Plumbing piece for Raypak heater 206A

[MAROBSON137]

Hello everyone, we sprung a leak in our shutoff valve that connects to the heater to send the water back to the pool. Because all of the connections are glued, we will need to replace the gray piece that connects to the heater (header, I think). the gray pieces in this photo came with the heater from Raypak. We called Leslie's and they said these gray pieces are only sold in pairs and are $99. Does anyone here know of any alternatives we can source elsewhere? Or is ordering them really our only option?

Thank you!

 

[ajw22]

Which grey piece?

17-HP Connector is sold in a package of two for around $60.

Amazon.com

 

[1poolman1]

Hello everyone, we sprung a leak in our shutoff valve that connects to the heater to send the water back to the pool. Because all of the connections are glued, we will need to replace the gray piece that connects to the heater (header, I think). the gray pieces in this photo came with the heater from Raypak. We called Leslie's and they said these gray pieces are only sold in pairs and are $99. Does anyone here know of any alternatives we can source elsewhere? Or is ordering them really our only option?

Thank you!

RayPak 006723F, at Amazon for about $48.00. They are proprietary and will only fit a RayPak heater.
That's a scary place to have a valve like that. Too easy to "dead head" the system.

 

[MAROBSON137]

RayPak 006723F, at Amazon for about $48.00. They are proprietary and will only fit a RayPak heater.
That's a scary place to have a valve like that. Too easy to "dead head" the system.

Thank you VERY much, just ordered the set on Amazon! Should be here in a few days. One more question if you don't mind...we hired someone to come out an run the plumbing once the heater was installed and the gas line connected. They ran the line like this. How should we do it to make it correct?

 

[MAROBSON137]

Which grey piece?

17-HP Connector is sold in a package of two for around $60.

Amazon.com

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Thank you! I didn't think to check Amazon, which I am now laughing at myself for. We just ordered these!

 

[1poolman1]

Thank you VERY much, just ordered the set on Amazon! Should be here in a few days. One more question if you don't mind...we hired someone to come out an run the plumbing once the heater was installed and the gas line connected. They ran the line like this. How should we do it to make it correct?

Not sure why that valve is there.
A bypass (you can find many discussions on this site) would be connected between the inlet and outlet of the heater, if that is what was wanted. Any plumbing that can completely block the flow out of the pump, especially with above-ground hoses, is a flooded yard waiting to happen.