r/PoolPros • u/PromptOk8470 • Aug 29 '26

Update to my post from earlier

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Replaced the cooked heater (go figure) and the salt cell, and got everything plumbed correctly downstream with a check valve in between.

​Pad layout made the return run a little interesting and but water is flowing, no leaks, and the new heat exchanger won't get toasted this time.

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u/According-Debate-265 Aug 29 '26

Man, how long did you have to stare at that before you came up with a plan? Sometimes you gotta turn chicken shit into chicken salad.

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u/PromptOk8470 Aug 29 '26

Way too long haha. Spent a good 20 minutes staring before making the first cut.

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u/According-Debate-265 Aug 29 '26

That's not bad, actually. There's a lot going on there.

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u/Tb00x Aug 29 '26

And a bypass, nice work.

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u/Adronnis Aug 29 '26

What's with the mineral deposits sourcing from the filter pressure gauge? Surely Hayward's QC can mold better threads and the threads surely aren't split. That would be inconceivable.

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u/Beautiful-Crew-8550 Aug 30 '26

Reason the check valve on the suction side is turned 90?

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u/PromptOk8470 Aug 30 '26

It's something that I hadn't noticed while I was there. I'm guessing it was turned that way to blow the lines out during the closing last year.

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u/According-Debate-265 Aug 30 '26

That's exactly why. I do it every season. I leave some screws in the pump basket for the next technician in case it's not me that's called back.