I used to be a pool tech before getting into hvac. These heaters are a blessing. You can literally check all the safeties with a continuity check. I agree... do not bypass a safety, but if you think you found a bad switch bypass it to verify the heater will run and then replace the bad part.

@dshudson

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, just laziness. The customer could have gotten 4 more years easy.

Mikey, put a pressure switch and add the roll over switch back in. Get him his pool heater working. Until the heat exchanger leaks, it’s a good heater .

@dc6233

2 жыл бұрын

And a high heat limit in the circuit. I wonder if these have a pressure relief valve in case the water was trapped in it and it became a bomb...

that loose wire between switch and thermostat at 7:21 is likely the whole issue and why some bozo bypassed the safeties. those on/off switches are known to be failure points, especially with the heater outdoors without shelter. probably had other hacks there fiddling with it prior to you guys. although other parts can get intermittent and cause headaches, like the powerpile output, which should be close to 750mv with no load, it being only only 500-550 with no load, is likely dropping too low when connected and trying to open the gas valve, then the small loses through safeties will keep it from firing at all or very rarely. low voltage could be dirty pilot/adjusted too low/weak powerpile generator. simply check the powerpile voltage with it connected to the valve, pilot on and again with it trying to operate the main valve, I'm sure it will be well under 0.500, maybe even 0.400 and on the edge of pilot valve drop-out. I'm sure there's other issues with the unit at that age, dirty/plugged heat exchanger tubes(gas and water side both) dirty clogged burner tubes. so probably best to replace it, as much as I hate retiring old faithful equipment. 😒

While bosch doesn't make a pool heater someone does make a heat exchanger that you can install in the refrigerant loop and the cooling of your home can heat the pool water :)

@El_Diablo_LI

2 жыл бұрын

Who makes that?

@Agent22817

2 жыл бұрын

@@El_Diablo_LI Hot Spot Energy makes it called HotSpot FPH

I'm surprised Chris from HVACR videos hasn't come across this video yet. His biggest thing, or phrase is "big picture diagnosis". I'm sure he would love to get a little laugh out of this. Hopefully the homeowner does let you replace the unit that way you can do a thorough video of the replacement. Love your videos and just haven't had any time to ask for your stickers.

Outstanding job Mike, thanks for keeping people safe.

I can’t tell you how many issues I saw as a pool tech back in the mid 90’s! W3 had complaints from customers that the front panel of their heat would blow off every time the heater turned on! So many neglected heaters!

That hold music is stuck in my nightmares! 😱

Customer reminds me of a little birdie : Cheep, cheep….. I believe it was hacked with the permission of the Owner to get a few more years out of it, which he did! Would have been nice if the customer volunteered that information!

King Of Hearts ❤️

I had an indoor pool and the pool heating was done with a shell and tube heat exchanger and a 900 K boiler that also supplied the pool room base board. You could do a Bosch Singular and a shell and tube heat exchanger. $$$$$

Beautiful pool!

Wow this is so beautiful👍

Always expect the unexpected .

Just got today t- shirt and stickers from Mike. Too bad cannot share the picture of that here. Looks good! Thanks Mike! # Love Bosh # LGB

Great advice!

I always ask the customer, did you pay the gas bill? Lol

@PipeDoctor

5 ай бұрын

lol 😂

I always liked milivolt assemblies. Heat when power is out. Kinda pointless in a pump required pool heater… Another interesting heater is the old tankless aquastar heaters. They didn’t use a MV generator, they have a simple pilot thermocouple, and the entire control system is mechanical. The gas valve is operated with a flow diaphragm, and the temp adjustment limits the rod travel. Only he pilot solenoid and the limit switch operates electrically…

I lay odds the intermittent condition was caused by high resistance in the contacts at the thermostat and / or the power switch. Probably been that way a while and progressively getting worse, causing Handy Hank to start bypassing safety controls.

Does anyone know the specifications of the 3 limit switches?

Excellent

"Trying to get an answer from Hayward tech support" 😂😂😂 Righttt... Decent products horrible customer service.

Hiya Mike

Your Are so Sweet , Thanks a lot

Hello mike

Some people will blame you because you touched it last. This is where the video comes in handy. CYA my friend #LoveBosch

Charm In my simple words

Ii the lovely number two LOL :-) :-)

I check for continuity somtimes

@PipeDoctor

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

Good job mike .TMG

Mikey Pipes is going to be the next Mike Holmes with his knowledge and personality. I will not be surprised if he catches a TV show or becomes a Bosch spokesperson.

@thtdudenamdbilly

2 жыл бұрын

@@PipeDoctor We'll get it done.

I like to see over 600 mV I think new ther are rated 720 mV

DANGER NEVER BYPASS SAFETY DEVICE !!!

I’ll be at the yankee game. Pull up Mike

Can we say "HAPPY HOMEOWNER REPAIRS "?

😊

Nice👌👌👌👌👌👌

You tell them Brother . never ever unplug stuff

sometimes you can drown in a glass of water

Hey Mike why don't you talk them into pool heaters

Wow what a mess it was. Good job

👍

That heater didn't need to be replaced at all. I've repaired h systems that looked 5x as bad. You could have purchased a new pressure valve 45$ and new temp safty components 85$ both on Amazon. Instead you wasted this customer's money. Just another case of lazy techs

@susibug88

Ай бұрын

Thank you!! This is the exact same heater we have. We occasionally contemplate getting a new one thinking maybe it would be more efficient. But they are pretty expensive. After seeing your comment I think we’ll hang onto it till it really dies 😊👍🏻

pool heaters, meh. swim in the cold water, use a solar cover. lol

972 thumbs up

Going further, don't hold the pill box down if you cant take the heat. Its not just you or your on the line, best be willing to put you there till its sorted or not, Flag' and All you contemplate. First think of how many were not documented cause of if not direct cause of.... Post humorously does not matter to me a whole lot unless it prevented something, witness marks are hard to quantify, elusive to trace custody of, and tells me not of whom and what was last hit with,..

@chasingcapsaicin

2 жыл бұрын

@@PipeDoctor As a courtesy, next hurricane/blackout a nice note that hey, I can run the lights and the pool filter off this generator, lets make it a hot tub.

@chasingcapsaicin

2 жыл бұрын

@@PipeDoctor Missed the backward valve, guilty of missing that once, knew it and why, owned it then.

@El_Diablo_LI

2 жыл бұрын

@@PipeDoctor you and me both, my brother. Lol

Tip my hat to you sir.. NEVER EVER BYPASS A SAFETY. BAD SH** CAN HAPPEN INDEED

Hacks brings me stack$$. Cha Ching

FJB