Recent content by bob.lehardy

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    Dolphin Nautilus CC Plus stopping - Have not seen this one before!

    Trying to troubleshoot my Dolphin CC Plus. Just replaced the blue cable, tracks, and rollers, but it is still not moving. Someone mentioned (above) about the white plastic gear...where is that located? Inside the motor box, I'm guessing? Anyone can provide tips for accessing. I can see four deep...
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    Pump died

    Aloha everyone, So, no signs of any leaking anywhere on the equipment pad. On windy rainy days, moisture does blow in, but generally, the pad is clean and dry. Is there a difference between "grounding" and "bonding?" There is one ground wire attached to the pump at this time...but the...
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    Pump died

    So, my pump failed, rather spectacularly, yesterday. We inherited this pool when we purchased the home 3.5 years ago. The pool was installed about 10 years ago, and the pump was original. The pump is a Pentair Intelliflo VS-3050, 3 hp. I had noticed some paint failure and corrosion around the...
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  9. bob.lehardy

    Suction side leak

    Dirk, when you wrote "corresponding hole in the side of your pool in line with that other port (which would be an equalizer port)", did you mean inline at roughly the same height vertically from the bottom, or inline like directly across from? I do have a "mystery opening". I don't think it's a...
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    Suction side leak

    I did the running water test over the three way valve and all of the exposed pipes and joints, while my wife watched the view through the pump cover, and then we switched places. Neither of us detected any difference to the small amount of air bubbles under that lid. Also did the same test on...
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    Suction side leak

    So, let's try it this way. Here's a link to a Google photo album that has five pics. The first pic is looking down into the skimmer. Pics 2-5 are the equipment pad, from the outside and moving in. pool - Google Photos Bob
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    Suction side leak

    So, thanks everyone for the input. Jim, the Great White vacuum plugs into a dedicated port that is located on one of the pool walls (the same wall the skimmer is on), but about 10 feet from the skimmer, and obviously well below the water line. Dirk, here's a pic of the inside of the skimmer...
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    Suction side leak

    So, here's some more info. My pool has two large (maybe 10-12 inch diameter) plastic covered drains at the deep end, one skimmer, and one dedicated vacuum port. I'm figuring that the two pipes that come out of the ground into the three way are from those three suction side "inlets". Not sure...
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