Recent content by Carusoswi

My Polaris, other than routine maintenance, has been basically trouble free for years. Lately, it refuses to go to the bottom. It doesn't matter whether the pump is on or off. When pump is on, it sort of swims half way down all around the pool until it contacts a wall, then, manages to turn...

Thanks for your reply. Your experience mirrors mine during the forty years I have spent with this pool. However, this season, my original filter (also forty years old) would not clear my pool. Local pool dealer told me to check for DE in the pool. I had a ton of DE in the pool. After...

Just had a new Pentair fans de filter installed. When I add DE after backwashing, there is an initial cloud of DE that flows back into the pool through my return lines upon start up. I questioned the pool store who applied and installed the unit, and they state that I must have added too much...

Thanks for the reply, Zea3 Test results: Free Chlorine 15ppm (flagged as high, and probably because of recent shock) Total Chlorine 15ppm PH 7.6 Total Alkalinity 56 Calcium Hardness 345 Cyanuric Acid 72 Iron 0.1 Copper 0.6 Phosphates 232 TDS (I don't know what this is) 1100 The report flags...

I have had this pool since 1987. Never any major problems. This season, she has turned greenish brown. Had my water tested at pool store, they tell me the copper level is high (0.6). They have had me try a powder metal "remover" and a couple of drop-in pods that I put in the skimmer. No...

I have owned three different Polaris cleaners since 1987. All have spent summers constantly submerged except when swimmers other then myself were using the pool (didn't want them to have to avoid the cleaner or possible damage it accidentally). In my experience, components wore out (belts...

SDor: Thanks for the reply. My Polaris is moving quickly, but it is also doing a good job of picking up debris from the bottom of the pool. Wednesday of this week, I checked the pool to find the Polaris stuck at the steps, which I thought odd since it had run almost two days without becoming...

John333: markayash asked if you had checked your cartridge filter. You replied that you had disassembled your DE filter, but you did not respond with information about the cartridge filter. It is contained in an in-line filter that is the first segment of the hose that connects to the side of...

I should have been more thorough in describing how I use a pipe wrench in these situations. First, of course, you need to take what the pool gives you in this situation and unscrew the threaded pool side connection (quick release and all). Then, what I do is position my pipe wrench so that...

Tom: I did have an issue with the valve that switches between backwash and pool return. I was alerted to this problem by observing DE discharge into the pool when recharging DE after backwashing. It is a problem I have encountered previously. Mine is an Anthony pool build in 1978, and has a...

Yup, well aware of this problem. I used a pipe wrench to unstick mine, after which I lubed the connection thoroughly. Most of the time I can disconnect these two pieces successfully. My recommendation is to continue to liberally apply silicon lube to this junction. Nonetheless, nothing...

FWIW, I deleted that pressure relief valve by removing the screw-in part with a 1" plastic plug that I purchased at my local hardware store. It really made no difference in enhancement of the movement of my Polaris 380. What really made the differnece for me was disassembling the unit so that...

Good news! My most recent tear down, during which I probed the water wheel input port with a small (very tiny precision) screw driver proved to solve the problem. Apparently, there was debris (probably DE discharged when the backwash gaskets were degraded) blocking that port. Clearing that...

Chicagoland: Thank you for your helpful reply. I have checked all the items you mentioned. All is good. There is plenty of pressure throughout the system (actually, too much pressure such that I back it down via the valve at the return line coming from the booster pump), internal hoses are...

So, reading elsewhere online, another user posted that removing the screw-in portion of that pressure relief valve and replacing it with a plug solved his problem. So, I bought a "blank" 1" plastic plug which fit perfectly. Screwed it in, no more water escaping, as the valve is deleted. The...