A pool inspector says our Pentair MiniMax Plus pool heater is bad. I doubt that. It does leak water on the side closest to the water source, but the leak is not coming from the pipe itself. The heater heats up just fine. What could be the source of the leak?
I would assume when they say they by-passed the pressure switch they are talking about jumping past the wires. The switch itself screws into the header and can leak from the spot where it threads in. It just has a static pressure there, but you can't jump anything in the switch just by-pass it.I would assume when they say they by-passed the pressure switch they are talking about jumping past the wires. The switch itself screws into the header and can leak from the spot where it threads in. It just has a static pressure there, but you can't jump anything in the switch just by-pass it.
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There are multiple screws around the perimeter, remove them then lift of the top. Then there is multiple pieces of sheet metal that also needs removal. Then the baffles sit right on top of the heat exchanger which will easily be removed once the sheet metal is removed. then inspect the exchanger.
Buy a new one. I spent $650 beginning of season to replace the manifold that was leaking and now it is broken. Again. Had since new and every year it breaks, sometimes twice. 6 years of dealing with this piece of junk.
This is likely a leaking heat exchanger. These usually fail due to improper water chemistry. This can happen in less than a year if the chemistry is messed up enough. Most culprits are putting chlorine tablets in the skimmer and running the pH or Total Alkalinity tooo low. HTH
We were told they by-passed the pressure switch. Could this be the source of the leak?
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