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    MiniMax 400 - Wont fire unless thermostat is all the way up

    It was working earlier this season. I noticed the water had cooled off over the weekend. I checked and the heater won't fire unless the thermostat knob is all the way full heat. It will run "forever" when at this setting--- but I'm not trying to boil mudbugs ! The knob usually sits at about 1...
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    New DE Filter Owner

    Greetings-- NEw owner of older pool-- THis one has a DE filter. Our pervious house had a sand filter on the pool. From what I understand, when one backwashes a DE filter, some of the DE flows out, thus requiring a replacement. QUESTIONS-- 1) How does one determine the correct level of the...
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    Heated Water temp ?

    Greetings-- I'm curious-- what temp diferental should I expect to see between the pool water and the heated water coming out of the jet ?
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    Service Lamp on Purex 400 Gas Heater ?- UPDATE and a ??

    Greetings-- Heater will turn on and burn for 1-2 min, then service lamp lights and burner goes off. It will wait 2-3 min, and turn itself back on. Over and over. A week ago, it stayed on just fine. Unit is aprox 8 yrs old . It was here with the house so I have no idea about service ect...
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    Polaris Booster Pump

    Greetings-- Our other house's booster pump wouldnt run unless the main pump was on. We were told never to run the booster w/o the main pump on. Our new house will let the booster pump run w/o the main being on. I realize its a timer wiring fix, but-- the question is do I need to worry about...
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    Cleaning pool surface

    Greetings-- New "concrete" pool owners. We've had a vinyl lined pool at the other house for several years so not a pool newbie. Our newly purchased house (Baytown, TX) is a concrete pool. The surface looks dirty. How does one go about cleaning the floor/walls of this type of pool ? I...