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EDIT: after more research, it sounds like I need to clean the heat exchanger. If so, what’s the best way to get to it?
We recently bought a house with an indoor pool. We’ve put in a new liner and now trying to get the equipment working.
The heater fires up, but gas shuts off within 7 seconds and repeats 3 times before it shows the error code.
Pool guy has replaced pressure switch, flame sensor, cleaned the burners, and then suggested a gas valve is next to replace.
In the meantime, I had an HVAC guy look at it....he was certain it was the flame sensor but he didn’t have one that was long enough. To confirm his theory, he connected a different flame sensor to the wire and held it with pliers. We turned the heater on, and when it fired up, he held a blow torch on the replacement flame sensor. Sure enough, the heater stayed on until he removed the flame sensor form the torch.
I received the new sensor and hooked it up today, and gas is still shutting off within 7 seconds. Upon further inspection, it didn’t look like I was getting a good burn so I put a small fan in front of the burners and that provided enough oxygen that it stays on past the 7 seconds. The problem is that I’m seeing green flames and they start to come out of the front.
I’m thinking it needs cleaned but I saw the pool guy had the burners out and cleaned them about a month ago so I’m wondering if there is a way to clean higher up in the heat exchanger or if there could be another problem causing this. Any help would be greatly appreciated
Bonus question: what color should I paint this pool room? Currently its lavender and that’s got to go!
EDIT: after more research, it sounds like I need to clean the heat exchanger. If so, what’s the best way to get to it?
We recently bought a house with an indoor pool. We’ve put in a new liner and now trying to get the equipment working.
The heater fires up, but gas shuts off within 7 seconds and repeats 3 times before it shows the error code.
Pool guy has replaced pressure switch, flame sensor, cleaned the burners, and then suggested a gas valve is next to replace.
In the meantime, I had an HVAC guy look at it....he was certain it was the flame sensor but he didn’t have one that was long enough. To confirm his theory, he connected a different flame sensor to the wire and held it with pliers. We turned the heater on, and when it fired up, he held a blow torch on the replacement flame sensor. Sure enough, the heater stayed on until he removed the flame sensor form the torch.
I received the new sensor and hooked it up today, and gas is still shutting off within 7 seconds. Upon further inspection, it didn’t look like I was getting a good burn so I put a small fan in front of the burners and that provided enough oxygen that it stays on past the 7 seconds. The problem is that I’m seeing green flames and they start to come out of the front.
I’m thinking it needs cleaned but I saw the pool guy had the burners out and cleaned them about a month ago so I’m wondering if there is a way to clean higher up in the heat exchanger or if there could be another problem causing this. Any help would be greatly appreciated
Bonus question: what color should I paint this pool room? Currently its lavender and that’s got to go!
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