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There was a "lock" installed that required a "key." Looked like a plug to me. The house was a forclosure. Guess I should've mentioned that originally to you. He did not hook up any gauges. Also didn't seem concerned with the health of the system at all. He thought perhaps the prior gas...

Success! Gas guy came out- the tank was disconnected! He put it back together, bled the line at the unit and it fired up on the first start! Exhaust temps read normal (he said between 250-300 is good). Good stuff! Glad i read up on this forum and replaced the touchpad before I had him...

Thank you Paul. I will do that.

The gas valve does click twice. What does this mean? First click coincides with the 'Heating' light going from a flash to a solid light. This is after the blower runs for a little over 20 seconds. Second click is 8 seconds after the first and ends the solid light. I found the diagram...

I do have the manual. http://www.pentairpool.com/pdfs/MaxEThermEngOM.pdf I do not have the toggle style switch listed on page 32. See picture below. The knob rotates and can depress. The tank is buried about 30 feet from the unit. I could NOT find any instruction on how to purge the air...

I have NOT smelled the propane at all. Granted the vent points upwards and has the blower going perhaps I am not detecting the smell. The tank is ONLY hooked to the pool heater. Thanks for the warm welcome. Would like my pool to feel the same. Edit: my wife, who has a much better sense of...

Recently bought a house and trying to get my pool into shape. It is getting chilly on occasion here in Florida and the wife really wants the heater working. I've read many threads on this forum about this heater. First step was to replace the rotted out key pad. Good progress, but no heat...

Hello all, Title says it. Bought a pool with a house 6 months ago. Stumbled on this forum when searching for info on my pool heater, and read a bunch of threads. This seems to be the place to be. Shane