Recent content by robwas

I should have looked closer, 450mm is only about and 18" filter, I was assuming it was a much larger closer to 30" sand filter for inground pools.

Looks like an old Baker Hydro filter, actual fiberglass. Only issue I could see is getting parts.

So mystery solved, my friend mothballed the heater and forgot he'd left a bag of them under the burner. It was a mess but took it apart, cleaned it all up and the heater is working.

We're totally baffled, this heater was spotless inside a week ago, took of the hood, vacuumed the leaves out, vacuumed around the burner tray, heater worked fine (only 2 years old to boot). Today I see a message, no pilot sensed so I open up the front and inside looks like a bunch of cobwebs...

Yeah, time will much like so many pool items that are the latest and greatest. I remember when companies went to flex pipe over poly, just for the record we still use poly (greenflex) whenever possible. As for installing a rail in pavers having done several I found the easiest way is to remove...

We've installed several and I can say that they are more susceptible to damage and we even had a few of the cross brace rails snap where the leg piece goes on. In Saftron's favor, they did replace it for us no questions asked, didn't have to send back the old rail or anything like that but I do...

No tablets, salt water pool. Wondering if there was a leak at some point before us that did the damage. I looked closely for leaks in the heat ex changer, manifolds, etc and everything was dry but the internals rusted really badly as you saw in the photos.

Thanks for the quick reply. I guess it's from condensation and lower grade metals, we're in central NJ. What bugs me is I've worked on ancient Hayward comfortzones, Anthony heaters, Laars etc with the same natural draft design and they were 20 years old, still looked brand new new inside. I...

As the other contributor said, yes you can bond them but the difficult part is when you core out the old anchors it can be difficult to not damage the bonding wire (often the wire is in the concrete or there's no excess to connect to). Also the Saftron anchors require not one but two...

Heater not lighting, pulled out the burner tray to see what's up and everything is crumbling from the rust. No active leaks that I can see. Wondering if others have had this happen. Photos attached.