Hello,
Had to tear apart and replace the bearings and seals on a WhisperFlo motor/pump. Motor and pump hum quietly and no leaks, but...
In the process, I accidentally severed the Pentair water temperature sensor wire going to the Aqualinks panel (not a lot of room back there and dropped the pump on it while trying to position it). When I push the button labeled "Heater", the red indicator light doesn't come nor does the Master Temp Unit. I also don't hear/feel the relay click. I tried to splice the two temp sensor conductor wires together and checked resistance and got OL. I assumed (I know, I know) that the sensor was bad and placed an Amazon order for a new one. Out of curiosity, I removed the sensor, snipped the wire before my splice job and checked resistance. Well, what do you know, right around 12K ohms which is about right for a room air temperature of 71 degrees. I guess my splice job was garbage. Unfortunately, the wire is now too short to wire back to the panel.
While I wait for the part, I have a question: Would that temperature sensor if bad/removed/screwed up by me, interrupt power to the heater indicator light on the Aqualinks panel? I understand that it won't send 24 volts to the heater to initiate it's start up sequence, but wouldn't the indicator light on the panel light up even if the heater doesn't come on? Or is that temperature sensor a safety that won't allow the associated relay to close?
My knees and back have had it for today, but tomorrow I'm going to try to jump the fireman switch to see if it'll come on manually. The new sensor will be here Saturday.
I found this thread helpful, but I think it's closed, so couldn't ask my rookie questions there...
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Had to tear apart and replace the bearings and seals on a WhisperFlo motor/pump. Motor and pump hum quietly and no leaks, but...
In the process, I accidentally severed the Pentair water temperature sensor wire going to the Aqualinks panel (not a lot of room back there and dropped the pump on it while trying to position it). When I push the button labeled "Heater", the red indicator light doesn't come nor does the Master Temp Unit. I also don't hear/feel the relay click. I tried to splice the two temp sensor conductor wires together and checked resistance and got OL. I assumed (I know, I know) that the sensor was bad and placed an Amazon order for a new one. Out of curiosity, I removed the sensor, snipped the wire before my splice job and checked resistance. Well, what do you know, right around 12K ohms which is about right for a room air temperature of 71 degrees. I guess my splice job was garbage. Unfortunately, the wire is now too short to wire back to the panel.
While I wait for the part, I have a question: Would that temperature sensor if bad/removed/screwed up by me, interrupt power to the heater indicator light on the Aqualinks panel? I understand that it won't send 24 volts to the heater to initiate it's start up sequence, but wouldn't the indicator light on the panel light up even if the heater doesn't come on? Or is that temperature sensor a safety that won't allow the associated relay to close?
My knees and back have had it for today, but tomorrow I'm going to try to jump the fireman switch to see if it'll come on manually. The new sensor will be here Saturday.
I found this thread helpful, but I think it's closed, so couldn't ask my rookie questions there...
No Power to Heater
I have a Pentair Easy Touch controller and a Pentair Mastertemp 250 gas heater. Everything had previously worked fine, however I went to turn the heater on recently and got nothing at the heater panel. Tracing it back, it looks like the issue may be at the Easy Touch Controller, as there is no...
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