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I'm out of town and my neighbor is kindly taking care of my pool. He said he noticed the pump wasn't on and went to investigate. He said the pump was not pumping, was hot and smokey. He turned the power off. Some days later he tried it but it wouldn't turn on...I think he said there was a brief...

My 2008 Century Centurian 3/4 hp B668 booster pump for my Polaris 280 is not running and makes a humming noise. When I look at the shaft underneath, it seems to be moving smoothly. I'm guessing I might need a new capacitor (hope that's all!). I went to my local pool store and they will sell me a...

We knew there was at least one leak coming from the drain return pipe but when we got it dug up we could see that there was a leak coming from the light (last year the glass and frame came loose and just fell off--see photo 2). The metal housing for the light had rusted through in a couple of...

For a couple of weeks my water was cloudy and started turning green despite shocking with dichlor. I think I may have had mustard algae (there was a greenish-brown powdery substance on the floor--so I started shocking with liquid bleach to get the FC up. I've been scrubbing the walls and floor...

I'm hoping you all can offer some suggestions to this novice pool owner :? Last month I let the pump run dry for quite a few hours (I'm not sure exactly how long...I didn't realize the o-ring wasn't on the basket). There wasn't a problem at first but after several weeks I noticed a small leak...