Mastertemp Heater E01

Aug 25, 2014
8
Bloomington, IL
Hi all! Just looking for a little advice and reassurance before I bite the bullet on a genuine Pentair replacement board.

In general, the heater will go through the start up display and then I get an E01 error code. Originally, I thought it was the thermistor as I have had that issue before, so I bought a new one and put it in. Same thing.

After reading through things more on here, I bought a multimeter and tested the thermistor. It is reading about 9,900 Ohms which according the chart is within two degrees of what the floating thermometer I put in the pool reads.

I bought some 10 Ohm resistors and was waiting for those to come in. This morning I went out to look at things again. I tried turning it on again, the display did not work (this has happened before after a rain and it rained last night) but the heater fired up and ran for a couple of hours before shutting off. After that, it was back to the E01 error code. The resistors came in today, so I hooked up the resistor between the wires going to the thermistor and same result - E01 error code.

The following LED's are lit on the board - LED 7, LED 11 & PS.

Is there anything else I should check/try first or do I need to replace the board with the new updated board and keypad?

Thanks for any help!
 
Check the wiring between the manifold and the board.

If you put on a 10K resistor and the wiring is good then the PCB is at fault.

I recommend you get a genuine Pentair board rather than the inexpensive clones.

 
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The problem might be where the wires plug into the circuit board.

Disconnect the plug and plug it back in.

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