Recent content by Mrfixit1

I wanted to thank you for your advice. I took a strap wrench to the protek shield assembly and turned it counter clockwise (as viewed from the bottom looking up) as you normally would loosen any standard right handed threads. It came off very easy. You were absolutely correct saying it was a...

Thanks for your advice, but this is why I am confused and was looking for advice from someone that has removed the protek shield. According to the manual, it says the following (see step #5 in particular): Follow the steps below to replace the ProTek Shield Assy: 1. Shut off the pool pump and...

I also have the Raypak natural gas digital heater (260k btu) which uses the protek shield. I live in Michigan in which I am concerned about freeze damage of the plastic protek assembly. I have closed the pool down for winter but haven’t removed the protek assembly (do I need to remove it for...