We had a city-wide power outage for about an hour last night, and this morning when I went out to start changing the water for the spring, I noticed that the tub wasn't running. The smartspa chlorine generator was running, which is something it has been doing more frequently lately, but the spa was off due to the shut-off breaker being tripped. I turned off the swcg cell, and tried resetting the breaker, but it tripped again immediately.
My concern at this point is that it is the heater again. It has been 11 months since the last one went bad, and I'm no longer keeping the salt cell in the filter, in line with the water return, like I had been, so this one should have lasted longer if that had been the main issue corroding the heater. It did last somewhat longer, as the previous heater only went 8 months, but I feel like these numbers are both pretty low.
I'm also wondering if it might be related to the heater running more often due to my home-made cover not being quite as insulating as the original cover foam, but I haven't actually measured that to know if it's true. And the I wonder if the salt cell was running more because the water is pretty old and maybe I have something going on with the balance. But the numbers have been rock solid for months, so I don't know.
I've got a service guy coming wednesday, but last time they replaced the heater they said the next one wouldn't be covered under warranty. Not the end of the world, I can pay for a heater, but I need to figure out how to get one to go more than a year. It's just the stock heater, Incalloy or whatever it's called, but is that typical life? How much longer will a titanium element last?
My concern at this point is that it is the heater again. It has been 11 months since the last one went bad, and I'm no longer keeping the salt cell in the filter, in line with the water return, like I had been, so this one should have lasted longer if that had been the main issue corroding the heater. It did last somewhat longer, as the previous heater only went 8 months, but I feel like these numbers are both pretty low.
I'm also wondering if it might be related to the heater running more often due to my home-made cover not being quite as insulating as the original cover foam, but I haven't actually measured that to know if it's true. And the I wonder if the salt cell was running more because the water is pretty old and maybe I have something going on with the balance. But the numbers have been rock solid for months, so I don't know.
I've got a service guy coming wednesday, but last time they replaced the heater they said the next one wouldn't be covered under warranty. Not the end of the world, I can pay for a heater, but I need to figure out how to get one to go more than a year. It's just the stock heater, Incalloy or whatever it's called, but is that typical life? How much longer will a titanium element last?
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