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  1. mak8409

    Low Pump Pressure (5 psi)

    Pump pressure is consistently low, around 5 psi. Although when I went to vacuum yesterday it was up at 30, but after backwashing pressure went back down to 5. I have a great swirl of water under the pump basket lid, but no swirl at the skimmer/return at the pool. Wife said pump was also very...
  2. mak8409

    Retiling (replacing tile, installing new tile)

    Hate adding another post, but can't seem to find my answers. I'm looking for the best resource(s) online for purchasing pool waterline tiles at the cheapest price. I'm aware of NPT, Noble, Universal Tile CO, and Mastertile. Are there any others? Is one of these better than the others as far...
  3. mak8409

    No electricity? Bad pump?

    I'm not sure if I have a bad timer or bad pump? I went to close the pool today by manually turning on the pump for a few more hours and nothing happened. The breaker was tripped, and I had no problems resetting it, but still no power. My voltage checker at the Intermatic mechanical timer and...
  4. mak8409

    Pump & Filter System Upgrade

    Well, it's been over a year since I was last here. The front yard is finally landscaped and with the daily temperature starting to warm up I'm now in the back yard "play area" looking at updating/upgrading my system. It seems to be a very basic system - I'm still in "Pool School" - with only...