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I don’t think it makes a huge difference. I have a dark blue-green-ish pebble tec finish (don’t know exact color, pool was here when we bought the house.) My next-door neighbor has a smaller pool with white plaster finish - based on my unscientific observations they feel around the same temp...

Do you have a functioning pressure gauge? If I have both main drain and skimmer fully open, my pressure is ~20psi. If I close the main drain pressure drops a few psi (pump can’t pull enough water from just skimmer return alone). So I run skimmer full open and main drain half open which gives max...

Thanks for posting. My C1200 filter top blew off this weekend - threads on the locking knob were stripped out. Ordered a new knob and washer/o-ring kit and replaced today - your vid was very helpful and saved me some $$$. Cheers!

Know this is an old thread but I had same issue, couldn’t close the lid after installing new knob. Cleaning threads at the top did the trick. Guess they weren’t an issue with the old knob since those threads were so stripped. Thanks!

One of the sunseeker’s? Mine is starting to act a little flaky after ~18 months - at times it won’t change color even when I cycle on/off. Hoping it holds up a bit longer. I hear you on the cables. One tip that was helpful to me: lube the cable generously with a silicone lube like magic lube...

What kind of pump is it? Does it have unions? If so replacing with a pump of same dimensions makes this a very easy job. Inyopools.com or other retailers (or folks on here) can help you find one w same dimensions. Otherwise most any pump will work with some plumbing required. I would go single...

Thanks will check it out. Yeah suction inlet should be same height per the guys at inyopools

I am planning to replace the pump for my waterfall spillover. It's an old Hayward Super that will be replaced with a Waterway SMF (with 2" unions) Just wanted to sanity check my plumbing plans. I'm going to cut at the red marks shown and will probably put the new check valve on the horizontal...

Do you have enough suction at the skimmer to vacuum the old fashioned manual way? That is going to be your cheapest option- the vac head attachments are generally around $30 As mentioned above need to fix your chemistry

The nomenclature on their website is confusing. I got this pool tone model. It’s not “nicheless” but it needs roughly the same clearance as your current one, maybe an inch or so (definitely not 7)

I replaced a Hayward colorlogic with a Florida Sunseeker Pooltone earlier this year. It’s only been a few months but so far so good. It’s as bright as the Hayward was.

If you look inside the niche do you see a bonding lug? It should attach there. After the bonding wire is attached to the lug it’s covered with a potting compound, so your lug may be covered with a blob of dark compound.