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I did hear about the new regulations but it did look like I could find a Hayward super pump 1hp all over the internet just fine. so my thought was to just buy one of those if I stayed with single speed. I dont mind rewiring for VS pump but im just imagining that my waterfall will not flow...

I need to swap out my old 3/4hp Hayward single speed pump and I was looking at getting a VS speed pump. I am currently wired for 120v so I would need to run new wiring/breakers to accommodate 240v as it looks like VS pumps are all 240v(not the end of the world). I also am not sure how I would...

Hey TFP friends My extremely old 3/4hp single speed Hayward pump has finally died and so I need to replace the pump. Easy solution is to just swap in a new single speed pump and im up and running again. I am, however, interested in the idea of a new VS pump but am not sure exactly how to...

Hey everyone. I just installed a CircuPool RJ45 plus SWG this season and its working great. pool has never been cleaner. However, I have noticed our swimsuits are all fading/bleaching out now and my thought is the chlorine is the culprit. CYA is at 70 and FC is around 5ppm which I believe...

yea im ok acknowledging possible or probable over tightening on the fittings, the MPV is my focus as I cant understand how they both cracked the same way within 2 weeks, in middle of the summer. the SWG is after the heater just before water goes back into the pool return jets. so his setup...

Yea he knows how to use the MPV. The strange part is that it broke on its own. Walked out one morning and these things were broken. Which is why i feel something created a pressure spike and caused this. But its still a mystery.

Yea he is going to try to return the broken one. The freezing idea make sense but its been 90 degrees lately. Cant imagine freezing was at play with the new one as it just broke this month

Are you able to expand on how freezing can account for the new mpv breaking? Not saying i dont belive that could be it, i just want to understand hypothesis and the thought process on how it could occur. Thanks for the input

Ill ask about the possible freezing idea. Im not familar with his winter closing process

Thanks for all the input. What do you mean unlocked? I know his original MPV worked well for years, broke, replaced and then 2 weeks later new one broke the same way. I get that we can say over tightening is the most common culprit for those fittings and i understand. Its just hard to belive...

Also found this, its like a filter just before the salt cell. Its all warped like it heated up or something. Just another odd observation. Not sure if it relates to the filter cracking issues but def doesnt seem good

We took apart the multiport valve to show where it broke