Recent content by DavidH

This is the gas line going to the pool/spa heater. According to the original owner's gas piping permit, it goes down 18 inches. Is this the riser going down to the plastic gas pipe? Is it acceptable to crack like this? There is no smell of gas.

There is actually a check valve (Flow Control) in there with a very loose spring. I was loosing spa water (to the pool) with the pump off so I replaced the spring and Viola! no more water loss. So, the purpose of it must be to prevent loosing spa water when the spa return Jandy valve is open...

Frogs and baby rabbits. Put some rocks on the top step so they could hop out and had no problem at all this year. Well, except that I now have scale on the rocks! Dang Arizona hard water!

Home came with one of those little dedicated suction Hayward Navigators. Went through the whole 1st summer not knowing the reason it would not climb walls is because the original owner did not install (or replace?) the "wings." It did the job but I had to watch it like a hawk and it just did not...

That makes sense (I knew I should have paid more attention in Algebra!). We are currently in the months where they monitor water consumption and tie that to the sewer bill so I will probably have to live with this for a while. Thanks Paul.

Hi Mark, yep, the turbulence makes sense. I am not the original owner so I don't know if it once went to something else but I doubt it. Next time I clean the pump basket I will take it off and see what, if anything, is hiding in there but I am totally at your mercy knowing what is and what is...

Here's a better pic. The Jandy is always set to "Return" unless I am using the Spa Air blower. There are separate pipes for "Pool Return" and the aerator (Here called "Sprays.") Then, the Jandy for "Water Feature" and "Spa Return" on the left side of the return line. I keep the Water Feature on...

Sat. morning edit. I thought the CH reading was suspect and re-tested today. It is 420 so it only dropped 40. Backwashing to drain water is not as viable an option as I thought. :cry:

I remember now that the installer (1 1/2 years ago) of my Filter and SWG took off the cap and said he reversed something in there but I, unfortunately, don't remember what exactly he said and whatever it was, it did not work.

Thanks Jason! I got my CYA up to 65. After I scrubbed off the green algae under the rocks I shocked again and backwashed to the bottom of the skimmer. It reduced my CH down to from 460 to 360. I thought that was impressive and I should be able to control it using that method. I ran the jacuzzi...

Please see pix. That white plastic screw-on cap in front of the SPA/Water Feature return makes a a vibration noise that can be heard a block away, no kidding! The only way to stop it is to increase the WF pressure to a point I don't want to use or to turn off the returns in favor of spa only. Is...