sure I'm doing it properly. What do I use...

Hi there, I tried to turn the heater on for the first time of the season yesterday and it wouldn't light up. No noise of any kind after turning the power switch to on. It's a Rheem 266A (P-M266A-MN-C). It's the model without a digital display (and no lights that I can see) so I don't think it...