Recent content by Craig22939

I did lube the ring sparingly, maybe I just need to add more so that it acts like an adhesive

Hello all I am getting ready to open my pool. Today I disconnected my pump so that I could lub the O-rings. I can not get the O-rings to stay in their grooves during reassembly. The suction side one mostly stays in place, the one on the discharge will not stay in the groove. Any suggestions...

I have not tried that yet. Will try soon

Thanks for the reply, we are on city water. Water quality is very good so I am doubting that it is metals. I have never used copper based algaecide, my PB added algaecide once last year when closing but it was copper free

All - So we have had our pool for about a year now. We used it last year for a few months before we closed it, and it has been open since late April. We have never had any algae issues and our chemicals have stayed balanced. I test everything myself using a Taylor kit. When I opened it this...

Good points, that is why I threw out the question. I am thinking that I will just go with the pump that I bought to pump out the pool during the winter

I started thinking about this due to the long deliveries. I am thinking about a singe speed, regular pump, probably around $200-250. I just need to not overthink it and just go ahead

Does anyone keep a spare single speed pump, for use if your main pump fails? Idea would be to just keep the water moving. I know it costs, but it would seem to save a lot of problems and keep the pool swimmable Thanks - Craig

Thanks for the response. We are on city water, very good quality. As for sunblock or oils, this is a lightly loaded pool. Did not have any real scum lines last year. The only things that I remember the PB using on closing last year was non-copper algicide and shock, but, they may have added...

Good morning. I opened my pool by myself the first time yesterday (construction finished mid summer last year). Followed my checklist and everything went well, including the preliminary startup ( then shutdown until chem levels are good) of my new heater (Summit XL140). I noticed some...

You really need to look at the exchange capacity of the cartridge (ie the meq of calcuim that it can remove). Its 40,000 gallon capacity is probably at a low calcium level

Reggie - sorry for the delay. The air pocket was probably 3", enough to uncover maybe 1/2 of the water inlet. Increasing the pump speed to 1350 has eliminated any air entrainment

Marty, I do not have an automation system. My pool is very basic just a pump, filter and SWG. I have a single skimmer and 2 returns, no other features. My goal is to just keep it simple. With the Pentair Superflo there are only 3 “time zones”, so no opportunity to purge air with bursts of higher...