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hey all, i did a major mistake (i am not happy at myself) and in attempt to open up and find the internal spring of the directional flap valve of the aquabot turbot t-jet (to troubleshoot issue aquabot issue with only moving in one direction) i opened the motor assembly and an oil-like liquid...

hi all, i have an older but up to this point very reliable aquabot turbo t-jet pool cleaner that is used about once a week in the summer and always removed from the pool and sprayed with clean water. recently it started giving me issues where it is only going forward and never backwards. I can...

Hi everyone. I have a pool with a natural gas heater that was likely never run for 10+ years. Model is laars lite 2. I never run it or tried to in the past. I opened it up the other day and I am wondering if anyone has any advice to get it running again. I turned the knob to pilot but it was not...

hi all, i have a two speed pentair superflo pool pump that is failing to prime on high speed. if i set it to low speed everything seems to be working. However low speed won't work as well in terms of cleaning up the pool :( Troubleshooting steps i took already: 1. opened up the pump basket...

hey all, i did several searches on this site and it seems we have a few folks that have installed the heat recovery system by hotspot, FPH (Heat Recovery Pool Heater | Compare To Solar Pool Heater | HotSpot Energy LLC). Even though we live in houston, our pool does not see as much sun during...

hi all, my very old century centurion 1hp pump and it started giving me some problems today. basically, when I turn on the pump it stops a few seconds later (sometimes in 15 seconds). the pump simply turns off. also, when it starts, it is making a noise that is louder than usual. I am...

hey guys, I just started my pool after having it closed for the summer. I have the pump on recirculate right now, and when I start it, water is flowing regularly. however, after 5-10 minutes, no water is flowing around. is there any reason the pump just stops pumping water? the pump seems to...

hi all, my pool pump impeller housing is leaking water and I need to replace it. i was wondering if anyone can offer me any advice on where i should get one of these? would leslies or pool warehouse offer good prices? btw, i think i caused this leak some time ago when i overtightened one of...

Hey guys I was wondering if there are any adverse effects if I connect my AC unit output into the pool. AC dumps about 6 gallons of possibly distilled water that is more acidic than pool water. That's about as much water that I lose to evaporation.

hey guys, out of the blue my intermatic timer stopped working. I believe i can still hear that clicking noise on the device, but the clock dial will not move no matter what i do. I pulled it, adjusted the time again, and pushed it back, and it is still not rotating the timer dial. any ideas on...

hi all, does anyone have any experience with the Aquabot Jr. Wall Scrubber Robotic Pool Cleaner ? I found this on amazon for $500 and it seems like a good deal but i could not find any reviews from experts on it. http://www.amazon.com/Aquabot-Wall-Scru ... d_add_1_dp

hi everyone, i live in Houston TX and since the end of the summer i realized i might have a small leak in my pool. Initially i thought it was the incredibly hot summer we had, but i am now convinced that i have a leak to the tune of .25" per day. what are some of the things i should start...

hi all, i was wondering if someone can point me to the right direction here. if i run my pump on filter for 2-3 hours, it gradually increases the pressure from 10psi to 20psi to the point that very little water goes into the pool. in looking into this some more, i noticed that my DE filter is...

hey guys, in this thread (member23638-topics.html) i talked about coming back from vacation and my regular pump was not working (capacitor died). Well, it also had a side-effect. now that i got that pump running fine, i tried to start my polaris booster pump (PB4) today. The booster pump...

hey guys, i came back from vacation the other day and noticed that my pool pump is no longer working. when i turn it on, it makes this low humming noise and nothing seems to move. this is very similar to the noise i used to hear when our garbage disposal was stuck. The garbage disposal could...

hey all, i am on vacation and my neighbor is using the pool. Apparently our DE filter pressure went from 10 to 18psi in 2-3 days for no apparent reason. I asked him to stop the pump and put the filter on recirculate. Since i have an SWG that will pour chlorine into the pool and my neighbor has...

this is really weird, but after doing the AA treatment last night, my PH is at 7.5. it only dropped .1 from 7.6 the day before the AA treatment. i followed the instructions and most of my stains are gone. i used Jack's Magic Purple stuff plus and USB grade AA (2lbs used). I am going to add some...

hey guys, my pool fountain pump (1.5 hp) stopped working and i think i need a new one. does anyone have any recommendations on a new pump that is not terribly expensive? i need something simple that can power 3 fountains (1 inch diameter pipe on each) and propel water about a couple of feet in...

hey guys, i am not sure if this is the proper subforum to post this, but none of the other forum areas matched perfectly either. I have some yellowish spots at the bottom of my pool (the walls of the pool are perfect and have no staining) and i was wondering if anyone else has had these in the...

hey guys, i know this is something you see all the time in here, but for some reason i can't get my pool to get rid of the light green color/ cloudiness. 3 days ago i installed a SWG and the salinity test reports 3700ppm. All my other chemicals are correct. I have been maintaining my pool...