Pentair Mini max NT heater control pad is not working well.

[NewB77777]

Hi,
"temperature up" Botton on Pentair Mini max NT heater control pad is not working.
And I don't have remote control.

I was googling to buy remote control, however I couldn't' find it.
Changing control mainboard might cost too much.
Can you let me know how can I solve this problem?

If I reset the heater, will default temperature be 80?
If it is, then I think it will be cheapest solution.



Or it is possible the button is ok, and I didn't do good way to control temp.
Is there a special step to temp higher?
When I pushed "temp down" botton, (expected) temp went down on display.
However when I pushed "temp up" button, it didn't change.

 

[ps0303]

There is no remote control for just the heater but you would need a full automation system to control it.

In this case, it is likely the button on the board itself that is bad. A board replacement is probably in order to resolve this issue correctly.

 

[NewB77777]

There is "remote" button on the control panel.
Can you let me know what it is?

BTW, Is there a reset button in the heater?
If reset make temp setting to 80, then I don't need to do noting.
Or, I guess it might be simple disconnection for the temp up button.
So I might able to fix by soldering it.

And is there a filter or something that I need to maintain to clean for the heater?
I'm new owner of the pool, so I want to clean it before using it.

Thank you!

 

[ajw22]

There is "remote" button on the control panel.
Can you let me know what it is?

Manual is here - https://images.inyopools.com/cloud/documents/pentair-heater-minimax-nt-ln.pdf See page 27.

Remote refers to connecting to an automation system. The button simply turns on or off if the automation is controlling the heater.

BTW, Is there a reset button in the heater?

Not that I know of.

And is there a filter or something that I need to maintain to clean for the heater?

No filter in the heater. See page 30 for Maintenance.

 

[NewB77777]

Thank you very much!

 

[borjis]

If it is the membrane pad, you might be lucky and find one on ebay for cheap.
The one for my laars lite2 was also faltering, but they wanted 300 for a working pad.
The heater was pretty old and ended up getting replaced the next year.

 

[NewB77777]

I will try turn off main power(wall power outlet box), and I will see if it will reset the temp to 80 tomorrow.
If not, I will take out the controller, and will see what is the problem.