Recent content by jersey-tech

@Ribbod- I don't have any advice to add but I want to say that your pool looks like a wonderful oasis! It's almost like a secret swimming hole in the woods. I don't envy the leaf skimming you must have to do though!

Ah, really? Not the answer I was expecting. Also have a pinhole leak on part of the manifold that's going to need work, and the installer said it would be a "pain in the Rear" to fix it (basically, replacing the entire manifold with three different T-junctions.) Haven't had him put that in...

I was in a similar situation when I bought my house 1.5 years ago. The house had been foreclosed on earlier and the pool sat for over a year with no maintenance. The sellers were including it "as is" so I had to do my best to determine how much it would cost to get it running and factor that...

Hi all, I'm planning to deep clean my sand filter prior to opening the pool. I read through everything on this thread and watched the videos but I still have one question: How can I separate the multiport from the filter body if it is attached with fixed PVC pipe? The only piece that isn't...

Does the Aquarite SWG have a battery? Mine does not lose power when I unplug the unit from the power receptacle. We chose not to hard-wire it so the unit can be unplugged and stored indoors for the winter. I viewed the energy monitor on and off over the course of an afternoon/evening and the...

It's been cool the last week but ours was still 79F today. No external heater but I have been using a solar cover (Blue Wave NS520 14-mil Solar Blanket) since we aren't swimming every day this late in the season. The cover is annoying to take on and off but the water temp is wonderful for those...

I was curious about this so I plugged in my SWG (Hayward Aquarite AQR940 Expert Line SWG with 40,000 Gallon Extended Life Turbo Cell) to a Belkin energy monitor to see how much power it was drawing. With the SWG set at 80%, it was pulling an average of 6 watts with the pump running. With...

Here's my experience with replacing the motor on a Hayward SuperPump: When we opened the pool at our new home this summer, the existing 2HP Hayward pump (SP2615X20) had a seized motor and we expected to have to replace it. To our surprise, the installer who set up the new filter and SWG was...

Had some issues with the Intermatic timer for the pump at my new house, so I wanted to share my experience. The house was "flipped" after a foreclosure, and the original owners took most of the pool equipment including the filter (backstory here.) The flippers did almost nothing to rehab the...

Agreed. The BabyBarrier fence was really a no-brainer for us. Our yard is fairly small as it is, and we wanted to be able to let the kids play without having to worry as much. There were other cheaper ways to fence off the pool, but the safety fence anchored just around the concrete apron keeps...

We had our safety fence installed the day we moved in--the guy was out there drilling the fence supports while the movers were carrying in boxes. It wasn't cheap (about $2200 installed for 100ft) but so far the MagnaLatch gate has been easy to use and overall it's a major peace of mind. We have...

Wow, Dirk! That video is certainly eye-opening. We definitely shouldn't get too comfortable with the safety fence, even with a self-closing gate. There are plenty of chairs around for a kid to pull over and climb up on. I'd also like to consider one of those pool alarms that senses when the...