Recent content by Richard2020

Second company inspected the pool and concluded that no internal corrosion inside the heat exchanger; thickness confirmed; internal leak not readily found;

I do maintain the pool chemistry. Testing both pH and chlorine levels on a weekly basis. With the salt system, the pH of the pool is normally drifting to the basic side pH > 8; my pool is 20k gallons of water; normally add about 64 oz of muriatic acid, in portions around the pool; that...

Thanks; it all now makes sense since the salt chlorinator system is located after the pool heater. I have a second vendor tomorrow to provide a second opinion. Any additional recommendations... appreciate it as well other forum members!

Pool heater leaking from the bottom, drops, probably losing 1 gallon of water when circulating water with or without the heater functioning. I've added pictures of evidence of corrosion outdoors due to normal wear and tear as well as my 5 year old journal which is very detailed

Here is the narrative from the assigned vendor: You have a salt water pool and there should be a non corrosive check valve between the salt cell and the heater. One of the pictures shows you don't have one. A non corrosive stops the chemicals from back flowing into the heater when the system...

Presumably home warranty diagnosis is blaming salt system; you will notice the green tent on the heat ex-changer. That's a sure sign of chemical damage. . Warranty is denying replacement due to non-coverage attributed to secondary damage. The pool heater is Hayward pool heater is 4 years...