Recent content by phild

Thank you all for the responses. yes, tried pressing the reset button. This is what happens: If the cleaner is not plugged into the power supply/controller and I turn on the controller, the on switch lights up and the three 123 lights blink for a few seconds, then just the on switch is lit...

I've had the cleaner three years I think. It gave out at the end of last season. I bought it on line, so no real help there. One of the reasons I bought this particular model was because I believed it could be maintained by the user. I.e. Parts could be swapped out etc. I'm surprised...

Hi. I have a dolphin m4. The controller turns on, lights up etc, but when I press the button to move the cleaner nothing happens. I assume the motor is blown? How do I diagnose the problem? Thanks Phil

Guys Thanks for the great response. Couple of additional questions/thoughts. I see a two speed motor as marginally better than what I have... I would still have to replace my timer, put in some sort of a switch to switch speeds and then the whole thing is a manual process. As much as...

Hi, I live in Saint Louis, MO and run the pool about 6 months out of the year, 24 x 7. I am reasonably happy with my current system when is running and 'm looking after it properly. The water is clean and and sparkly. I currently have a 1.5 HP whisper flow pump, which I'm thinking of...

Wow and Wow. No my innards are pretty clean compared to that. Whew. I spent large parts of the weekend vacuuming and taking my filter cartridge out and hosing it down and then running the filter (no DE). Almost can see the bottom on the deep end and I can see the bottom on the shallow end...

Thanks for the quick response Jason, I'll turn off the pump now and then try and vacuum in the morning. Question though. Under normal circumstances when I pour a thick mixture of water and DE into the pool (after backwashing) the DE sticks to the fins in the filter and all is good. What is...

Hi, This year when I opened my pool (Sat the 20th), there was a split in the manifold of my FNS Plus filter. Consequently all of the DE I put into the filter blew back into the pool. I think I made an additional backwash and reload of DE, so probably a total of around 3 pounds, before I...

Hi Melt, No, the lights are stilled installed. I would be glad to do what you are suggesting, but I'm unsure of the process as the lights are about 18" or so under water. So, I should take the lights out and set them on the deck, float some food coloring in the cavity and stick my head...

Hi BK. This is what I suspect, but don't know for sure yet. My lights are stilled installed and when I use food coloring around them, there is nothing obvious.

After running for 24 hours the level dropped about 1.2 inches. Maybe .5 inches less than with the main/skimmers open.

Well that was one of the first things I tried, but I could see nothing definitive. I'll try it again.

Hi RangeBall, when I had the pool partially drained, I carefully went around the sides and joins and sealed anything that looked like it might hint at leaking. So I feel good about that. I don't feel as confident about the main drain and as PoolGuyNJ says, I need to get back down there with...

Hi Scott, Yes, it is very difficult to stay down, that hammer idea is a good one and I need to go down again to check for cracks etc. In any case, the Return jets plugged Skimmers plugged Main plugged and Pump off, test has been running for 20 hours now and the level drop is 1 inch and I...

Closed off the return jets. Skimmers already closed off. Pump off. 15 hour test and the water is down about .8 to .9 inches and it did rain (heavy) during this period. So, I guess we can now say it's not the return lines and it's not the skimmer lines. Next step is to find a suitable plug and...