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[Atwelltony]

The best we can tell we have went thru 5 pumps, a relay, and a couple of valves that are mounted in the plumbing from the stove to my house one thing we have noticed the second pump on the stove is a shorter run and we haven't had to change that pump it's only been the pumps on the house side that has went out over and over since they are pumping the same water would that lessen the possibility of something corrosive? So to narrow it down the pump that runs our shop heaters so far has had no trouble, the circuit that goes to my house and pool have 2 pumps stacked one on top of the other and they are wired to never shut off they keep the water circulating , these are the pumps I've had to change my dealer came last week and changed them again
Any ideals

[yoderheating]

 What kind of pool and any trouble with it?

[CountryBoyJohn]

What does your exchanger system look like for the pool?

[Scott7m]

I think we now see a red flag on what this could be....

What type of pool? 

[Atwelltony]

It's a titanium heat exchanger for my pool
It's a salt water pool

[Atwelltony]

The pool heat exchanger looks good no issues with the titanium

[Atwelltony]

No trouble with pool

[Atwelltony]

Note on pool heat exchangers from what I've been told u need a titanium with salt water pools and not the stainless we have had issues with the stainless heat exchangers leaking around where the fitting flanges are welded to the exchanger , we would get a pin hole

[Scott7m]

Note on pool heat exchangers from what I've been told u need a titanium with salt water pools and not the stainless we have had issues with the stainless heat exchangers leaking around where the fitting flanges are welded to the exchanger , we would get a pin hole

If one of the tiny tubed inside the shell had a pin hole that would explain it all

[Atwelltony]

So what are u thinking could be the cause?

[yoderheating]

 I've heard if you get salt into the water jacket it will eat the stainless out.

[Atwelltony]

That def would be a possibility
I'm going to try and get some more water tests from a advanced lab out west I think they can shed some light on things
Thanks for all the replys and input on this subject  and I would also like to note that heatmaster has stood behind this 100% they have sent us a new tank and our dealer is waiting for warm weather to change it out so regardless what the problem we are a totale satisfied heatmaster customer and we highly recommend there products and service
Tony Atwell
Tg manf.and sales
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[Boydz]

Tony,

SO happy to hear that Heatmaster is backing you up and has taken care of you. While I've had zero issues with my setup, its nice to know that if I do, they will be there for us.
If it was me, Id be doing a 24hr leak down pressure test on that Titanium Heat exchange ASAP before opening that loop back up again once you are up and running. It would be interesting to go back in time and see if your tank levels were fluctuating at all. Salt is such a PITA As stated, this may be the issue, even in small doses.

[Atwelltony]

That is good advise we actually did a test this past month to make sure no pool water was getting into the stove we had a plumber who was installing a sterling water softener system for us unhook the lines at the pool loop and he ran a vacuum and pressure test ,,,, everything was good
We did have another lab run some tests for us that could check for chlorine and they said there was no trace of it or salt so we are still investigating
Very glad to hear you haven't had any issues with your unit I'm hoping we got a lemon and the next one will be trouble free

[Boydz]

Any updates on this ?