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  1. RJS3

    Pentair Pool Heater makes a loud bang (backfire?) when it ignites.

    I have a Pentair 200 pool heater on Natural gas. I had turned this heater on when I first opened the pool and it fired up well. Then I decided to power wash it as I was cleaning my deck. Bad idea. I killed the membrane pad. So I vacuumed and cleaned out the inside of the heater (with some...
  2. RJS3

    Another heater question(s)--millivolt or electronic

    I have an in-ground 22,000 gal. pool and I've been nursing an old Tropic Isle 200,000 millivolt heater for the past 4 years or so. It has done the job when it has worked, but this summer, I couldn't get it to work (valve, millivolt, etc. who knows). The exchanger is still in intact (no leaks)...
  3. RJS3

    New Pool Owner--Need Heater help

    New to the list. Great information. I live in upstate NY and bought a house with a 27,000 gal. pool with a 12 year old Tropic Isle Heater (natural gas). I'm told these were, at one time, great heaters. My first season last year I had to hit the gas valve with a hammer every time I wanted to...