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I have a Pentair MasterTemp 300k natural gas heater. This is the second time this has happened. With the OEM equipment, after about a year or so, the LCD on the control board starting glitching and then eventually I noticed it start turning on by itself. Ok, control board bad, sucks, but is...

I believe it's okay in this application for about 4 days of use? This floater has never had any other tablets in it. I am not concerned about calcium as this 15+ year old plaster pool eats calcium for breakfast.

How I’m making do while I wait for a motor…. p.s. cal-hypo tabs in the floater. Keeping an eye on the FC.

EVQ165 is the model I got. And yea, that's what I was gathering --- I just wouldn't use the one timer anymore. I just want to make sure I understand which wires I need to go where old motor compared to new motor.

Thanks for the help. I ended up getting the VS upgrade kit after talking to inyopools. Same motor but different controller, but Included the seal and impeller and shipping was a lot less. So… now I’m looking at the wiring. My current two speed 220V pump is activated through two mechanical...

Thanks! I had actually found the ECM16SQU as well through some of my searching over the last hour. Is the only difference between the ECM16SQU and EPA16SQ the color? Just seems weird to have such a different model number for just a color change. Also, what about the seal?

Greetings. My 6-year-old Pentair Whisperflo Two Speed 1 HP motor just went up in smoke. Lights flickered and I happened to be near the breaker panel and heard a breaker trip. Saw it was the pool pump 220 breaker and then went outside to find smoke coming from the motor! So... I need to...

Yea it's still working as long as I remember what the temperature is set to and can adjust it accordingly. It looks like the LCD is part of the control board and is going for around $400...

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My heater started doing this outa nowhere. Any ideas? IMG_4788.MOV

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