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    Pentair Intelliflo XF Leaking at the base after 1 week after changing the shaft seal.

    Hi. My Pentair Intelliflo XF was leaking at the base where the motor meets the pump a few weeks ago. I replaced the shaft seal, diffuser and main o-rings. After, no leaking, then about a week to 10 days goes by and the leak is back. When replacing the shaft seal, the old one did not look...
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    Looking for a Custom Pool Calculator that prints a table just for my gallon volume.

    Hi, I want to make a paper (computer will not be available) guide for adding chemicals specific to my pool gallon's. It needs to include tables for FC, TA, PH, etc that will guide in the amount of Chlorine, Acid, bio-carb to add to the pool. This will be for a employee that needs to be as...
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    Iron and scaling stain Weekly Maintenance recommendations wanted. Please Chime in.

    I have a 34,000 commercial pool that services 13 units. Our towns water is full of rust and won't get corrected for years. Per stain tests and a major stain treatment, we, including Jack's Magic technicians (via phone consultation) that iron staining is going to be an ongoing problem. I want...
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    Electrical Shock from Pool Water

    [Split by moderator (jblizzle) from electrical-shock-from-my-pool-water-t48616.html] Hi to all that have been replying to this post. Not sure if this should be a new post or not. I have a similar problem, only my shocks are only at the water when reaching in to clean the basket. It has...
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    Loud Whisper-flow -yet replaced motor, impeller, bearings

    I have an about a 15k gallon pool. Someone previous eliminated the drain. There are no valves, only one 1.5 inch suction line from the skimmer (about 40 feet), a Hayward standard 80 cartridge filter and a 1.5 inch return line that leads in some fashion to 3 return outlets. This is in Florida...
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    Need Advise on rebuild or replace 2.5 HP Northstar Hayward

    Hi, First, thanks for all that reads this post... I have a commercial pool (13 vacation rental units use it) in FL, used 24/7 year round. It has a drip edge, about 40K gallons, surge tank, 2.5 inch pipe to the pump (very old). The pump is a Hayward SP4020X25NS 2.5 HP Northstar pump about...
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    Can you reduce or eliminate salt taste in a chlorine pool

    :?: I have two pools in Florida, one commercial and one residential. My customers always say we have a salt water pool, or ask why it tastes salty. Both are standard chlorine treated pools. Any solutions to reduce the salt taste short of replacing the water. Thanks Kevin Venice Beach Villas
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    Need a solution for auto fill in an undersized surge tank

    I have an old commercial pool with a surge tank where all the equipment, water feed, etc are in a room located about 30 feet from the pool. The tank seems undersized, not sure, but the water level sinks about 12-15 inches when the pump is turned on and will fluctuate approximately 4-6 inches...