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I recently replaced the combustion blower on my Hayward H250. The heater turns on fine, ignites with no problem, but then the heater shuts down after about 5 minutes. During the time its on, and after it warms up a bit, the heater makes a faint humming noise. Then it shuts down with no error...

I just replaced the combustion blower motor in my Hayward H250 IDL. The old when made some funny noises then just quit altogether. When it quit, I did NOT have the AO error. LED display was normal and the heater just hummed on start up but no blower. Now after replacing the blower with...

I had to replace my Polaris 280 quick disconnect and the pressure relief valve. I needed two hands to turn and disconnect the old one. The new one just pops right on very easily. The problem is its too loose and when I turn on the pump it disconnects itself from the wall fitting. Am I...

I came home yesterday and noticed my Polaris booster pump was not working. It must have come on for a short while because the pool floor was partially cleaned (we had a major rain and lighting storm here in Austin the night before and there were leaves and debris everywhere). I have an...

This is my second year with the pool but now I have stains on the stairs which I didn't have previously (see dark areas of stairs). The stains are brownish and they do not respond to ascorbic acid. They don't come off with a stainless steel brush either, but a pumice stone works (if you look...

Yesterday my cleaner was not moving at all and had water shooting out the backup valve. I took the valve apart, cleaned the internal mechanism, hooked it all back up and it seemed to work fine after that. Today the cleaner is moving (no water shooting out the valve) but it does not backup at...

My Hayward Super Pump II 2hp motor just died. It was 8 years old and squealing like a hog in the end. My local pool store is telling me that I can get by and save on energy costs by switching to a Hayward 1.5hp motor. They said the output is roughly the same. I have a spa attached to the...

I went away for a week and came home to find the quick change plastic lens cover sitting at the bottom of the pool. It was cracked down the middle (it was rather old and my guess is the pool cleaner had something to do with finishing it off). Anyway, I went to turn on the underwater light and...

I developed a small water leak at the threaded pipe on my strainer housing (area around the Teflon tape is starting to turn brown): Here's a wider angle view: I'm sure this is a relatively easy fix, but I've never done it before (pretty good DIY'er though). What's the easiest way to...

I recently purchased a home with a 7-year old in ground pool with a salt water system. For the most part the pool and equipment are in very good shape, except for a high calcium hardness reading and two different kinds of plaster stains. First my current test results: FC = 5 CC = 0 PH = 7.2 TA...

Just received my new testing kit and had the following results: FC = 5 CC = .5 pH = 8.2 TA = 100 CH = 650 CYA = 30 I tested the water twice to make sure I got accurate results. Obviously the pH is high and I'm about to add muriatic acid. CH also appears to be really high. How do I go about...

Just bought a home with a nice in ground pool. I have an Intermatic PF1202t dual circuit timer and I'd like to install additional trippers for a second pump run. It uses the silver and gold trippers with the small screw. How do I install these on the dial? Just reach up and insert them behind...