Recent content by fourcornersmark

i just bought a new filter a couple months ago and i clean them every couple weeks in the summer. at this point i've tried almost everything. i plan to try fix a leak on the suction piping but i'm also currently working to get my copper down so won't try fix a leak until that's settled. my other...

how do y how did you find out about the gap? i'm having similar troubles with air getting in. i've cleaned and lubed and replaced the pump basket o ring. sometimes i can get it to hold with no air on startup but over time it always gets more and more until it's about a half pipe of water coming...

i updated my signature with my basic info. my pH is now about 7.2, FC 2.0, alkalinity 70. i had been using a floater with 3" pucks while my liquidator was out of service (needed a new valve). those probably dropped my pH and i think i added some muriatic on a whim without checking the pH level...

I let my pool pH get too low and am dealing with the fallout. We've had green hair, green in the filter, rust/metal precipitation in my liquidator when i dump the liquid chlorine in, etc. I only just noticed that at least part of my piping going back to the pool is copper, so it's clear copper...

i just installed my liquidator 2 days ago and i have a variable speed pump as well. when my pump kicks on to prime each day (at 2700 rpm) the flow meter is up at the top. when my pump speed decreases to it's normal setting of 1500 rpm, the flow meter reads about 3-3.5. so far i haven't noticed...