Recent content by erickpeniche

Thanks for the suggestion! Is there an advantage of doing the cable fish from the end of the light wire at the junction box vs doing it directly from the cut wire at the light end? To me, the first one involves pulling first from inside the pool then attaching the new cable and then pulling from...

I'm about to replace my old damaged Pentair SAM pool light with a more maintainable Pentair Amerlite. I removed the screw and took out the whole Pentair SAM. Since the light was already damaged because of a water leak, I decided it was useless for me so I cut the power cable a few inches from...

Hi, Some days ago, I applied my first DE filter cleaning (the one is recommended to do once every 6 months), which involved opening the DE filter by removing the clamp, lifting the lid and taking out the filter grid so I can then clean it using a hose. I thought it was going to be a very easy...

You are a total HERO! Thank you so much ajw22 for helping me with figuring out my pool vacuum system parts. I'm sorry I took so long to reply back. I have been busy with the moving. I'm now facing a small problem. If you look at the image #4, you can see 3 suction lines: 4B is the skimmer line...

Hi everyone! Im a complete newbie in regards of pool maintenance. This is my first pool and I'm still learning a lot thanks to this forum. I'm having a hard time trying to identify all the parts/valves from my whole pool and pump system. Today I tried to manually vacuum my pool and couldn't do...

My name is Erick, I am a first time homeowner and my house came with a pool. I have lived all my life in another country where I had a house with a pool too, but my parents used to take care of the pool and usually with only chlorine, so I am a complete newbie regarding all the chemicals, levels...