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Hi. We have a pool that was installed in 2008 and the ladder/stair railing anchor cups are starting to corrode quite badly. They are aluminum and bonded. What can I do about it? I know it is difficult to replace them because of the bonding issue. Is there anything that can be done? Would...

Hi, As the years have gone by, the looploc anchor bolts are getting increasingly harder to turn. Is there something I can do to loosen them up? Grease? power wash sockets? new anchor bolts? I hesitate using any kind of lubricant because I'm concerned it will attract more dirt and debris...

Hello, We are getting ready to open our inground pool for the season. Every year the ladder and stair railing gets more and more difficult to remove at the end of the season. Is there any kind of preventive maintenance that I can do to prevent it? Would copper anti sieze or some sort of...

Hi, I put in an Pentair IC40 last summer and everything has worked fine until yesterday. It has blown the 10amp blade fuse. I replaced it, and as predicted, it blew the blade fuse again almost immediately. This unit is less than a year old and is used in a northern climate (5 month season)...

I’m not one to complain, but I think Pentair’s quality is sub par. Last May 2020 we purchased a Warrior SE robot cleaner. It was malfunctioning right out of the box (would only run 10 seconds). We sent back and received a replacement. Now the replacement is doing the same thing. We live in...

Hello. We purchased a Pentair IC40 for our 20000 gallon IG pool. I’ve been fighting algae all summer long. My regents are fresh and all numbers have been in line. Free chlorine 6-8 and CC .5 or 0. CYA 60-80. PH 7.4, TA 80 Running SWG AT 40-60% for 24 hours a day. It’s been a wet summer and...

I just want to confirm that my plan is ok. I am installing an IC40. I know there is a requirement to have it 3 ft away from the heat pump. Should i come out about 18 inches and then 90 up? The original heat pump had input/output in the front and that is why it is currently piped that way...

I've searched the forum but can't find an answer to this. I am installing a Pentair IC40 with a VGreen 165 variable speed motor. I usually run the pump 24/7 due to our pool being located in close proximity to trees and we get a lot of organic matter that falls into the pool. (Western NY with...

Hello, I have sand gettting into the pool via the returns, so I assume that I have a broken lateral(s). Is it adviseable to replace all of them or just the cracked lateral(s). It's a 12 year old Pentair Sand Dollar 80 and I'm thinking if one or more of the laterals are cracked and brittle...

Hi, Well it looks like we have a leak. Losing about 2 inches of water a day and wrinkles are forming on the bottom. We live on a hill with sandy soil so groundwater isn't a problem. How best to tackle this? Should we start by turning off the pump and observe where the water line drops to...

Hi, I have a brand new Pentair Warrior that I received on Thursday. It stops cleaning after 15 minutes and the LED on the robot goes off. I checked the impeller. There was a tiny bit of hair, but i removed it. I also noticed that all of the controller lights stay solid no matter what setting...

Does anyone lubricate or wax their stainless ladders and/or ladders to make it easier for removal in the fall? There is quite a bit of scaling where they are inserted into the deck. I figure that I can scotchbrite them clean with a stainless cleaner then apply something after they are cleaned...

Hi. I just purchased a Pentair Warrior SE. The manual states not to leave it in the water all of the time, but the controller has a weekly scheduler on it? It seems like a contradiction. How do others use it? TIA, John T

Hello, we opened our inground pool 2 days ago to a green swamp. SLAMMING it now. Green is gone but water is milky from dead algae. Is it advantageous to run the variable speed pump at highest speed until pool clears? Or, am i wasting electricity? Thank u in advance, John Thompson

I am replacing a 10 year old AO Smith 2 speed motor (B2982) which is being controlled by a Pentair Intellitouch controller. The old motor has a toggle on the back of it and the new motor has the toggle switch available as an add on option. Is the toggle required? Thanks in advance.

Hi, I have a 20000 gallon in ground vinyl pool with 2 bottom vents. One is in the bottom of the deep end and the other is on the slope just past the shallow end. When I blow these out, I get bubbles coming out of one (the vent with least resistance) and not the other. Since there is no way to...

Hi. We just opened our 20000 gallon inground pool. Everything went fine until I turned on the pump. It appears that the titanium water coil in the Heat pump is cracked or has holes in it. I assume that some water got in it during the brutally cold northeast winter we had and did the damage...

I'm putting this post under "Just getting started" to encourage others who are trying the BBB method for the first time. I just opened my pool today (Rochester, NY) and I'm on my third year of BBB. This forum has been invaluable in terms of the tools and advice offered. I'm nowhere near a...

I'm getting ready to close my 2 year old inground, vinyl, BBB pool for the winter. I just removed the ladder and stair railing. There was quite a bit of white powdery residue in the galvanized cups and on the ends of the rails. Is this corrosion? Is there something i can treat or spray the...

We're having the pool closed on Monday and the pool company asked to have the water drained 2" below the skimmer. We have 2 skimmers, 3 eyeball returns and 2 bottom diffuser returns. We are donning the loop-loc cover and removing the hardware ourselves to save some money. Any special tricks in...

I am relatively new here and i don't know if this has been brought up recently but here goes... I think TFP is a wonderful forum with lots of great info. I also realize that i am staking the health of myself and my family on the advice of a handful of people. Many of the methods seem to go...

Is there any potential issue with leaving solar cover on for more than a couple of days? It looks like it's going to be cool but sunny this upcoming week so i don't foresee us using the pool much. It's also a 2 person job to put on and take off as we don't have room to store a reel, so it's...

Any tips for cleaning cottonwood from the side fins on my Pentair heat pump? Vacuum? Water hose? I'm concerned about damaging the fins.

I recently replaced one junk psi gauge with another sold by a local pool store. The new one doesn't move higher than 2psi from the pressure immediately after backwashing (20-22 psi). A week or 2 later the gauge reads 2psi higher but i notice a substantial flow decrease out of the returns...

I won't have enough FAS DPD reagent (K-2006) to finish my shock. I've been testing 2-3 times per day and it went quick. I can't find any locally so i'll have to wait a week or so for online order to arrive. I do have access to to DPD reagents (#1 and #2 i believe). Can i use these with my...

Ok I've been been doing BBB since 5/12 and everything has been going fine and crystal clear until today when i took the solar cover off. The solar cover was on for 18hrs and i pulled it off at 4pm today to a cloudy pool. My numbers have been as follows 20000 gal IG vinyl, water temp holding...

Swam for the first time this season. There is a chemical odor to the water. It doesn't really smell like CC's, it's almost a plastic kind of smell. Maybe it is CC's? I've been using BBB for a week now and the only thing i have added is some dry acid and liquid chlorine. My FC is dropping...

Hi, I'm one week into BBB and my chlorine usage has been very light. My FC has only been dropping .5 ppm per day. Is this normal? The water is still 64 degrees and it hasn't been used as of yet. My CYA is around 65-70 so i am trying to keep my FC at approx 7-8 ppm. I added 1 qt of 12% on...

I have a Polaris Raptor 170 automatic cleaner that was part of our new pool package. It doesn't seem to ever make it to the shallow end. It will climb about half way up the slope from the deep end and then turns around and heads back to the deep end. It has no problems climbing the slopes of...

I seem to have a problem with my Pentair 2 speed pump (or maybe Intellitouch Controller). It is randomly turning off for 10 seconds or so and then coming back on. I can here a relay clicking in the Intellitouch panel every time it does this. I've checked the programs and all seem to be...