Peel Heat Pump Service Near Me (Baltimore area)

[grivera69]

I'm in Maryland and having a hard time finding an Mechanical Contractor to come look at my Heat Siphon (over 10 years old). It stopped heating water just as I was about to close the pool last season and need a tech to evaluate. It comes on- well the fan does- but doesn't heat the pool. I'm just south of Baltimore. Any suggestions?

 

[ajw22]

Post some pics of your HP showing the labels on it.

Maybe it will give someone ideas to share.

 

[grivera69]

I called Heat Siphon and the rep said it sounded like the compressor capacitor or a bad contact. I already had a spare capacitor on hand but thought the one in the unit was fine cause it looked good/no bulges. One of the wire terminals on the capacitor had a look similar to the corrosion in a car battery when it overcharges and the corresponding prong in the capacitor had some small amount of black discoloration on it. I swapped in my new spare capacitor and all is well again. Pool water is 86 and wife is happy! I ended up buying a contact as well and will keep it as a spare.

This is the second time in the last five years the compressor capacitor has failed - not sure if that's normal. I bought another spare just in case.