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  1. cameradude

    Circupool SJ-45 vs. CMP PowerClean Ultra 760

    Hi all! I have had a Hayward SwimPure Plus with a T-15 cell for the past 8 years. I have a 28,000-gallon plaster (pebble tec) pool and I live in Phoenix, AZ where the water is hard and the sun shines a lot! I can't seem to get more than a couple of years out of a cell because they get a lot of...
  2. cameradude

    Salt and CYA dropping, CH going way up

    Hey all, This is my third summer with this pool and I have never seen this before. I live in AZ so we started swimming just after Easter, my pool chemistry was good. Then back in May I started getting a white dust in the pool. I don't have Jandy valves but in the skimmer basket there is a...
  3. cameradude

    Pump losing prime

    Hey all, I was out of town for 3 weeks and at some point while I was gone my pump began to struggle to stay primed. The clear top of the basket in front of the pump usually only has one or two small bubbles in it but now it has a pocket of churning air. I can hear the air going through the...
  4. cameradude

    No Jandy valves before my pump!

    We had a warm spring here in AZ and thanks to my solar cover we started swimming a couple weeks ago. The pool has quite a bit of fine dust settled in it from being unused all winter and I thougt I would sweep it by the main drain but the dust just floated past the drain. I looked up how to...
  5. cameradude

    Valve diffuser, need to be attached?!

    I was taking the valve off of my sand filter to do a deep cleaning and the diffuser was not attached to the valve. The diffuser was stuck in the opening at the top of the sand filter so tight it took me 5 minutes with a screwdriver to wiggle it up enough to get a hold of it with a pair of...
  6. cameradude

    Deep clean sand filter, a word of caution!

    Hi all, I have been a lurker here for 4 years, there is so much great info here that this is the first time I feel like I have something useful to add. I moved into my current house with a pre-existing in-ground pool 2 1/2years ago. I do my own basic pool care and the water has always looked...