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Home warranty covered pool equipment!!!! Pool guy comes out and finds other issues to write up as well. Got approved for a new pump...thank goodness because the motor died Monday and a new Hayward TriStar was installed today. This should help my electricity too as I went from 2 HP to 1-1/2 HP...

thanks.....I think I've been running way too long! I'll cut it back and watch my cl a little more frequently now that the sun is moving down. And mjust replace the old motor with a more efficient single speed. B230SE instead of a UST1202....

So that must be why the one is telling me it won't pay for itself...I think the valet pop ups are the only returns I have for the pool. There aren't any jets anywhere else except the spa. So I guess I just look for a more efficient single speed motor and better calculate my run time to get the...

Electricity is $0.095/kwh. Yeah I'm seeing dual speed for about $4-500 but I find a whole new systems like a Hayward Max Flow VS for just over $600. I have one pool builder telling me a VS would pay for itself in 2 years and another saying it isn't worth it.

I have what I think is a RS1500 Hayward pump with with appears to be a replaced motor from a Hayward Max Flo or Super II, a 2 HP AO Smith C48M2N111A3 with a Hayward Pools label on it. The motor's bearings are going and my electric bill is ridiculous so I think it's time to change.... It seems...

No screws attached....but now that you say that, I looked again and what appeared to be fastened is not.....the bracket is there, just really, really tight....had to pry it off. Thanks for the guidance.

Just received a CircuPool SWG that I planned to install this weekend but I'm puzzled....Is there supposed to be a separate mounting bracket? All I have is this big controller on a plate that for the life of me, I can't figure out how it would come off to use as a mount and there aren't really...

Current setup 1) 1.5 HP Whisperflow Pool Pump 2) 48 FNS+ D.E. Pentair Filter 3) Rainbow 300 Chlorinator 4) heater, LP I believe 5) pop-up pool valets 11K gallon gunnite pool by Hamlin Pools in McAllen, TX I presume the $2K turnkey involves more than just the cell...

I am relocating and the new house has a nice pool with DE filter and tablet feeder and heater. I want to convert to SWG as that is what I had/have in my other home now. Is there anything special I need to know about using the DE filter and this? My other pool was cartridge filters. The...

Can I somehow take the existing tailpiece after removing the nut via saw and fit it to the new coupling nut by using a 2" coupling connecting the old tail piece to the new? I believe the old style was a 2" - 2" and the new is 2" - 2.5". My tailpiece is glued to my 3 way valve....trying to avoid...

My error codes are coming and going....sometimes I get 121 in reversind and sometimes not....sometimes I get 120 in other. But if I unplug the DC power from the cell and replug it, I get an error and then it quits. I measured current at board....seemed awfully high at 33.6 volts....measured...

OK, makes good sense...so I can just crank it up for awhile until I get a replacement? Mine is the square version with the sensor plumbed separate. The replacements appear to have the sensor plumbed into them so I presume I would just plug the old sensor and put it in the new spot? And my...

Did some searches but didn't quite find the answer.... My 3-1/2 year old unit is giving me intermittent 121 error code which according to the manual is a low voltage issue in reversing cell. I just checked and washed the cell. It doesn't have any calcium buildup and was clear, though a bit...

We also have a drain in the tile line and an automatic leveler. But we have no real chemical loss with a SWG. And if it rains more than 3" I keep a closer eye on the salt level for a while and may have to add some. My problem is the drain itself has no where to go but in the yard and the...

It's not so much a winter cover as it is a falling leaves cover! We have lots of oak trees in the yard. I take an oversized leaf net and drape it over a cable I string between the house pergola and a tree and then over the pool and anchor the sides with water tubes. (I tried pavers once, but...