Do you keep your pool heater on all the time?
Do you keep your pool heater on all the time?
One of the reasons you aren’t recommended to leave your pool heater turned on overnight is that it may cost a fortune to keep the pool heated for all those hours. Operating and energy costs may also increase especially on colder nights.
What kind of pool heater does Pentair use?
Pentair pool heaters come from the legacy of the Purex-Triton Minimax heater, when Pentair purchased the Purex company. In 2004, Pentair acquired the Sta-Rite company and it’s Max-E-Therm heater technology.
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.
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
Where is the burner on a Pentair pool?
The burner is located in the center of the combustion chamber, wrapped by the circular copper heat exchanger tubes. The single glowing burner is aided by the blower fan, which regulates the correct amount of exhaust and is plays a large role in correct combustion.
Pentair pool heaters come from the legacy of the Purex-Triton Minimax heater, when Pentair purchased the Purex company. In 2004, Pentair acquired the Sta-Rite company and it’s Max-E-Therm heater technology.
When did the Pentair mastertemp pool heater come out?
Pentair pool heaters come from the legacy of the Purex-Triton Minimax heater, when Pentair purchased the Purex company. In 2004, Pentair acquired the Sta-Rite company and it’s Max-E-Therm heater technology. The Pentair MasterTemp pool heater adopted the sealed combustion chamber with controlled exhaust design.
Is the Pentair minimax pool heater still made?
The MiniMax pool heater design is no longer being made by Pentair, but parts will continue to be manufactured for years to come, so fear not if you have a Pentair Minimax, which shares a common gas pool heater design with other brands like Hayward and Raypak.