Recent content by scowar

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    Hayward sand filter discharging water on all settings

    Gotcha, thanks. Have never changed the sand in the filter so may be a good time for that too I suspect.
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    Hayward sand filter discharging water on all settings

    So I was closing the pool yesterday and giving it one last backwash/rinse cycle. Nothing abnormal. However when I put the multi-port setting back to filter to cycle my closing chemicals through the pool I noticed water was still coming out of the discharge hose. Not with the force it comes out...
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    Raypak 206A natural gas heater won't fire up

    Strange...was vacuuming the pool late last evening and decided to turn the heater on just to see what happens (expecting the same issue of course) and voila, it turned on no problem first try as if nothing was ever wrong. Maybe the gas hadn't actually made it that extra foot or so from the shut...
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    Raypak 206A natural gas heater won't fire up

    Purchased in May 2014. Electronic ignition. No issues with this thing ever until I tried to fire it up for the first time this year. Went through all startup functions like it normally does, however during the "spark" readout phase it just continually goes through the 3 even clicks I guess you'd...
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    Cover heater for winter?

    Got a Raypak 206A this past Spring. I closed the pool last weekend and am wondering about the need to cover the heater or not. I live in Michigan so winters are harsh. The unit is totally exposed to the elements. I figured it should be, but found a youtube video where someone said covering a...