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They have a key fob access system for the pool, for apartment complex residents (which is how I got in). I was just the only resident here crazy enough (or stupid enough, not sure which) to be at the pool on December 24th when it was about 25F outside with the wind blowing. :ROFLMAO:

Sounds good, I won't break up any more of the ice. I broke up one small chunk just to see how thick it was. Yep, all of the equipment is in a special room, inaccessible to everyone except maintenance.

Some photos: Frozen surface: Ice thickness: Ice in the skimmer thickness:

To start: I used to own my own pool and used TFP's methods for keeping it in perfect condition (thanks!!), but that was before the divorce, and I no longer own a pool. :rolleyes: Now I'm in an apartment. Anyway... What sort of damage might my apartment complex possibly have, since their pool...

Raypak sent out a tech (a local HVAC guy) and he said it was an issue with the high-pressure switch. Heater is now running perfectly.

Makes sense to me, on both counts. A natural gas heater would have been great. We have natural gas service to the house but the original homeowners didn't have a line trenched out to the pool (75-ft through a wooded area, and we don't know the exact locations of the electric and plumbing lines...

Nope, both are heat pumps. Easy swap, one-for-one. Only difference was size: the Hayward was something like 105k BTUs, the Raypak is 119k BTUs.

I'm not OP, but Raypak said they'll have someone at our house today. Guess we'll see what's going on. Didn't see any issues with the installation of the heater, aside from the lack of a bypass installed with the plumbing (it isn't necessary for our pump size and heater size, according to...

Was there any resolution to this? I have a brand-new (literally manufactured last month and installed a few days ago) Raypak R6450ti-E that is giving me this exact same error message. Looks like we'll be calling Raypak in the morning. Hopefully they can get us up and running quickly. We...

Forgive me TFP, for I have sinned...I bought some chlorine tablets for my pool. :cry: Really though: I needed some liquid bleach, my local Wal-Mart has been out of their Great Value Cleaning Bleach the past few times I've visited, they don't have the Pool Essentials Chlorinating Liquid...

Sad, but oh well, nothing I can do about it. Thankfully it's been pretty warm here recently and even without the heater our pool has gotten up to 80F. While my wife still considers this "cold" it is definitely better than it was a few weeks ago. We're considering buying a solar cover and...

To update this: I had a local HVAC company out to look at it. 0 pressure in the unit, totally empty of refrigerant. After they put gauges on it, some water sprayed out from the coils so it is totally dead. Oh well.

Hi all, I have a ~12ish year old Hayward HP21002 heat pump for my pool. 2nd owner, this will be my 3rd season with it. At the end of last season it started giving me an "LP" error, which can apparently be a number of issues -- low pressure switch replacement, circuit board replacement, leak...

Yep, one of them. Here's the other...this was taken back in January so they're both a little larger now. 70lbs each. Male is a German Shepherd & Coonhound mix (dad was GSD, mom was Black & Tan Coonhound), the female is a Black Lab. ~11-months old now. Aside from these chewing issues...

Ok I finally got around to replacing this plumbing. Here's a shot of the dry fit, before I glued everything together. Now I just need to SLAM. I ended up needing to rotate my filter 90-degrees and redoing some of the plumbing for the multi-port selector. The waste line goes down under ground...