Recent content by Alfred Beachport

I wouldn't pay that much for a used one, but I would also assume that I'd have to sink some money into it to get it functional. I don't care much about fancy features. My own beloved spa was over 20 years old when I got it, and it has all of 4 jets. We love it and are still in it several times...

If you can, look at an exploded view diagram of your pump and make sure that all the parts are there and in place. A strainer lid should fit very snugly. Since the lid was in place last season and reassembled this season, it just sounds to me as if there's a part missing. If you have a model...

Not unusual for a piece of equipment that's sat unused for a while to have lingering glitches once it's up and running again. It'll settle down....

Re: So, next steps... "Almost?" If it were me, I'd surely be looking for a different place to spend my money. If your current pump did the job, I'd just put in the equivalent rated Whisperflo, which would be the WFE-3 or WFE-24. Mr. Hydrology probably determined your system's requirements...

Rich, I can perhaps speak with some authority on this, because I have owned both models you are considering. Go with the Whisperflo. My latest pump is a WFE-4, the "E" meaning it has a more energy-efficient motor. It lives up to its name, and is markedly quieter than the other pumps I've...

Very inviting! Congratulations.

I have a gas heater, so I let the spa cool between every soak regardless of season. Don't know where you are, Curmudgeon, but a 90-degree spa is very refreshing when we have a heat wave.

Yeah, sounds like it's just the jet nozzle insert. I had the same symptom you do when I first got my rescue spa up and running. I poked my finger into the jet and could feel something in there, which turned out to be a chunk of another jet that had broken and that I had replaced. Didn't want...

I know I'm jumping in kinda late, but you may find some value in reading about what I do to treat my spa water. I have a 320 gallon spa that is used daily by my girlfriend and me, with occasional (like maybe once a month) use by guests. We use PristineBlue (I am sure that someone will soon...

I'm no expert, but yellow water suggests high iron levels, which suggests that a metal sequesterant may be called for. "Metal Gon" or the equivalent. BTW, I have no idea what all those numbers mean that you posted. What are your CH, TA, and Ph?

I had some iron staining left over from having used a steel conduit nut in my light niche when I first got the spa up and running (couldn't figure out what was turning the water green until I drained it and a gallon of opaque rust-colored fluid came out of the light niche). A pool store...

The temperature sensor is probably a heat-sensitive resistor. I would start by checking the wires going to the sensor itself, and making sure that all of the contacts are good. If it connects to the circuit board with solder joints, I'd touch those up. If screw terminals, clean them. If it's a...

Just an update on my PristineBlue trial. So far, so good. The only part of their instructions I'm following are in testing for copper and adding the PristineBlue every 14 days, along with PristineClean, their sequestering agent. After each use, I hit it with either bleach or MPS. A greater...

Hey, welcome to the world of spa restoration! In May I completed a restoration/rescue of an '80's spa, including rebuilding the pump and gas heater. All of 4 jets, and we LOVE it. So if you have any questions about the refurb, I may have an answer or two. In my case, I wound up replacing all...

As I mentioned, I finally switched to activating with bleach instead of MPS, and while I liked it better, it ultimately did not solve the problems with odor, and the bromide reserve still got depleted. I didn't try the 3-part because I wanted to minimize the amount of stuff I put in (in the...