man..i'm going to have to post pics..went to move the old pool heater out and there was about a 5 inch deep square of rust and dime to loonie size flakes i literally used my snow shovel to scoop it out..amazing how much it had rusted out..when i tipped up the heater,the burner fell out in pieces..any wonder it was belching 2 foot flames out the front when it fired up? i'm amazed it still worked..what a workhorse though.a lars teledyne going back to 1983 anyway..i've had house furnaces that didn't last nearly that long

while i was doing the plumbing i decided it was a good opportunity to make my "dummy pipe" that will go in place of the chlorine generator flow pipe when i start up in the spring and until the pool is reasonably clean to fire up the generator..just figure less wear and tear (yes, even though i could do the golf ball or plastic wrap trick)