New to the Forum but not completely new to pools.
Lucky enough to grow up with one in my backyard and Pops had me working on it young. Now that I have moved back into my childhood home with my fiance, I am trying to knock off the dust a bit lol. Im good with cleaning the pumps and filters but never had much experience with the Spa heater. Enough introduction I am here because I need help and dont want to keep throwing money at the problem.
We have an older Raypak 206A millivolt spa heater, with the manual thermostat & on/off switch. When I first got to working on this thing I realized the gas valve was not opening properly. I have since replaced the gas valve completely and the pilot assembly. Additionally I pulled the burner tray out to clean it up a bit and remove any surface rust as the unit is outdoors. Now that I have everything reinstalled the pilot works great and I have a constant and strong blue flame. I was thinking the source of my issues was fixed however now I cannot seem to get the burners to kick on. I have read through the manual a couple times and it seems as though some common problems are the rollout switch, and water pressure switch. I already ordered a new rollout switch. I am about to buy the water pressure switch as well. But just curious if anyone else has had a similar issue and knows if I am maybe overlooking something. I also noticed when i removed the panel to access the water pressure switch, what looks to be my thermostat sensor is showing signs of corrosion. I have attached an image below. When I try to turn on the heater I flip the switch and then begin to adjust the thermostat to spa levels as the manual instructed me to. I do not hear any additional gas flowing all I can hear is a faint click every time it hits the orange range on the thermostat. Again not sure if anyone knows what could be the source of my issue but any help would be awesome.
Lucky enough to grow up with one in my backyard and Pops had me working on it young. Now that I have moved back into my childhood home with my fiance, I am trying to knock off the dust a bit lol. Im good with cleaning the pumps and filters but never had much experience with the Spa heater. Enough introduction I am here because I need help and dont want to keep throwing money at the problem.
We have an older Raypak 206A millivolt spa heater, with the manual thermostat & on/off switch. When I first got to working on this thing I realized the gas valve was not opening properly. I have since replaced the gas valve completely and the pilot assembly. Additionally I pulled the burner tray out to clean it up a bit and remove any surface rust as the unit is outdoors. Now that I have everything reinstalled the pilot works great and I have a constant and strong blue flame. I was thinking the source of my issues was fixed however now I cannot seem to get the burners to kick on. I have read through the manual a couple times and it seems as though some common problems are the rollout switch, and water pressure switch. I already ordered a new rollout switch. I am about to buy the water pressure switch as well. But just curious if anyone else has had a similar issue and knows if I am maybe overlooking something. I also noticed when i removed the panel to access the water pressure switch, what looks to be my thermostat sensor is showing signs of corrosion. I have attached an image below. When I try to turn on the heater I flip the switch and then begin to adjust the thermostat to spa levels as the manual instructed me to. I do not hear any additional gas flowing all I can hear is a faint click every time it hits the orange range on the thermostat. Again not sure if anyone knows what could be the source of my issue but any help would be awesome.