Compatible heating elements for Raypak E3T 5.5kW ?

[abourget]

Hello.
After only one year of use, I think the heating element in my new Raypak E3T 5.5kW is already dead. Didn't do any testing yet but I'm pretty sure the output water is the same temperature as the pool temperature (I compared pool temperature and temperature from the jets). I have a small 3000 gallons in-ground pool. I used to feel the heat of the output water when it was working. The model number of the official Raypak element is 017139F. According to this site, it looks like it's 250$ (canadian$). This is pretty ridiculously high. I know it's Titanium and all, but after only one year use, it's not acceptable.

Raypak ELS Heating Element, 5.5 KW - 017139F

Raypak Heating Element, 5.5 KW. Raypak Item Code: 017139F Features Genuine Raypak Heating Element, 5.5 KW. Compatible with ALL Raypak ELS Electric 3-Series Titanium Heaters: ELS-0005, and ELS-0011. NOTE: All replacement parts are Final Sale - www.poolproductscanada.ca

poolproductscanada.ca

I never let it run dry, always let it cool off after turning off and I enable my bypass, and I never let SLAM concentrations run through it (I always bypass it).

Does anyone know of a "compatible" model I could buy? Typical 5500W element can be 30$ and it's not that hard to replace... I know at that price it wouldn't be Titanium but still... as long as it's stainless (element AND screw-on head). I use liquid chlorine not salt.

Thanks!

 

[1poolman1]

Hello.
After only one year of use, I think the heating element in my new Raypak E3T 5.5kW is already dead. Didn't do any testing yet but I'm pretty sure the output water is the same temperature as the pool temperature (I compared pool temperature and temperature from the jets). I have a small 3000 gallons in-ground pool. I used to feel the heat of the output water when it was working. The model number of the official Raypak element is 017139F. According to this site, it looks like it's 250$ (canadian$). This is pretty ridiculously high. I know it's Titanium and all, but after only one year use, it's not acceptable.

Raypak ELS Heating Element, 5.5 KW - 017139F

Raypak Heating Element, 5.5 KW. Raypak Item Code: 017139F Features Genuine Raypak Heating Element, 5.5 KW. Compatible with ALL Raypak ELS Electric 3-Series Titanium Heaters: ELS-0005, and ELS-0011. NOTE: All replacement parts are Final Sale - www.poolproductscanada.ca

poolproductscanada.ca

I never let it run dry, always let it cool off after turning off and I enable my bypass, and I never let SLAM concentrations run through it (I always bypass it).

Does anyone know of a "compatible" model I could buy? Typical 5500W element can be 30$ and it's not that hard to replace... I know at that price it wouldn't be Titanium but still... as long as it's stainless (element AND screw-on head). I use liquid chlorine not salt.

Thanks!

If the threads are correct and you have a ground-fault interrupter in the circuit this may work:

EcoSmart 5.5 kW (220-Volt) Tankless Electric Water Heater Heating Element HE 55220 - The Home Depot

Keep your day going and your family happy with enough of hot and hotter water with the addition of this excellent EcoSmart Tankless Electric Water Heater Heating Element.

www.homedepot.com

 

[1poolman1]

Hello.
After only one year of use, I think the heating element in my new Raypak E3T 5.5kW is already dead. Didn't do any testing yet but I'm pretty sure the output water is the same temperature as the pool temperature (I compared pool temperature and temperature from the jets). I have a small 3000 gallons in-ground pool. I used to feel the heat of the output water when it was working. The model number of the official Raypak element is 017139F. According to this site, it looks like it's 250$ (canadian$). This is pretty ridiculously high. I know it's Titanium and all, but after only one year use, it's not acceptable.

Raypak ELS Heating Element, 5.5 KW - 017139F

Raypak Heating Element, 5.5 KW. Raypak Item Code: 017139F Features Genuine Raypak Heating Element, 5.5 KW. Compatible with ALL Raypak ELS Electric 3-Series Titanium Heaters: ELS-0005, and ELS-0011. NOTE: All replacement parts are Final Sale - www.poolproductscanada.ca

poolproductscanada.ca

I never let it run dry, always let it cool off after turning off and I enable my bypass, and I never let SLAM concentrations run through it (I always bypass it).

Does anyone know of a "compatible" model I could buy? Typical 5500W element can be 30$ and it's not that hard to replace... I know at that price it wouldn't be Titanium but still... as long as it's stainless (element AND screw-on head). I use liquid chlorine not salt.

Thanks!

Any time you add liquid chlorine to water you are adding salt as that is one of the components that the liquid breaks into in water.

 

[abourget]

If the threads are correct and you have a ground-fault interrupter in the circuit this may work:

EcoSmart 5.5 kW (220-Volt) Tankless Electric Water Heater Heating Element HE 55220 - The Home Depot

Keep your day going and your family happy with enough of hot and hotter water with the addition of this excellent EcoSmart Tankless Electric Water Heater Heating Element.

www.homedepot.com

I don't think I want to introduce copper into my pool, but thanks to your find I did end up finding similar elements that might work so thank you. Such as this:


Too bad I can't find any info about thread size for my Raypak element... I won't have a choice but to dismantle it in advance.

Thanks!