Jandy LX heater help

[Jayweis]

Hi, I am having heater trouble and I’m not sure where to start. I bought my house and it came with a pool/spa and Jandy LX heater. It’s worked fine in the past, even though the on/off button has been hard to press.
I went to turn it on tonight, and the on/off button doesn’t work. It’s weird to me though, because every other button works perfectly. I don’t know much about it, (btu, voltage, etc) but I opened it up and it had a date of 2005 on the circuit board.
Does anybody have any ideas? Thanks in advance!

 

[ajw22]

@ps0303 @Pool Clown @swamprat69 ideas?

 

[swamprat69]

Looks like the part is called Temperature Control W/ Bezel with a part number of R0329600. Looked on the internet and found that part either marked obsolete or if available it had prices between $1100.00 and $1700.00. Some sites had the part marked obsolete with a price $0.00 and you could put it in the cart, but the sites were not secure ( not recommended).

 

[Jayweis]

Thank you for your responses! Sorry but I don’t know much about this. So is the smart move to get a new heater? If this part is obsolete, is it likely that if it needs another part in the near future, that would be difficult to obtain as well?
FWIW, I was kind of prepared for this and began looking at new electric heaters, since we have 40 solar panels up top.

 

[swamprat69]

Parts will probably get harder to find. Since it is only the "off-pool-spa" button that is not working, if you knew someone handy in the electrical control field they could probably wire in a toggle switch that would do the same switching as the button and mount it where the button is or in a free space above it.

 

[Jayweis]

Got it thanks for your help!

 

[Pool Clown]

Unfortunately, it is probably the momentary contact switch attached directly to the board which would mean a new board to correct that issue.

You may want to try this guy. He used to repair only the Jandy automation boards, but i think he has since expanded a bit to include other types.
IMO it would be worth the call to see.

bpelectronics

Or..

Here is the part with a little better price. (Key # 54)

http://www.inyopools.com/pool_parts_laars_lx_and_lt.aspx

Edit: Whoops, looks like its out of stock. Sorry about that.

 

[Jayweis]

Thanks for the help Pool Clown!

 

[Rossterman]

I’ve used BP before. He does great work and quick turnarounds. My aqualink board was doa and had it back to me good as new in 2 weeks. Try him before scrapping the whole heater. Another option is use an LT control board as it does the same thing without all the fancy lcds.