Recent content by gctnj

After losing water for a few weeks, I pressure tested my pool and found a leak at the pool wall. There is 1 1/2 inch black poly pipe that attaches to the wall over a plastic fitting. The black poly was glued on and the fitting is cracked. It looks like it is a reducing fitting that reduces...

Update: Was researching two speed and variable speed pumps. In the meantime, I was running the old pump two hours at a time by turning the shaft to start it and turning it off after two hours to stop it from overheating. I had ordered some parts so I could use it as a backup after I installed...

Thanks for welcome. Read the Pool School posting instructions. My signature should be up to date. When I run less than 8-9 hours regularly, the pool would get cloudy. Could be the fact that the pool has only 1 skimmer and the main drain doesn't seem to pull that well. It is an older pool.

A question asked a thousand times, I am sure. My Pentair 1.5 HP Challenger pump motor just failed. I've replaced the motor twice and the pump is quite old, so I am looking at another pump. My pool is 26,000 gallons, 1.5 inch piping, 1 skimmer, 1 drain, 2 returns, a Nature II and chlorinator...