Howdy, I haven't hooked it up yet. Maybe sometime next week. I'll let you know how it goes.

Have you had a chance to hook it up yet the pictures above are of my unit is it the same as your ? I'm actually replacing all the 14 gage wire with 10 gauge as we speak inside the unit

 

It will be up and running on Friday at the latest. I'll let you know how it works

 

It will be up and running on Friday at the latest. I'll let you know how it works

I'm actually using mine to heat a 500 gallon pond I'm putting in my basement I got all my walls up waiting on the liner and I should be able to install mine I'm gonna run it off a 50 amp double breaker with 6 gauge wire best of luck to you and thank you I've been looking on the internet for a while to figure this out I found out that these heater are actually knock off Coates's heater from China

 

Howdy. I wired the heater today and turned it on for a few seconds. Didn't do longer than that since it doesn't have water in it yet.
I installed a strain relief and soldered the lugs on, then coated them with liquid tape and then electrical tape.
I will let you know this weekend if it actually heats water.

 

Howdy. I wired the heater today and turned it on for a few seconds. Didn't do longer than that since it doesn't have water in it yet.
I installed a strain relief and soldered the lugs on, then coated them with liquid tape and then electrical tape.
I will let you know this weekend if it actually heats water.

Looks good awesome thanks I will do the same did you replace any internal wires and what amp break and gauge wire did you use?

 

Howdy, I did not replace any of the stock wiring. I am using 50ft of 6/4 soow cable through 50amp GFCI breakers

 

Connected the heater and started heating the pool. The heater worked well, BUT it was drawing 50 amps or close to it for about 6 hours. The breakers tripped twice, so I disconnected one leg of the heater. That should result in increasing the resistance of the remaining parallel circuit and drop the amperage by about a half or so.
It will be left on all night, and we will see in the morning if 5kw is enough to heat the pool overnight

 

Howdy As of 0700 this morning the outside air temp is 59f and the pool is 95f! The breakers have not tripped since I rewired the heater. It is now wired as in the second drawing in post 51. Sofar it looks like a success!.
YMMV

 

Howdy As of 0700 this morning the outside air temp is 59f and the pool is 95f! The breakers have not tripped since I rewired the heater. It is now wired as in the second drawing in post 51. Sofar it looks like a success!.
YMMV

Awesome thanks for your help very much appreciated

 

Howdy As of 0700 this morning the outside air temp is 59f and the pool is 95f! The breakers have not tripped since I rewired the heater. It is now wired as in the second drawing in post 51. Sofar it looks like a success!.
YMMV

My is gonna be ran off a double 60 amp breaker with 6 gauge wire I will try to wire all 3 elements if doesn't work I will disconnect one also

 

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Max,
Is this what you are recommending?
Thanks for your patience.
Donn

Can I split two elements with a 50a breaker and the other one with a 30a breaker?

 

Can I split two elements with a 50a breaker and the other one with a 30a breaker? I have a 15 kw.