Recent content by IcecreamMA

Just to put a bow on this - it ended up being a bad starting capacitor (or switch) on the new motor. The electrical box and lines were checked and everything was normal. The motor was replaced with another of the exact same motor and it works fine. I believe the centrifugal switch on the...

New pool pump motor was installed, it was started up, ran for a few seconds then started smoking. After this first startup, there was spilled clear oil inside the back cover near the capacitor. The motor will turn on and run for 5-10 seconds, then make a click sound and turn off. It's not...

@Jimrahbe Good enough for me! I shall replace the plug then see what happens. I figure if it seems weirdly tight, I'll stop. Like you said, it's not common to glue it, but I can't really be sure. Question - Should I wrap the new teflon tape on the new cap the same way it was previously...

@Noreaster That adult content warning is so weird. I can only assume it was that picture with my hand in it??? Some bot flagged it? No idea... I don't know what the heck is going on with that putty, just globs around the inside of the pot. I didn't really realize it was that bad until I...

OK, I got the last water out and took some good pictures of the drain. Seems like there is a lot of weird stuff going on here: The Bottom port "permanent" cap looks like it has a lot of Teflon Tape basically wrapped around the edges (in addition to the threads?) As you can see in the pictures...

Thanks Jim! No need to apologize, I VERY much appreciate your insight & time; I can tell you absolutely know what you're talking about. I definitely learned from your posts & now understand the whole setup better. I'm going to take a crack (let's hope no pun intended) at shop vac-ing the water...

That makes sense. I'm not sure the the gallons, I'll do the calculator, but just looking at other pools online... I'd say 15k gallon, certainly no less then 10k. So 4 inches of spa water probably might not move the pool water level up past my mark. Yeah, it drains all the way down until...

** Bonus I found a picture I had previously taken of the Spa! ** Yes, you're right :oops:. I kinda meant that it's probably leaked 1,000 gallons total, over time, since I've filled it then let it leak and just kept refilling it for a while. Ok, yeah - my spa does have two separate working...

Thanks for the replies, I appreciate them. @Jimrahbe I don't have much knowledge about this stuff (obviously), so I just assumed that the bottom plugged port had earth or something underneath it. Which now seems odd since if I was loosing 1,000 gallons of water into the earth under my pool, I...

The main floor drain in my Spa (concrete & pebble-tec) has two 2" ports on it - one on the bottom and one of the side. The one on the side is connected to the actual drain whereas the port on the bottom is plugged with a white, square headed Hayward 2" plastic cap (like this). I've notice a...

Thanks for the reply. That makes sense. So if a currently used, non leaking diverter leaks on this valve body and it did NOT on the valve it was in before... then it's the actual valve body itself. In that case, I'd need to cut out and replace? The pool repair at my neighbors house did say...