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Good afternoon, Just had a new hayward energy efficient 1hp pump installed, as well as a 27 inch hayward sand filter. I bought the equipment myself, but not being comfortable with electric, paid a local pool guy to install. He mentioned not backwashing for at least three days after the initial...

One last question for the more educated folks on the forum. Since Im just biting the bullet and replacing the outdated equipment, Im seriously confused about sizing and the online calculaters arent really helping. My pool is probably around 32k gallons (not that big of a surface area but...

FYI--the pump is a Hayward SP-1600-D. After further inspection, I noticed the Polaris booster was installed, according to the installation sticket, in April 2001. Knowing the older woman we purchased the home from, I'd bet the pool pump and filter were installed around the same time. As...

Thanks Jason, Gave it a go this morning, motor shaft is turning fine when the pump is off. However, the problem remains, dull hum of the electric for about 5 seconds, then the circuit is tripped. Im guessing its time for a new pump. If that in fact is the case, any recommendations from the...

Good evening folks, Im really stumped on this one. The last couple years Ive used the techniques here to keep my pool in pristine condition and its worked wonders. So... today I set out to open my pool. Everything was going smoothly, until I went to prime the pump. And... nothing. Perhaps 5...

I've been using the guidance on this forum for the last few months, but this is my first time posting. We had quite the black algae issue last year, my first year ever trying to care for a pool, so I was determined to not go down that path again. We got the pool up and running no problem about...