Recent content by dm123

Really not feasible for me to do that— a complete drain. I’m about to vacuum to waste and add fresh waster to get cya down and maybe some of this algae out. is there any other way? I only used the recommended amount for the sodium bromide treatment, but the test strips are showing high level of...

Well, I have had a mustard algae problem all year. Our regular pool guy was out sick and we hired a different company to install a new pool liner. They did not do any bottom work and as a result there are small divets and places in the pool where algae gets in and it is impossible to get out...

Just an update. I had my dad come over and check the impeller from the basket first again — he couldn’t get it to move either even with a screwdriver. So we took the back cover off and tried to get the shaft to move with a 7/16” wrench. It wouldn’t budge. I’m not sure what to do at this point...

I see from the video where to take off to access the capacitor and shaft. I’m going to try to unstick the shaft first since that is what was wrong last time.

Are you talking about the four bolts on the back of it, behind the basket? I’m trying to figure out what cover / where I need to take off. There is a cover over the metal part at the end (cylinder looking) and then the part that it attaches to where the basket is

Well, I guess it is stuck (nothing was moving), but I couldn’t get it unstuck with my hands or a screwdriver. I also couldn’t get a capacitor today (Sunday)— everything is closed.So I put 7 blankets (4 are moving blankets) over the pump / motor and I’m going to pray the p Basically we ran it...

Thanks! I will try this first!

The gold motor part has a black case over it , too

It’s a Hayward century. Last time the guy said the shaft was just stuck, so I’d like to try just to unstick it if possible. Not sure how to replace a capacitor.

Hi all! It’s going to get down to 22 degrees tonight (and will be that low for the next 3 days), and my pool is not able to winterized. We usually just run the pump if it gets below freezing. However in November we went to turn on the pump and the motor just hummed and would not kick on. I...

This is what I'm worried about. It's lost so much water already. I just don't see how it can be leaking ONLY in the winter and ONLY when the pump isn't on. It continued to leak after the holes were initially patched, which makes me think it's not a tear in the liner. But what else could it be? I...

Thanks, I will ask them. So do you think wait until spring or have them come out soon?

yes vinyl lined

Hi all I posted this same issue last year. Long story short our pool leaks, but only in the winter time when we aren't running the pump. IT leaked like this last winter, but once we started it up for the spring / summer, we had absolutely no issues with leaking or water level. We closed the pool...