Hello All,
I've been reading through posts, and want to thank everyone who is helping guys like me out! It's a real pleasure to find a helpful forum.
I have a Sta-Rite Max-E-Therm 333 Pool/Spa heater which came with the house I purchased in 2019. The heater ran fine all last summer (spa only). I hired a guy to close the pool, and then I opened the pool this spring. Last week I opened the heater, vacuumed/blew it out, checked for animals, etc. All looked good. I turned on the gas, hit the button, and expected all to be fine. It wasn't.
By the sound of it, here is what is going on:
- Power on
- LP Gas flows and ignitor fires (sounds good)
- Blower motor comes on (here's the problem), and it sounds like something is rolling around in there. Sounds like a nut, or broken piece of something flopping around.
- Unit shuts off immediately
- Temperature display shoots up from 70-110+, and then comes right back down
- I didn't see any other LED lights come on.
This is where I stopped. I called Pentair customer support, and the recommended looking at the thermal regulator and the bypass. I want to trust them, but the sound didn't sound like it was coming from the manifold area. Sounds like it is with the blower. I did order the parts from amazon, but they have not arrived yet.
Any help would be highly appreciated!
I've been reading through posts, and want to thank everyone who is helping guys like me out! It's a real pleasure to find a helpful forum.
I have a Sta-Rite Max-E-Therm 333 Pool/Spa heater which came with the house I purchased in 2019. The heater ran fine all last summer (spa only). I hired a guy to close the pool, and then I opened the pool this spring. Last week I opened the heater, vacuumed/blew it out, checked for animals, etc. All looked good. I turned on the gas, hit the button, and expected all to be fine. It wasn't.
By the sound of it, here is what is going on:
- Power on
- LP Gas flows and ignitor fires (sounds good)
- Blower motor comes on (here's the problem), and it sounds like something is rolling around in there. Sounds like a nut, or broken piece of something flopping around.
- Unit shuts off immediately
- Temperature display shoots up from 70-110+, and then comes right back down
- I didn't see any other LED lights come on.
This is where I stopped. I called Pentair customer support, and the recommended looking at the thermal regulator and the bypass. I want to trust them, but the sound didn't sound like it was coming from the manifold area. Sounds like it is with the blower. I did order the parts from amazon, but they have not arrived yet.
Any help would be highly appreciated!
