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    Hayward Heater will not start after power surge

    Hi, I had a power surge and it fried the switch board. So, I bypass the switchboard and wired the heater power cable to a direct power switch. Now the blower turns on and I can now see numbers on the heater display screen, but the heater won't turn on. There's not any noise or clicks...
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    Pentair Intelliflo pump is not powering on after power surge

    Hi, I have a Pentair Intelliflo Variable Speed pool pump. My house had a power surge and damaged a lot of my electronics. There is power on the display screen of the pentair pump but the motor will not power on. There is no huming noise or anything. It then displays "priming dry". Well...
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    Trying to drain the pool. It stops when water level is below skimmer basket

    I'm trying to drain my pool for some construction work. I noticed it stopped draining after passing below my skimmer basket, it starts to drawing in air at the pump. I did some research on the web and realized I had to plug both drain holes in the skimmer. After pluggin up the holes, my pump...
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    Removed automatic valve actuator, now there is no power to switch inside house.

    Hi, My 2 Automatic Valve Actuator broke. I decided to removed them since I don't use them much. Not sure how this happen but I followed both lines and cut it by the control box. Now, the switch in my house control panel doesn't work. IE: pool lights, spa, etc ... Are these two wires...
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    Bad Cartridge replacement filters?

    Hi, I purchased a used house with a pool about 6 months ago. After 3 months as pool owner, I saw the psi from my filter go up to @16lbs and decided to replaced all 4 of my cartridge filters with these from amazon: Amazon.com : PACK of 4 Hayward CX570XRE, Star Clear/Swim Clear C3000 C3020 ALL...
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    New to TFP from Houston, Tx

    Hi, I just purchased a used home with a pool. The previous owner had a pool cleaner full service weekly. Well, I'm not about to waste anymore money on them and let them go today after observing them for one month. All he was doing was netting out debris, empty skimmer basket, empty pump...