What should I do if my Pentair pool heater is not working?
Pentair said to check the High Limit Swith and the Automatic Gas Shutoff Switch. I created jumpers to bypass each switch. I tested one, then the other and then both at the same time. No luck. I called Pentair again and they said it is water pressure or gas pressure. Water pressure is fine and I don’t have a way to test the gas pressure.
Why is my pool heater not turning on?
Solution: If your pool heat pump isn’t receiving the power it needs from the breaker, then it won’t power on at all. But if the heat pump was previously working and no longer turns on, a damaged electrical connection could be the problem.
What’s the difference between a Pentair and Sta-Rite pool heater?
Just another way that Sta-Rite built a radically different heater. A completely redesigned pool heater that allows the Pentair MasterTemp and Sta-Rite Max-e-Therm heaters to be over 50% smaller in size and footprint. I sincerely hope that this post has helped you solve your pool heater problem!
What kind of heat exchanger does a Pentair pool heater use?
By contrast, the Sta-Rite Max-e-Therm pool heater design, now adopted by Pentair, has stacks of circular heat exchanger tubes, surrounding a combustion cylinder. Gas and air are mixed and ignite in the cylinder, which warms the tubes that are wrapped around the central burner chamber.
What makes a Pentair pool heater heat up?
The air space above the burners heats up, which heats the copper finned tubes laying on the top of the combustion box. The water circulating through the copper heat exchanger tubes absorbs the heat, and exits the heater a few degrees warmer than when it entered.
What are the error codes on the Pentair pool heater?
PENTAIR MASTERTEMP ERROR CODES CODE MEANING SFS STACK FLUE SENSOR E01 TEMPERATURE SENSOR E02 HIGH LIMIT SENSOR E03 THERMAL FUSE ERROR
How to troubleshoot a Pentair mastertemp pool heater?
Our Pentair Mastertemp Troubleshooting Guide starts with the error codes shared by both models, and follows into a 6 page flowchart to step by step troubleshoot a Pentair or Sta-Rite pool heater, and get it firing again fast! The burners on this type of MasterTemp/Max-e-Therm heater are quite unique from previous generation pool heaters.
Just another way that Sta-Rite built a radically different heater. A completely redesigned pool heater that allows the Pentair MasterTemp and Sta-Rite Max-e-Therm heaters to be over 50% smaller in size and footprint. I sincerely hope that this post has helped you solve your pool heater problem!
