Recent content by stevebrain

Thanks. I have no idea how many air check valves there are. I'll try removing the valves.

I have an in-ground pool with an attached concrete spa, 4 jets, that is 27+ years old. It uses venturi air without a blower. Recently I started the spa and no air whatsoever comes out of the jets. My pool guy said their might be water in the air lines, so I lowered the level below the jets...

Yes, I'm thinking about the same tile and would love to see pics!

Here's my dilemma... my power company (Sacramento SMUD) has it's lowest rates starting at midnight. I want to run my new pump on the low setting at that time, but it seems like the default is for it to prime on high speed for 1 minute, which wakes us up since the pump is near our bedroom. Would...

Yes, the board and wires all look as good as new. I installed the new igniter and get the exact same results :( Today I measured the resistance at the igniter when it was cool and it showed 0 ohms. I think it's supposed to be 50 - 500 ohms, so still not sure what's going on. Really wish I could...

Yes, the flame is out for sure. After some research I read that the igniter is supposed to act as a flame sensor after ignition (is that true??), to I thought maybe it's continuing to report that the flame is still going when it tries to restart. I ordered a new igniter from Amazon but it was...

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I’m having a strange issue with my pool heater. It comes on fine and heats the spa up to what I set it to, usually 100 degrees. But after it reaches that temp and turns the gas off, it never comes back on again, so the temperature drops in the spa. Instead of cycling on again, the Service Heater...