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just want to thank pool clown. It was the switch and called a friend in spa retail sales, he ordered it for me and $17.00 later I have a warm working spa.

ok so when I opened it I turned it on and nothing happened then I noticed this pressure switch all corroided and the left terminal busted off. My guess that is where to start first correct? I will buy a new pressure switch any things to look out for when installing it?

ok So its a Laars lite (tan in color) has Flex temp electronic temp control on it and has left and right turn dial for pool and one for spa with indicator in the middle. When I turn the gas valve open and i turn on the center knob to spa with the spa temp turning to hot nothing happens, same if I try the same thing with pool. I took the front cover off to try the same thing and tried to see if gas was being allowed to"furnace" area or bottom burners what ever you call it, and it would not light. No fan noise, does not turn on or ignite, cannot hear the thing lite up lige your hot water heater would do, no problems with motor before this. i can e-mail you a picture of it but it wont let me attach it to thread.

late model laars I believe. Heater wont turn on for either spa or pool. How do I know the gas is coming into the heater? could the valve to the heater be broke? what else can I check. Out of work with bad back so cant afford a big bill but need the spa for the back any help please

NEW ISSUES I need all of your advice. So i had pool drained paid for acid wash and bleech refilled pool again and had no problems for a few weeks now green algae is coming back again. My question to all of you is who is responsible for it? Is it the pool guy that I paid$300 bucks to come back or is it the owner because washing and bleeching is not a guarentee. Part of me wants to call him and B!tch but if its not his responsibility then I wont.

just wanted to thank all that replied. Turns it it was black algae and very bad but was sooo lucky to run into a friend of a friend this past weekend. He was short on cash and was going to vegas Friday so needless to say he drained acid washed and bleeched the pool and spa and super cleaned the filters for $300.00 total. He is also coming by Thursday to make sure all levels are perfect. so thanks again guys it was your help that got me on the right path.

Ok all so I have used your advice and appreciate all of it but here is the problem. Today the entire deep end now has black algae!!! I have found a pool guy who says he can drain it acid wash it bleech it all for $400.00. Its either this or getting scuba gear and spend hours under water trying to scrub it. Do you all think this is the way to go?,and a good price?

I thought about doing that but the wife didnt think it was safe to get in the water with all the chemicals. I'm gonna need a very long snorkel!!!!

So for the last 2 weeks I have been battling Black algae. It started with a green pool, we shocked it and it got clear then a week later started to turn green again. Pool is very ward we live in AZ. Then we got it clear again only to see black algaue on the bottom of the deep end. Pool is very large (dont know size but built in 85) Plaster pool with spa on side. Not a regular size and about 8-9 feet deep. Anyway pool guy gave me a box of shock and some blue chemical for black algae.I put it in right after scrubing the pool with a steel brush. Then the next day scrubbed the areas again. I checked ph and its 7.4 and checked and there is still 3 pucks in the floating container.Oh I remove the filters every 2 days and hose them off. So whats next? Please help, will I need to drain pool?