Recent content by mac671

It is a generic cell and has worked fine for the first year or so.. I did not know pool Stores could test a salt cell..I will look into that..

Hello, I have a plaster salt water pool, Approx 15k gallons that is almost 8 years old. I use the Hayward goldline pro logic control unit. I replaced the salt cell about 2 years(T15), recently had the control board refurbished to clean up the solder joint issues that these units suffer from. The...

My hayward 6060 pump(8 years old) that runs the pool sweep stopped operating(tripped the breaker). I saw that this is normally the starter capacitor so I replaced it but still having the same issue...Is there more than the one capacitor in this pump, I don't see any from parts diagram. When...

The water level of my spa drops about 3-4 inches in the 19 hours between pump run time. I'm guessing it's going into pool.? I recently had a new vsp pump installed, could that be an issue? Or has it always done this and I've never noticed??

So I have the dreaded Hayward 3400 VSP, it went out and Hayward through my local authorized pool company is selling me a new tristar vsp 950 and a pretty good discount. The problem is my pump will be down 2-3 weeks. What can I do to avoid a very nasty pool? Luckily it is winter, I am in northern...

Thank you bdavis466, my salt level is 3100 ppm. I have not added borates at all and not sure if the pool company did at start up. I will try that as well. Thanks again for your help!!

Thanks for the replies, Achristie76, draining and re filling would have to be last resort(serious water constrictions) thx duraleigh, they appeared over the winter, it is possible my ph got a little high during the winter Dave, plaster is almost a year old(june 6th 2014) I will try and post...

First of all thank you for this website, I am a new pool owner coming up on 1 year of ownership and I have not stepped one foot into a pool store thanks to you guys!!! On the wall of my pool I have swirl or darker areas than others. this is only on the walls as the bottom of the pool is a...