Aquarium Co-op Heater Flashing Code

[Tamra]

Hello,

So my heater is flashing a code and I've do not see this code on my instructions as to what it means. Does anyone know? 

Thank you, 

Tamra 

[nabokovfan87]

EL meaning "End of Life"  It's just a code indicating that it's reached a certain amount of hours of use.  It's not "broken" or "dead" or anything, but it will flash that code until you replace it.

For reference, you can DL the manual here on the website:

Also, welcome to the forums!

[Jim O]

I don't get it. The screenshot that nabokovfan87 posted says that a yellow light will come on after two years of operation, which sounds like it would be OK. But it doesn't say anything about the display flashing "EL," which sounds very irritating. And the downloaded manual also mentions the yellow light but not the "EL."

Tamra, how long had the heater been in operation before the "EL" started flashing?

[AllFishNoBrakes]

I know for sure that the “EL” code is what is described above by @nabokovfan87
 

I believe that the Coop has updated that for V2 of the heater, in that a yellow light will now flash instead of the display flashing “EL”. Probably describes the manual being updated for V2 as well. 

[Tamra]

It's been flashing for about a week. This is the first round of heaters that Corey came out with. I believe the EL code is what the first series did. You are correct, it is very annoying, that is why I believe he changed it to the yellow light. 

I think...

[Jim O]

On 9/17/2023 at 2:09 PM, AllFishNoBrakes said:

I believe that the Coop has updated that for V2 of the heater, in that a yellow light will now flash instead of the display flashing “EL”. Probably describes the manual being updated for V2 as well. 

OK, thanks. I didn't realize that the heater was in v2. Makes sense now.