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The pump is on a side of the house where it doesn't see sun. It's shaded by trees when the sun is on that side. Additionally, we only run it at night. It's programmed to go from 10pm to 6 am. I will have to swing by Lowe's to pick up something to measure the voltage and amperage. Nothing has...

We bought our pump 5/29 and installed it a few days later. We replaced a 1 hp pump with another 1hp. It now keeps tripping the thermal cutoff and won't run for more than a couple of seconds. Repairs will cost more than the pump did . Did we just get a bum motor or do I need to upgrade to a...

I did hit save. The preview is still there when I go back to edit my signature and everything I typed is still there. I think it's the thermal breaker shutting it down. The switch stays in the on position and the circuit breaker is fine. The other pump that powers the Polaris keeps running...

It is wired for 230 V operation. We took the end cap off and watched the motor spin when we tried running it. It didn't seem to have any problems doing so? It can be manually spun on the impeller side and motor side, in either direction, with no resistance. It sucks in a little bit of water...

Okay, so I've watched a bazillion videos. It's coming on, the impeller rotates freely, it's just not priming. Thoughts?

It did get fully primed both before and after I cleaned the filter. There are no leaks from the filter, it's sealed up tight. It ran fine for about 10 hours during the evening/night after the filter cleaning. The next day, or maybe the day after that, is when it started making that noise and...

Hi! I have a Pentair 340038 Stainless Steel SuperFlo Single-Speed Almod Pool Pump, 1-Horsepower 115/230-Volt Single-Phase that I just bought and installed in June. It was nice and quiet at first but over the past couple of weeks has gotten louder. I have a DE filter, which I completely cleaned a...

Okay, so it's filled up and looking much, much better: Next problem: I just tried turning on the filter and the pump hums for a couple of seconds then turns off. I filled the basket and line with water to help it prime faster but the pump isn't making all the noise it normally does and isn't...

We did not fill it with well water. It was filled with city water here in Boise. I just ordered the K-2006 test kit. Thank you! Amazon had it for $50 and it should be here within a week. As for the chlorine tablets, we only used maybe 5 of them last summer. We didn't start using them until...

Okay, so I ended up trying chlorine on it while waiting for this to post. I bought 20 gallons of bleach and dumped some on the top step while it was draining. That took off the staining almost immediately! I cannot tell you how thrilled I was! It looked like this when I tried it...

Okay, so we winterized our pool ourselves last year and I don't know what we messed up but when we opened it this spring, it looked horrible. I think the cover had a leak in it actually, and all of the leaves that decayed and made the water in the cover brown sank into the pool too. It was...