Recent content by Frayed

Thanks everyone. Based on this feedback I just submitted my order for the CircuPool EDGE-40. Can't get here soon enough!

I've been really thinking about pulling the trigger on a SWG system for my pool this season. Several SWG systems I've looked at have had notes about recommending only running the pump 10 hours/day or less to maximize the cell life. My pump is hardwired into a breaker panel with no control...

Guess I should have opted for the next day shipping.... >_<

Well, I know for a fact that at the end of last season (Late September) my CYA was around 47. With the slight drain & refill for winterization I guess I assumed my CYA would probably be somewhere around 35-40ish at this point. Again, just looking to get the process at least started while...

Hello everyone, and happy start (in my region) of the 2016 pool season! I'm a lazy fellow, and as such I have the local pool company open and close my pool for me. No chems or anything, just the physical aspect of the winterization of the return lines, pump, filter etc. Unfortunately this...

I think we're done SLAMing! FC this morning at 8:00 was around 10.5-11. FC last night at 6:00 was 12. CC is .5 or less. Water looks pretty clear. Need a good sunny day instead of all these clouds we've had lately... I vacuumed the pool last night and got almost all of the gunk out...

Hayward support responded promptly to my email this morning. *thumbs up* Their representative, Rick, suggested that for the first gap that it should be corrected by simply taking apart and reassembling that connection, so I'll have to try to do that tonight. The leak in return pipe at the...

Yeah, after cleaning the cartridges flow went back to normal. I have an email in to Hayward about the leaks so we'll see what they have to say.

It gets better. Found another leak in the return line at the bottom of the unit as I was getting ready to wash the sand out of it that had accumulated down there while vacuuming.... Hayward C4030 Return Leak. - YouTube

So I was vacuuming the pool, and the pump basket was getting full so I shut everything down and cleaned out the pump basket, LOTS of gunk in there. After putting it back together I fired the system back up and wasn't having much luck vacuuming, and realized I still was not getting a lot of flow...

On May 19 the local pool company, who I only do business with when it comes to the physical process of opening and closing the pool, came out to open my pool. It was discovered that my sand media filter has an issue, and when the system was running would spew forth its sand contents into the...

My new cartridge filter is out for delivery according to UPS tracking, so I plan to start the process of getting it plumbed in tonight after work. Until now I've had a sand media filter with a multiport valve on top. This season after opening the pool it was discovered that the sand media...

Done. I'm in a pretty dry climate. Central WA state, east of the cascades (the dry side).

Sorry, by kaput I meant that the sand is all coming out of the filter back into the pool (if the pump is running), or out my drain if I run it in waste mode. Additionally, the location and current setup for my pump to backwash puts me at risk of sending pool backwash down the storm drain (which...

This year when opening my pool it was discovered that the old sand media filter was kaput and was going to need some servicing. LocalPoolCo has always been a nighmare to deal with, and this was no exception. Getting them to call me back is like pulling teeth. So eventually I decided nuts to...