Referring to water in a compressor as "flooded" is non-standard terminology. In HVAC, a t is a compressor that is filled with liquid (rather than gaseous) refrigerant. That fact alone makes me think your guy is not up to speed.
Now if the water-to-refrigerant heat exchanger failed, you could end up with water in your compressor. But that's a heat exchanger failure, not a flooded compressor.
However, from the "Turboguard" heat exchanger FAQ, (http://www.aquaheaters.com/turboguard2.html - archived), I found this:"What is fusion blended alloy material?So they claimed their heat exchanger should be resistant to pool corrosion.
It is a unique blend of metals mixed in exacting amounts to provide us with a heat exchanger built to withstand pool water that is out of balance."
What's more Aqua Comfort is a bit of a shell game, apparently. Google shows a recent business info page listing them as a 1 employee company doing $59,000 per year in business. Their current address is not clear, but it has been:Aqua Comfort Technologies, LLCwhich Google Maps shows here to be a residence.
6257 White Birch Road
Sykesville, MD 21784-8529
My guess is someone else is the manufacturer, maybe York, and they are doing branded sales. That idea is supported by the fact that ANOTHER pool heat pump maker, Thermal Bay, ALSO claims to use the "trademarked" Turboguard heat exchanger:"What is Turboguard?http://thermal-bay.com/breeder.htmAnd they are in Snohomish, WA
Turboguard is the trade name for the specially designed heat exchanger used in Breeder Heat Pump heaters. The name reflects (2) key aspects of the heat exchanger's design. "Turbo" reflects the enhanced surface turbo action of the water and Freon in the heat exchanger and "guard" reflects the nature of the fusion blended alloy material used to guard against or prevent corrosion of the heat exchanger."
EDIT: just found another one: Rome Industries:
http://romeindustriesinc.com/faqs.php#5
and they are in Leesburg, Florida. So your heater is DEFINITELY a private label operation, and the guy you talked to is probably mostly a salesman.
Pool heat pumps are pretty expensive. I'm not sure if yours has any warranty left or other such details. But if it were me, I'd do a bunch more checking before I accepted what you were told at face value.
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