Recent content by gregoryagu

Hi Richard, Great information. The pool actually looks great. I think your right - it new enough that it just falls to the bottom again. So I think everything is actually ok now. I did do a yearly cleaning with TSP, and then a bit of Muriatic Acid as the filter is now about a year old. So I...

Ok, thank you.

I added it to the Skimmer.

I have been watching my DE Filter closely lately, because it does not seem to be operating correctly as the pressure rises quickly after I replace the DE. I have a Hayward 20 Sq Ft Perflex DE Filter which is less than a year old. At first it worked perfectly. About two weeks ago, I opened it...

Hi Kim, I have the usual pool vacuum. Keeping them vacuumed would be futile - they seem to both float on the top (I scoop those out daily with a net) and sink directly to the bottom. There are thousands of them and new blow in with every breeze and it goes on for two weeks. They are like...

Each spring (like now), nearby trees drop tiny seeds into my pool which results in black stains in the pool which must be scrubbed off (it's an epoxy painted pool, and it stains the paint for some days until it wears off). I already have a bird cage around the pool which keeps most leaves out...

Ok, I suspect you are correct. The pump motor in question did not flow through the heater before, so this makes sense that it would reduce the pressure.

I recently did a make-over on my pool system: 1. Installed new DE filter (was filter type before) 2. Installed new New Heater (had none before) 3. Removed one of two pumps and re-plumbed so the pump will pull/feed either the pool or spa, depending on diverter valve settings. There are two...

Thanks very much. I got my heat pump, wired it up, plumbed it up and it's working great. The Heat Pump is connected to the SPA only, so it heated it up to 99 degrees in only a couple of hours yesterday. I was surprised at how quickly reached the max temp. Then, if I want the pool heated...

Thank you very much. Is it typical to have only one pump for a pool/spa combo? It seems like that second pump (the old one on the left) complicates things quite a bit, and really isn't needed. Also, the spa pump right now doesn't go through the filter.

I am going to put a heat pump on the pad on the left hand side. (I already found one that fits on Amazon). The question is, how to plumb it into the system. Some explanation: There are two pumps. The one on the left is only for the spa. It draws and delivers only to the spa. The one on the...

Ok, I took off one of the eyeballs, and inside the pipe, I can feel that there is an air outlet pipe at the top - so that confirms the air inlet pipe theory. But I am still not sure if the eyeballs are correct for the spa jets, or it is supposed to be something different because of the air...

Ok, here are some photos. The spa, the pad, and the pipe in question. But I am pretty sure you got it right that this used to have an air blower on it. The only thing I don't get is how the air then gets to the jets. Is it a separet pipe, or the air goes down the same pipe as the water?