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    Replacing Underwater Light

    I have 2 underwater lights about 10 years old, before LED's. Have changed the little thin tube halogen, same as work lights, just about every year. I think 500w each. This year, when I pulled one of them out, however, there was a little water inside, so I must have screwed up when I put the...
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    Replace Heater Or Just Heater Element

    My 10 year old Thermospa Park Avenue just died. Fortunately, I have a neighbor who's both an electrician and who also owns a hot tub. When the break was tripped and the spa went down, his first guess was the heater. Sure enough, he unscrewed the two screws above the tube to disconnect the...
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    Rotating Skimmer Baskets?

    Never seen a setup like this. My pool, installed by the previous owner, does not have a separate PVC suction line from the main drain to the pump. One of the skimmers, the one closer to the pump has two holes in the bottom. One of them is the draw from the main drain and the other is the...
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    WFE-6 Impeller? Motor?

    I can't get my pump to prime. It will get close and bubbles come out of returns, but then in less than 5 minutes, loses everything. Isolated each skimmer & main drain and in all three cases, with only one source open, same effect. Removed diffuser and visually inspected front of impeller, no...
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    Can't get pump to prime

    I opened my pool easily last year, but did one additional thing this year, I removed and power washed all of the filter membranes from my Triton FNSP 60 and put everything back together. I removed all return plugs, inserted the plug into my pentair pump, ran a hose backwards from my pump to...
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    How to blow out Paramount In Floor Cleaner and when?

    My inground concrete pool has the in floor cleaning system from Paramount, which has a dome just above ground with one incoming chamber and 6 outgoing chambers, 1 for the side returns, and the other 5 for the 5 sets of pop ups on the floor of the pool. Most sites/forums/videos do a good job of...
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    Did I miss a plug?

    Bought a house with 40' x 15' x 7' (average depth) inground pool on Thanksgiving. Shed keeps all pump equipment indoors. Have FNS Plus DE filter system, propane based heater (size of a washing machine), a Nature2 G series sanitizer, 2 Aqua DOC magnetic "things" bolted around PVC just prior to...