Recent content by phalcon51

Re: Yet another priming issue with Hayward EcoStar 3400VSP.. It doesn't matter how much air is in the pump basket as long as it's not passing through the pump which, as noted by the absence of bubbles at the returns, it isn't. In terms of documentation of an air bubble of various sizes in the...

Re: Yet another priming issue with Hayward EcoStar 3400VSP.. Easy enough to check - turn on the SWG to max output, i.e. make sure it's producing chlorine, and check to see if it's making little bubbles at the returns. Then turn it off and see if the bubbles disappear within 30 sec. or so...

Re: Yet another priming issue with Hayward EcoStar 3400VSP.. Might work, but it's usually easier for a system to suck air in than to pump a fluid out. Is you pool set up with a salt water chlorine generator (SWG)? If so, that would be where the tiny bubbles are coming from and it's normal...

Re: Yet another priming issue with Hayward EcoStar 3400VSP.. Glad to hear that you found and fixed the problem. Just out of curiosity, do you have a working pressure gauge mounted on the filter? if so, what pressure reading were you getting before you put in the new filter? What is it reading...

Re: Yet another priming issue with Hayward EcoStar 3400VSP.. Is your main concern that the filter basket won't fill past half full? If so, don't worry about it. I have the same pump and had the same concerns about air being drawn into the system somewhere. I pressure tested my system from...

Thanks Mark, I'll be keeping an eye on it. Gary

Thanks for the reply. As far as I can tell the filter pressure is the same as before, though it's a bit high as I need to clean it. If a seal is leaking would it just leak out of the pump housing onto the ground or would it leak into the motor bearings? Gary

My son and his girlfriend came over to swim while we were gone. Apparently, the pool cleaner hose kept getting in their way so they took it out and set it on the deck. Problem is, the cleaner valve was open and it pulled all the water through and then began sucking air. He didn't know any...

I used the Taylor FAS-DPD kit where it says to use 25 ml of water, add 2 dippers of R-0870 DPD powder and then count the drops of R-0871 titrating reagent till it becomes colorless. The first test, at sundown, took 17 drops for a reading of 3.4 ppm FC. The next morning, just after dawn, it...

Sorry, that should have read "FC Decrease = .2 ppm" I edited the original message to correct this. Thanks for pointing it out. Gary

I tested the FC and CC this morning and here are the results: FC Decrease = .2 ppm CC = .2 ppm With those results I guess I don't have to worry about anything growing at the moment. I put some more conditioner in a sock a couple of days ago to continue bringing the CYA level up. When it's...

Thanks for the quick reply. The water is perfectly clear, the only places I saw any algae at all are the ones mentioned above. I'll check the CC's tomorrow and post the results. I'll also do the Overnight FC Loss Test tomorrow night and post it on Mon. AM. No, none at all, just a variable...

Hey everybody, I've been away from the forum for a while since everything seemed to be trouble free. ( that's the point, right? ) Over the Memorial Day weekend we were gone for 5 days. When we were about 100 miles away I realized I hadn't balanced the pool water before we left, and it had...

I'm using laundry bleach from Wal-Mart (6% sodium hypochlorite) for the chlorine when it's too cold for the SWCG to work and I'm not using any shock at all.

As noted in my original post, fill water CH is 160 ppm. Is it ok to just leave it at that level and let it rise on it's own, or is that too low? What's the minimum CH I can get away with for semi long-term use? Gary