Recent content by Serious1

I'd probably use the clapper if the cyclone wasn't so loud....

Could you use a plug in with a remote on/off or would that damage the cyclone? They should make them with a remote for self-closers.

We have a cyclone and added some ports to add antifreeze to make closing easier.

I'm a cornhusker.

We've been doing our own closings but I was curious on the cost. When we built our pool in 2015 the cost to close was $300...now it's $1299! That includes 1 whole gallon of antifreeze. I've never seen a pool company warranty any closing issues and I guess the demand is so high they charge...

I'm on day 2 of running with freshly TSP'd grids and salt cell is now working perfectly. It had to be the oil. Phosphate test came up cream color which is 0 on the test strip bottle.

Depends on how often your car mechanic uses your pool I guess, I have a heavy grease load in my pool. If I don't TSP the grids then DE doesn't stick, pressure goes up and apparently my salt cell won't work. I'm on day 2 of the cell working perfectly.

I never had a low flow light on, just low salt and inspect cell and the flow from the returns was fine.

yes, single speed. It wasn't showing low flow, just low salt and inspect cell and the flow was pretty powerful thru the returns which is why I didn't suspect overly dirty grids.

From what I just went thru with my hayward cell flashing like Las Vegas and seeing that you have a DE filter, when was the last time you had a TSP cleaning done on the grids? My symptoms pointed to a bad cell but after the TSP & ahh-some cleaned off the oil on the grids my cell is reading...

Well, the cell seems to be functioning 24 hours after the grid cleaning and filter pressure is normal. Water clarity was perfect the entire time, no chlorine loss, but pressure was higher than normal and I know there was a lot of mechanic-husband-oil in the grids. So perhaps the oil did...

Hayward doesn't let you submit a claim as a consumer (at least that's what they told me). The pool store is in another city so I'm waiting to see if cleaning the DE grids in TSP/Ahh-Some fixes the salt cell problem.

It is "real" TSP from the hardware store. Since a mechanic spends a lot of time in the pool I should probably look into the pool enzyme. I ended up doing the TSP soak/rinsed really good and then used ahh-some filter cleaner soak/rinse. The TSP definitely got most of the filth out and then...

I wasn't aware I could do that. I'll start down that path.

It's a genuine Hayward.