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We have a Rule Cover Pump that's been working perfectly until today. We had a decent rainstorm and saw that there was a few inches of water on our cover and wondered what happened. When we unplug and then plug the pump back in, it pumps water for about 2 seconds and then stops, as though it...

We have never worried about calcium in our pool because the previous owner told us that with a fiberglass pool it doesn't really matter. However, the folks that just installed our new pool pump said that low calcium can cause problems in pipes & equipment, so we decided we should pay attention...

So I'm getting ready to configure our new pump to run 4 times a day for about 2.5 hrs each time. One thing we've noticed is that when the pump starts up a new session (timer 1 right now ends at 11:45pm and then restarts at 12am), it runs a priming session which right now is configured for 8...

We installed our new Hayward MaxFlo VSP pump yesterday and opened our pool. Now to figure out how often to run it, for how long, and at what speed. The default timer seems to runs pretty much 24 hours a day at 1725RPM. The pump can be set to speeds from 600-3450RPM. Reading through the...

Last fall, our pool pump died about a week before we closed the pool. It just hums when you turn it on, and since it was first installed in 2001, we figured it was time to buy a new, more-efficient pump. Our state (Vermont) offers a $400-600 rebate for the purchase of an efficient pump, but the...

We have a Hayward self-priming max-flo pump and Pentair Module Filter system for our pool. There are 4 cartridge filters that have a neoprene gasket at the bottom. When we closed our pool last fall, one of those gaskets fell off the cartridge as we were removing it and fell sideways down the...

We have a Viking fiberglass pool with a Coverstar automatic cover. We're getting ready to open the pool in a few weeks and need a new cover pump. Our old one was a Rule, and has run great in the almost 3 years that we've owned this house, but last fall, failed right before we closed the pool...

We recently bought a house with a pool and spa, and are having no problems with maintaining the pool. However, we are having trouble with the spa, and have decided that it's probably time to empty it and start from scratch. Can anyone tell me if there's a particular order that we need to...