Recent content by HGalindo

Ugh, acid injection what now? Tell me more!

Thanks, everybody. And yeah, correct that you *should* be testing and adjusting all those parameters at least weekly but also we have lives and limited time/energy resources and such and sometimes the pool isn't the priority. I just think the chlorine getting out of hand is the bigger mess to...

I need help reasoning through getting a SWG and understanding why my pool people don't like them. We're refurbishing our pool with new plaster (pebble from quartz plaster), resetting coping, etc. and I thought while we're doing that, maybe switching to SWCG. I really struggle with being...

Thanks for the help! I did do a bit of a tuneup probably 3 years ago, so not everything is shot on the ol’ fella but this go around, I did replace the bearings on all wheels, put new tires on and swapped front for back so the teeth are good. Great tip there. Also I discovered that the axel was...

Hi there, I'm dealing with an issue where my 280 is only making right turns and getting the hose all pretzeled up. I'm trying things in stages, starting with the easiest and I noticed the front tire wasn't engaging with the small middle wheel and that the tire was really worn down, so I swapped...

What form do they sell it to you? Jugs like from big box stores?

Thanks! As I said, I only spot checked the store by me and the only thing they had was an empty box in the huge space for all the chlorine. But on their website, they say it’s not available anywhere near me. I’ll check another one and then see what Wal-Mart and others have. Thanks for the...

I’m slamming and fortunately had a few cases of HDX chlorine in reserve from earlier in the year but not enough for a full duration slam… but now I can’t find liquid chlorine at all. Anybody seen any?? Hate to order for 4x the price on Amazon … Home Depot basically says they’re out of it all...

So it’s sucking in from the returns, is what you’re saying. I ended up just plugging it back up. We don’t have any potatoes but I appreciate the ingenuity! I suspect we’ll just have to take this as a $$ lesson. I’m surprised there’s not a thorough post about this situation on the forum already...

It’s a little downhill but the main pump stopped draining once I figured out to take the pump basket lid off to stop the siphon action and shut the actuator for the main drain to Off, so I don’t think that’s it.

Hi there. I’m trying to save as much of my equipment as I can in this Texas freeze. I’ve drained the main pump and am trying to drain the cleaner booster, but it’s just running forever. It’s got some sort of siphon action happening and I can’t figure out how to fix it. Attached is a pic of my...

Yeah, we ended up being off for 5.5 hours. Pretty sure we would have been bursting at the seams by the end of that if I hadn't bitten the bullet. I hope your outages continue to be rolling vs. the dead stop we seem to have had.

It's stabilized at the bottom of the tile, so I think we're okay. :/ It's a little downhill from the pool, so I think that's what happened.

Ended up finding schematics for my pump and booster and was able to get one plug out of the main pump and the one out of the booster. The other on the pump I can’t get leverage on to turn it. It’s in a tight spot. I need a child hand... Power has been out nearly 4 hours and the pool is icing...