Recent content by dinman

Ordered a new capacitor, we'll see. It definitely sounds like the problem. For now, if I open the filter and let some air in, it makes it easier to start, but every morning it takes longer and longer to get going. Hopefully have the new capacitor by the weekend

I've been running my Hayward 1.5 HP pump very consistently this summer due to water chemistry problems. Over the past week or so, I've noticed that when starting it, there is a slight pause before it comes on fully. A humming like something in there is on but the pump isn't running. This...

Update: The day that I was talking to all of you, I was also on the phone with my pool guy. He came out and put a DE filter temporarily on the deck and treated for mustard algae (no charge). That did nothing, so we drained the pool down to the deep end and re-filled with better water (again, no...

If that is the case, then what removes iron and other metals? - - - Updated - - - I’m in central Maine, have to take what we can get.

It’s a sodium bisulphate product to lower pH. As far as the iron goes, I might have to side with my pool guy, but don’t want to lose your input. The level was 1.3, next reading was 0.3, and then 0.0. I add the Metal Free and then backwash about every 24 hours. Since doing that, the pool has...

Thanks so much for the reply! Just tested with a hth test strip and here’s where I’m at: FC: 0 pH: 7.8 TA: 240 TH: 125 CYA: 30-50 First of all, I haven’t added CYA. Next, l’ll lower pH Then, I know there’s algae in there, the liner is slimy. So... do I shock it? Or add algecide? Thanks...

Hi. I've got an 18x36 IG pool with a SWG. About 26k gallons. Liner ripped this past winter and had to be replaced, which was done in the beginning of July. Two of the three truckloads of water came from a local pond and when finished was brown as brown can be. Balanced and shocked but wasn't...

Every year I get my pool looking pretty good, but once the water settles,I have a very fine silt along the seams. Diving down I find it's almost gelatinous. I vacuum it, sometimes to waste, sometimes not, and it always comes back. Thought it might be pollen? Then yesterday, I left the pump off...

Yes, I'm talking about closing the pool but not covering it. BTW, it has a salt generator for what its worth. I think the issues that seem to be at hand are dirt/dust, which there won't be much of, and exposure to the sun, which for at least a few months will be nil because it will be frozen and...

Off the radar for a day. Yes, I am in Maine. Last winter the snow was to the top of the 4' fence and you couldn't even tell there was a pool in there. In the spring when the cover came off the water was level with the deck. So lots of snow and cold winters.

My 18x36 IG pool was new last fall so after just one winter my cover was torn and it seemed more work than necessary. I have minimal leaves to worry about, so why not leave it not covered? The installer claims that he doesn't cover his own pool. I'd love to hear some opinions on this! Thanks.

Yeah, that's what I read, but I was wondering if it does in fact work or should I resell the reel?

Bought a 12mil clear diamond solar cover (the bubbles are diamond shaped as opposed to round). Also bought a Rocky's Easy Roller (used) bought just noticed in a pool catalog that warranties on both the cover and reels are voided with this type of cover. Since I haven't actually tried to roll it...

Hello! My first post and want to say what a great site. My first pool was installed last fall, an 18x36 inground radiant beauty! I live in mid Maine so very cold winters and short summers so I want to heat it, preferably solar. A local business has sent me a flyer for the "Solar Industries Solar...