Jandy Heater won't fire
- Thread starter LordNorth
- Start date
- Jul 21, 2013
- 52,790
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
It was a bug.
Yep... a bug. One of those stink bugs we get in the NorthEast. Crawled up inside of the gas line between the valve and the jet. Apparently, when the gas came on, it blew it up and blocked the jet so that enough gas could get through that you could smell it, but not enough to actually light.
Pulled things apart, he fell out, put it back together and actually works better than new, which makes me wonder how long it was there. It used to be I couldn't run the whole-house tankless water heater and the pool heater at the same time. Now I can... but whew do those gas meter wheels spin!
Thanks to everyone for the help and suggestions.
By the way... if anyone needs an igniter for a Jandy heater... I have 3 that have never been installed and one that was removed when there was nothing wrong with it! LoL!
Chris
Yep... a bug. One of those stink bugs we get in the NorthEast. Crawled up inside of the gas line between the valve and the jet. Apparently, when the gas came on, it blew it up and blocked the jet so that enough gas could get through that you could smell it, but not enough to actually light.
Pulled things apart, he fell out, put it back together and actually works better than new, which makes me wonder how long it was there. It used to be I couldn't run the whole-house tankless water heater and the pool heater at the same time. Now I can... but whew do those gas meter wheels spin!
Thanks to everyone for the help and suggestions.
By the way... if anyone needs an igniter for a Jandy heater... I have 3 that have never been installed and one that was removed when there was nothing wrong with it! LoL!
Chris