Recent content by bryantdr

Thanks for all the help and advice on this. After doing a few hours of research, I have a lot of questions on replacement lights, but I will start a new thread.

Thanks. To be clear, you think it could be possible to reconnect the ground without lowering the water level? I'm over 150 feet above sea level, so I'm not worried about that. I thought draining a vinyl pool could cause the vinyl to fail, but maybe not an issue for only a 2-3 foot drop?

Thanks for the replies. Just to verify, this is the green bonding wire, which they may need to lower the water to fix? Also to verify, it shouldn't be an issue for the vinyl to lower the pool water past the lights?

I have two Pentair lights, that look like they are 20 years old (images attached). I replaced the bulbs about 4 years ago with LEDs when they burned out, and they have worked well since. Unfortunately, this season the lights would not come on, and I noticed there was some water within the...

FYI, if it helps anyone. I reseated everything and the Dolphin is back to normal. Hopefully the new impeller makes it even better.

Sorry to jump on your thread if its okay? Opening my pool today, and my Dolphin Oasis Z5 Robotic Pool Cleaner, had one good run, and now it only runs for a few minutes before stopping. I couldn't find it clogged with anything. I did notice the impeller was missing one blade, so I'm ordering...

So I have an update. The good news is the new capacitor arrived today, and it fixed the problem:)! The bad news is, it turns out the new capacitor is a tiny bit wider than the old capacitor. I measured the old one, but not to the 1/16th of an inch. It is a very tight fit, and I actually lost...

Thanks, I ordered this one from Amazon. Which looked like it met all the metrics, and was the same size as mine, and same statistics. It was 370/450VAC vs 370VAC and +/- 5% vs. 6%, but hopefully not an issue. https://www.amazon.com/BOJACK-Starting-Capacitor-450VAC-10000AFC/dp/B07PBWT8LX It...

Thanks for all the replies. As an update I pulled the capacitor tonight. It's a Genteq 27L1358. It doesn't show any water damage, but there is a tiny bit of warping around the rim on each side. I'm not an expert at using a multimeter, but when I set it to all the ohms settings, it stays at 0...

Yes, that is my pump. How hard is it to replace myself? I have basic tools but probably not specialty tools? Also, any advice on keeping the pool from becoming a swamp if it takes a weak or so to get going?

Today my Pentair WF-8 2HP stopped working. I noticed it was loud, and I shut it off to clean the basket. When I turned it back on it just hummed with no water pumping. I checked and I could turn the impeller. I watched some YouTube videos and a bad capacitor is really the only repair I would...