Recent content by joshearl

I think I found the parts, any chance you could verify? Seal Model PS100, 5/8i Inch Shaft Replacement End Bell Gasket Arneson Pool Sweep, A40 If replacing those doesn't work I'll look for a new pump. For less than $12 I figure fixing is worth a shot! Are these things hard to replace? I've...

Thank you. I've had my eyes on the 280 as it seems to be higher in price everywhere. I guess the older design is still holding up! Is it worth replacing the gasket and seeing if that fixes things (if I could even find one)? For a new pump, is 3/4hp enough? Do they still make them vertically...

Getting tired of manually cleaning the pool and looking to get a pressure-side cleaner. Is the 280 still the standard? It's what I used to have but I see a few other models now (360, 380) that are belt driven and otherwise different so I figured I check to make sure I'm getting one that will...

These just never seems to do the trick with the depth of my pool. It goes down to about 10ft so I lose a lot of leverage, and if I extend the pole to reach the other side it makes it even worse.

I've never considered this option before! My hose wouldn't be able to keep up withe the rate of expelling water. Anything to watch out for if I give this a shot? Also, won't this clog up the other little filter? I may have to take a picture as I'm not sure what it's called.

I suppose the main reason is to get to get better leverage for debris/leaf scraping out of the deep end. Using the vacuum in the past has taken forever, as it clogs up quickly. Was just trying to get the pool back to clean as fast as possible! I haven't even taken a full reading yet, but if it's...

Attempting to get my pool in order. It's very dirty (although I have bleached it back from worse) and draining it at least half way would be a fast way to get a jumpstart on spring. My concern is the water table right now. With all the rain we've been getting in Northern California I'm concerned...

So I just went down to the local OSH to buy some normal $8 for 2-Gal 12% and to my surprise saw $1 bottles ($2 buy one get one). Seemed like a good deal and from my basic algebraic equation I could make I thought was worth it. But now that I'm home and see how low this brands concentration is...

I tarped it up, the fill took a lot longer than I thought. I suppose the tarp may have just provided comfort. Trying to get as many years out of this pool as possible, though I feel it's on its last. After ignoring it for the last nearly 2 seasons! So I've been SLAMing the pool since about the...

I started the drain around 8 and began refilling at around 1 am. I thought the refill would go a lot faster as of now, 10am, it is only about a quarter full. I didn't drain completely, left about two feet, where there was quite a bit of sludge I couldn't get to or pump out. I've read all the...

it usually runs clean at 20. 15 after a backwash pre DE. It stopped bouncing it had never done that before.

water is nearly clear, it's still a bit cloudy coming from being green. It has been this color for 2 days now though. The pressure gauge is literally bouncing between 27-30.

So I followed the instructions and soaked my grids. I ran it for a night then backwashed as per the instructions and everything appeared to be running great, perfect pressure and everything. A day later the pool is running at high PSI again, (bouncing between 27-30) and the returns aren't...

Is this ok with the plastic manifold they are all attached to?? I didn't do this in the pre soaking of TSP if that might matter

So I followed the instructions and did pre soak in TSP and have it now soaking in the acid wash. The biggest bucket I could find was a 32 gallon trash can, which left about 4/5 inches of the grids unable to be soaked as the trash can isn't tall enough. Will this still be sufficient?