Recent content by op999

My pool is in a screen enclosure (dark brown aluminum). The frame, however, is somewhat faded, and cleaning has not made it much better. Anyone have any suggestions for polishing it?

I bought a used 4-person tub for $200 off Craigslist, and while the shell and tubing seem fine, the first thing (and hopefully last) thing I see wrong with it is the motor, which looks shot. The tub has one 4-HP motor (with an SE of about 1). So, if I have to flat-out replace it, should I...

It's a permanent. It has one 4 HP motor and balboa elements, and it's a 4-person. Picked it up for $200. Not bad! (knock on wood) Thanks!

I'm in the process of installing line for a tub, and while I hear that the disconnect must not be placed less than 4-5 feet away, I don't hear much over how far it can be placed. Since the tub will sit on the corner of an enclosed patio, I'm thinking of placing the disconnect on the wall --...

PS: I went back to a 1. After ready about all the extra power usage and not much more pressure, well, that did me in. But thanks to all who chimed in!

I always see solar pool heaters as the ones where the water runs across the black tubing and whathaveyou. But are there any that can run a heater using cells and just using an electric heater? Or would it take way too many cells to get that kind of power to run a heater?

Well said. I was already leery of the extra power the old pump used. No need to add to it. Living in Florida I already spend plenty of AC during the summer. Thanks Mark and everyone else who helped steer me in the right direction. I went ahead and exchanged the motor for a 1 hp/1.25 SF one...

Yes I am running the same pump for both. However, I've never been a fan of that spa. It doesn't have a heater, and even if it did, it's harder (and more costly) to keep warm than an external/normal hot tub. Not that I use it much (if ever), but it seems to get dirtier more than the pool. So my...

Well I was thinking that, since the average starting pool is about 15K, and mine's 25K (with a spillover spa), it would work. With 1 HP, the spa didn't push out much water. At first I was thinking a 2 HP would work fine, but I'm starting to see otherwise. As for the impeller, the old 1 HP one...

Well what's a good range so I can figure out what impeller I will need? (He has a variety of motors; last time he just gave me one, but I think he'll let me me pick my own, now that the impeller has come into play.)

I believe the impeller is for a 2, so that may be it. But, giving it more consideration, I may go back to a 1.5 motor. (The man who I bought the pump from has 1.5 as well). I bought the 2 thinking that, since it's a larger pool with a spill-over spa, it would work better. He said he'd work with...

The SF, according to the label (the motor, an A.O. Smith, was rebuilt; not sure if to original specs) is 1.1. Will have to take apart the pump tomorrow to see. I do remember the guy who sold me the motor installed another one, and I saw that the water channel (for lack of better term) was about...

The max amps on the motor is 12. I'm running 12-gauge wire from the motor to the timer/timer to breaker, where I have 20 amps. From there I'm running 10 wire to the house breaker, where I have 30 amp breaker.

Correct: I have a 2 hp motor running with a 2 hp impeller. The pump (a Sta-Rite Dyna-Glas/Dyna-Max -- not sure which one), as far as I can tell, is supposed to handle 2 hp. The diffuser, according to the part number (C1200PA) is good for up to 2.5 hp.

Kept the old pump (it's a Sta-rite Duraglas) but changed the empeller.