Recent content by dbanks2552

Sorry I've been absent. I appreciate your help. I did turn off the power and rotate the impeller. the feel was a little grainy rather than smooth, but it rotated easily enough. Since the pump is still under warranty I did not investigate further and instead called my pool builder. Pump is...

Have 3 lines coming in from pool and combining to one which has the Vac-Alert on it then goes to Pentair Whisperflo pump. that leads to the cartridge filter then to the heater then the chlorinator and then the return which has 4 jets into the pool. I do remember that when I opened the pool and...

Not sure if this is a pump problem, but wasn't sure where to post. Came home today and pump was running but not circulating. Wife had noticed it was loud a few hours earlier but didn't see anything out of whack when she looked - cartridge filter pressure was 18 or so. When I went down to...

Thank you both for your input. I do have a Taylor kit so I'll have to look into padding that up a bit. The water is actually much more clear as I got home today and it seems to be improving in the pH at least a little bit. Still below 6.8 though. It's also holding some chlorine from the...

I opened my pool for hte first time on my own this year and then let it sit for a couple weeks (I know that was a big mistake) it was cloudy and so I threw in about 6 gallons of liquid chlorine and then 12 gallons. the chlorine levels were still low (was using test strips) pH was also low. I...

I'll try. But I have to wait for the ice to break first.

Awesome. Thanks. I hope the sub works now.

I have a radio controlled sub. If I have a pool with an autocover, is it OK to pull the cover back and use the pool to play with the sub? Is there any potential issue if the pool is uncovered briefly? The pool is an inground 20x40 ft pool. It is closed for the winter by the company who built...