We had a lightning strike the other day fairly close to the house. Checking to make sure everything was still fine. I noticed that when we try to start the heater, it starts up but it does not kick on the gas to heat it up. I flipped up the top of the display, and it shows only the Display firmware versions. Some thing is probably fried I just am not sure what does anyone have any history with this? Just to clarify, no buttons work at all power cycling. The unit only takes back to the same screen I can't get the UI off that page.
Jandy JXI heater
- Thread starter Zmaninky
- Start date
- Jul 21, 2013
- 65,496
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Welcome to TFP.
@PoolGate @setsailsoon have experience digging into their JXI heaters.
www.troublefreepool.com
@PoolGate @setsailsoon have experience digging into their JXI heaters.
Jandy JXI Heaters - Further Reading
www.troublefreepool.com
Thank you so much any help would be much appreciatedWelcome to TFP.
@PoolGate @setsailsoon have experience digging into their JXI heaters.
Jandy JXI Heaters - Further Reading
- Jul 21, 2013
- 65,496
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
- Oct 25, 2015
- 5,828
- Pool Size
- 28000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-60 Plus
Z,
I'd say you're correct. Lightning recovery can be extremely difficult to diagnose for repair. First thing is to examine the power from the breaker box and the internal boards carefully. Look for burnt spots. I spent almost 2 months 'till I ran a new power jumper from a separate breaker. Found that lightning had caused ground leaks that interfered with the super sensitive flame detection used on the heater. Sounds to me that your problem is more basic than that. One overall thing to remember is diagnose and don't guess. We see too many people that "trial and error" replace parts. Incredibly expensive and never solves the problem.
Let us know what you find. There are several really good experts here that almost always find your problem.
Chris
I'd say you're correct. Lightning recovery can be extremely difficult to diagnose for repair. First thing is to examine the power from the breaker box and the internal boards carefully. Look for burnt spots. I spent almost 2 months 'till I ran a new power jumper from a separate breaker. Found that lightning had caused ground leaks that interfered with the super sensitive flame detection used on the heater. Sounds to me that your problem is more basic than that. One overall thing to remember is diagnose and don't guess. We see too many people that "trial and error" replace parts. Incredibly expensive and never solves the problem.
Let us know what you find. There are several really good experts here that almost always find your problem.
Chris
- Oct 25, 2015
- 5,828
- Pool Size
- 28000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-60 Plus