I also have the Raypak natural gas digital heater (260k btu) which uses the protek shield. I live in Michigan in which I am concerned about freeze damage of the plastic protek assembly. I have closed the pool down for winter but haven’t removed the protek assembly (do I need to remove it for winterizing the pool heater?)
In the manual it states to remove the protek shield by turn it clockwise by hand. My protek assembly will not budge when I turn it by hand in either counter clockwise or clockwise. Also, I am thinking that the protek assembly has left handed threads because normally, to remove a threaded connection, I would unscrew it by turning it to the left (counter clockwise). I am baffled as to the orientation they are referring to when they say to turn it clockwise to remove. So, if I am standing over the manifold looking down at it, do I turn it clockwise or counterclockwise to remove it. Thanks for any advice.