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My motor died on my pool. It made a humming noise. The run capacitor went bad. I replaced it and the new one went up in smoke. I think the shaft also failed because the bottom half of the motor was falling to pieces due to rust so I decided to replace the entire motor, shaft, O-rings, and...

We noticed our Polaris hasn't been picking up lately so I went to investigate. Our booster pump (Hayward 3/4hp) starts buzzing, heats up and the thermal protector kicks in and shuts the motor off. The pump is 5 years old. I've read that the most common issues are debris blocking the impeller...

Built the pool in 2012. Started reading TFP back in 2010 with my last pool but just started participating recently. This picture is when the pool was a few months old. Here is the pool today (not quite as sunny today):

I decided to add borates to my pool water and step #1 is to get alkalinity down. My alkalinity has always been a little (~120) high and normally I don't worry too much about it. I tested on Thursday and my pH was 8 and alkalinity was 110. I added a gallon of muratic acid and retested Friday and...

My pool has been green and cloudy for the past couple months and nothing I do seems to matter. There is a little algae on the steps but really it's not that bad compared to previous issues. We spot brush every day. The water looks like it is cloudy with green algae and it's not possible to see...