pump

I have a spa with Balbo controls. After two heater failures I have replaced the two speed 240 volt motor, upper control, heater and now circuit board. When I click on flow I hear the solenoids click but nothing happens. I have 120 volt on both red and black wires going to the pump. I...

Hey folks, I bought this pump (link) 2 years ago and have been running it in low speed. Recently, it started doing what's in this video on startup (hums for a few seconds and then nothing): I replaced the capacitor, but it's still doing the same thing. Works fine in high speed mode. The...

Hi all, We recently bought a house that came with a hot tub and above ground pool. Thanks to this site, I got the chemistry on both balanced beautifully!!! Unfortunately, I'm now having a different issue with the spa I'm hoping you can help with. Basically, it won't heat up. The error code on...

For several days now, I have been noticing issues with the pump starting up in the morning because it does not successfully prime on its own in the morning. Even when I do prime it and let it run the schedule, after it turns off, the pump looks like it has water. However, by next morning it...

I have a 24k gallon in ground vinyl pool. Looking for recommendations for a pump and filter. I currently have a Hayward sand filter and pump and am tired of replacing parts and repairing. I want something reliable and efficient. Thank you!!

Hello, welcome to my pool pump saga. Pump context: Hayward Variable Speed Pump, SP2600VSP, approximately 9 years old. Problem 1) noticed since the beginning of the summer that one of our two jets was coming out a lot more bubbly. Had to backburner dealing with that as other house problems had...

Hi, is there a recommended time of day or night to run the pump? I usually have mine run overnight when electricity rates are lower. With AZ temps being over 100F and over 110F, so often this summer, I was wondering if the pump should run during the day to help keep the water cooler.

New pool owner here! I bought a used 16x32x4' rectangle AGP and installed at my home. It came with everything, including a Hayward S210T sand filter with 200 lbs sand and a Hayward Power Flo Matrix pump. The pump is pretty old, rusty and it needs a jump-start with the screwdriver every time I go...

New pool owner here! We have a Jandy Flopro VS Pump w/o controller 1.85HP with Aqualink RS. We lose power regularly (once a month at least). When the power comes back we have to manually turn on the power. We were told by the pool builder: If your house loses power then it resets the entire...

A while back I was reading threads on robot vacuums getting stuck on main drains, and for some reason one of the mods or admins mentioned they used a solar-powered submersible pump to circulate water through a black hose for heating. Can anyone recommend such a pump? Almost all the cheap solar...

We have a 24x12x52 Intext pool 8 years old with a salt water system. Been through two salt water systems and NOW all of the sudden the power is on but nothig happens when you try to get the pump working. No humming Nothing! It must be a simple electrical fix which I know nothig about. I took the...

Happy Friday folks.. I found my pump not working, the capacitor was blown. I got two capacitors from supplyhouse. put one on and started motor. Motor started and it immediately blew the capacitor. I tried the second capacitor, same result. Motor runs fine even after blowing the capacitor (well...

I've got a Heyward Pentair filter for an 18k gallon pool we inherited with the house we bought last August. When I backwash I have to put the hose over the exit valve hole and clamp it down with a metal adjustable ring. Not to mention I have to stretch the hose quite a bit to get over the little...

Looking for some advice/guidance - ever since opening my pool early June there have been bubbles coming out of my returns. I have a Hayward super pump and I replaced the strainer gasket with a universal one from the pool store which didn’t fix it. I now just replaced the pump strainer lid and...

I have a Hayward Tristar 2-speed 1.5HP pump on my inground pool. I typically run it on low speed 12hrs a day. I had noticed that when I turn it on high speed this year that it was making a lot of noise like rocks bouncing around inside the pump. Low speed was not that noticeable. I got...

Hello TFP! I am getting close to the end of a successful SLAM, have had the filter pump running 24/7 since the afternoon of Saturday June 24th, and the filter pump has been making a loud pulsing sound with a rough periodicity of 1 second for the past 3 days. The pump has 5 days of continuous...

Hi, I have a Hayward Tristar VS 900 that was damaged in a hail storm. I have a replacement controller but when I took off the old controller the wire harness came apart and I have no idea which of the 4 wires go to which plug on the controller. Hayward won't help. Does anyone have this pump and...

Greetings TFP community! This past spring my wife and I purchased the 12'x24'x52" Intex Ultra XTR pool. This came with the Intex Krystal Clear Saltwater system ECO15110-2 pump system which has the pump and SWG all-in-one and come with a sand filter. Set-up was easy, but I am having trouble...

I have an SF81010-2 pump and the display seems to be stuck on U1 or I believe it is 01 and the top line is out. I can not push the timer button and get the pump to cycle to more time or FP. It froze up

My builder just completed the build of my new pool. I have (3) Pentair Pumps (2-SuperFlo and 1-IntelliFlo). My filtration pump which is connected to my skimmers and main drain appears to fill with air once the pump is turned off and the air appears to be coming from the suction side. My builder...

So apparently the displayed speed on the pump we have (Pentair Superflow VST) is in RPMs how do I convert that to GPM so that I know how often my pool is being turned over? The pool company installed it and set up the VSP scheduled timing. I don't like to just trust others with my pool, I want...

Yesterday my pool pump stopped working. Came home from work and it had shut itself off, it was hot to the touch, and would not turn back on. Breaker was not tripped. I cooled it down and tried restarting, and it just buzzes for a few seconds and then stops. My brief research leads me to think...

Hi. I've had a 24' above-ground pool now for a few years, and I'll never forget the day that I found TFP and the vast knowledge here, as that was when my completely-not-knowing-the-first-thing-about-pool-care rear got straightened out and haven't had problems since. So, hats off to this...

Hello, I'm trying to track down a possible suction side leak. Any advice? Attached picture shows the pump inlet pipe which comes from 3 valves (shallow skimmer, main drain, and deep skimmer). Symptoms: When the pump is shut off, the water level in the pump basket starts going down slowly...

Does anyone know of a HomeKit compatible toggle switch that I can use to replace the hi/low/off toggle on my 2 speed pool pump? I currently have the power supply for both my pump and swg plugged into a smart plug to automate the on/off cycle. The goal here is to be able to automate a cycle...

I have a pool/hot tub combination. It's all on the same filter system, but you can configure the valves to and from the pumps to connect to only the pool, only the hot tub, or both. I pay a company to open and close my pool at the beginning and end of the season. They've maintained this pool...

I’ve looked through the forums and haven’t found my answer. I’m not sure if I’m being more sensitive this season than last, but the pump seems louder and has a constant, rhythmic, pulsating noise to it. I pulled the basket and felt in the impeller with nothing abnormal noted. I haven’t seen any...

I had no idea the selection of a new pump could be so complicated! Reading through some old threads. Ours is 15 years old and has been a little tricky to get going the last two springs but then has worked well, but we are thinking we should get a new one before we open this year since it's so...

Hi all, I decided to replace my trusty Hayward 1hp single speed pump, still working fine after 10 years but just using up so much electricity! So I ordered the B+D VS pump on Amazon and installed it last Saturday. This evening I go into the pool shed and I'm hearing this unusual ticking/clicking...

EDIT [Source Code]: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/k0feg94ucntjhgi/AACU6vqU088z4NSxl2gSLIFga?dl=0 TLDR: I've been thinking about the relationship between GPM and solar heat delivered to the pool and believe it to be more nuanced than the efficiency chart we've all seen. I put together a little...