Recent content by ElGuito

Sucess! I took the advice of Richard320, uncouple the outlet and inlet couplings (I used those rubber bands for opening stubborn jars) and lifted the empty body to the work bench. The drain plug was completely broken and separated from the thread into the bottom of the filter body, I had to saw...

Reviving the thread - looks like there are many of these observations about that relief valve for the Polaris cleaners - I have a 380, and after some years, the water coming upwards from that relief valve has increased, with that came a slow down of the cleaner. The booster pump is the same and...

The inside inlet pipe is positioned right above the drain plug and seems to be there to stay, glued, doesn't seem to have a thread. I'll check with Pentair, but it looks fixed...so I can see the top of the drain plug but it is blocked by the inlet pipe for pliers to work. Unscrewing the two...

Thanks for the replies, and it is not about finding the part, I have the replacement part; it is about being able to reach to unscrew the damaged one and put the new one. I can saw off, from the inside the old part, but screwing in properly the new one is still the challenge, since I'll face the...

Hello. I have a Pentair FNS Plus 48 filter, these come with a drain plug in a cavity at the bottom I never used it because the piping for inlet and outlet was left to close to it and there is no room for a wrench to turn. I usually put the valve in back wash, open the top air relief valve and...

Re: How do I get the collar off a Polaris 360/ 380 back up v That worked for me! The Wd-40 Specialist Water Resistant Silicon Lubricant, carefully joining the tip of the straw at the junction of the collar with the front of the valve, and also tapped the collar against a solid surface all...

Reviving the thread, mine started to do the same, what I found is that, as the floaters on the hose decay, they don't float anymore, any section of the hose that is below water level will cause it to coil and even create knots.

Hello. Sounds more like a PVC plumbing problem but it is connected (literally) to the drains all around the pool deck. I have half a dozen of these type of drains The last one, lowest in elevation on the chain, is connected to a PVC segment that at some point drained to the sidewalk at the...

SUCCESS...! I did the 50% drain, with the added bonus of the kids on my side of the street having a good time splashing their feet in the - clean - runoff. That went on for some hours. After the lengthy refill, my reading for CYA is about 60. With clean filter, and just 2 gallons of bleach, like...

Wow, my own thread! Thank You All. @Duraleigh, I tried to raise my free chlorine, and that's when the problem started. Adding the Sodium Dichlor gave reading of FC 8ppm or higher, good. Within 2 days it was 2ppm, three days less than 1ppm. Continuing with more dichlor seems to be what caused the...

Hello and again thanks for the fine advice; I have saved so much by following this Forum methods rather than the "recommendations" from the Pool Store Supplies. This just started happening, my CYA levels are high, 110. Here are the measurements from today on a 18,000 gallon, plaster inground...

I switched to Fiber Clear about a year ago. With a balanced pool using the BBB method. If you start with a clean filter, we brushed and hosed the grid elements and all parts of the grid assembly. Used the wet vac to vacuum the bottom of the filter enclosure. Thoroughly cleaned the skimmer and...

Hello All, and Thank You again for these forums and good information. I followed to the T, the How instructions to prepare to add Borax. Had my Total Alkalinity to 80ppm, and pH between 7.2 and 7.5. And yes these are the toughest parts to achieve in the process. Somewhere else in this site, I...

Thank You All for the prompt replies. I decided to drain and add new water. Some of the other threads mentioned draining until water level drops 1 foot, so I did it to 1 1/2 for good measure. After refilling, the CYA test shows 65, yay! I am in Orange County, Southern California so my only...

Hello all, I did a search for high level CYA and nothing came up, if this has been discussed please re-direct me. Thanks. Darn "convenient" measuring strips, they showed 0 or very low CYA, so I added the cyanuric acid. After reading here that those strips are no good, I got a real test kit and...