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I have a Hayward DE filter and am having an algae issue and was in the process of shocking the pool, something that I have successfully done in the past, no big deal I thought. Background -- In the best of times, when the filter was clean with no DE, the pressure would be about 24 psi...

Not sure if this is the correct place for these questions or not…. A few days ago I had an issue with our pump motor not turning on. I was in the house and could hear it humming rather than running. It took several seconds to get out there and turn off the timer (TightWatt) that the motor is...

Over the last several days, I've started to get a louder "grinding/oscillating" noise coming from my Hayward Northstar 1.5 HP pump. Also, I just noticed that some grease has come out of the back end of the motor and dropped on the concrete and re-solidified. I'm assuming that the grease came...

I live in central California in a location that can dip below 32F on occasion. The previous homeowner downplayed this and just indicated that on the nights that are forecasted to dip below freezing, he would run the pool pump for a few hours during the coldest part of the night. Well this is...

First off, many thanks to all who helped my with my shock process last month. Since about the first week in September, I've been crystal clear. Working to get my TA down, will post some question in it and scaling, but first my valve issue. I am getting a progressively worse leak out of the...

We purchased a house with a pool last year. Initially we had a pool guy (family friend) get us up and running for the first few months and trained us on the maintenance. After a few months, we went it alone and had a great pool season last year. This year, we have been battling algae and...