Raypak (Rheem) Swimming Pool Heater Burner and Jet Service (ROL error)

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  @BrendanG10 · 1 year ago

  Super super helpful.  There are other videos on Youtube of this same project that are the exact opposite of this and just dangerous. Thanks for taking the time to show all of the detail required to perform this service.

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  @tomwise704 · 3 years ago

  I have a Raypak 406 and found this very helpful.  I checked and cleaned the burner tray and then also took off the top and washed down the heat exchanger to ensure proper air flow.  The two of these items together will hopefully stop my ROL switch  from tripping

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  @pablobarros6051 · 1 year ago

  This video is gold. Thank you for posting it.

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  @torquilcleric · 4 months ago

  Thanks for the video.  Very helpful!

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  @carlosalugo2210 · 1 year ago

  That video helped me to stop a problem

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  @tarakrosch7580 · 1 year ago

  Saved me a ton of time and money! Thank you!!!

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  @Hoyma1 · 4 years ago

  Very informative! Wish I had watched this before I took mine apart! Mine was creating LOUD bangs. (Think of lobbing a 40lb bag of salt into an empty steel trash dumpster, also at night there were orange flames blasting through the top.) I cleaned everything out: burner tubes, nozzles, heat exchanger.  Replaced degraded components: pilot tube, pilot igniter, pilot bracket, added sheet metal to degraded areas of burner tray. When first putting it back together, it would light the pilot and then only the first half dozen burner holes. It showed a main burner ignition failure. After some research I decided the ground might not be good enough. I sanded male spade wire fittings, sprayed the female spade fittings with electronics cleaner. I put it back together and the burner fired up great. Then it would shutoff after a couple of minutes (well before target temp was reached). A couple of minutes later it would try to restart and BANG! I didn’t notice you installing a flame rod. Should this heater have one or something similar? I can’t find it on the parts list in the manual or with web searches. The only other idea I have is that the pilot “shield” bracket gets so hot that after the gas restarts, the hot metal puts it too close to flash point of the NG? Any thoughts on what to check would be most appreciated.

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  @maurogarza8919 · 3 years ago

  I will call you Monday thanks

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  @sk.3551 · 2 years ago

  Thanks for this very very helpful

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  @darrenford4957 · 10 months ago

  Great video

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  @influences_podcast · 1 month ago

  I agree with 99% of the comments here that this is a FANTASTIC video! You’re a great teacher! I have a Raypak P266 (2015 model) and everything worked fine, only thing is my tray only had two bolts not four. The tray part was much more rusted out than yours and as I was pulling it out a part fell off the side as I was pulling it out. You can see it on your video at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MprCHO8apPU&amp;t=327">5:27</a> right underneath your assistant’s left forearm as he puts the tray on top of the heater. I think it shields the igniter from getting dirt and soot on it. I could not reattach it because the tray was so corroded. How important is it that I have that attached? I’m judging my igniter will eventually get really dirty with soot and won’t work but it’s working now. What do you recommend in the future? I have a feeling it’ll be an issue next season.

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  @maurogarza8919 · 3 years ago

  Mine is exactly just like yours it reads clean filter/ strainer service SPA<br>ROL PR5 BLINKING

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