Recent content by joem32543

25,000 gallons. I replaced the pump motor yesterday. It took me about 2 hrs and I was not confident about my shaft seal replacement, but there have been no leaks yet.

Cartridge Filter is 400 sq. ft. I only run the high speed for vacuuming and run the low speed (~6 hrs a day) the rest of the time for circulation. I am going to order the 1-1/2 hp motor mostly b/c I don't want to have to worry about changing the impeller and messing with the current set-up of...

So, I need to replace my pump motor. It turns on, hums for about 5 seconds, and then shuts itself off. It's progressively been getting louder the past few weeks, and I was just waiting for it to die. I've tried replacing the capacitor, but it didn't work. I'm pretty sure it's the bearings. The...

Any thoughts? The pump is 2-speed. I've been running it on the high speed most of the time, but I've switched to the low speed, and it seems to be much quieter.

I have a Sta-Rite Max E-Pro Centrifugal 1 HP Pump (exact model unknown, I will look tonight) that, over the past few weeks, has been getting much louder and now is extremely loud and has an almost rattling sound coming from the motor area. After running for a few mins, the motor section is...

Sorry I haven't responded with pictures yet. My garage got broken into and all of my tools were stolen, so I've been dealing with that. My pool looks spectacular! I will try to post pictures tonight. I passed the overnight test last night and just need to clean up some crud on the bottom...

Wow WHAT A DIFFERENCE! I woke up this morning to a pool that I could actually see the design off the liner in the bottom! Thank you everyone for all the help! Continuing to SLAM until it completely clears! I think I'm up to around 40 gallons of bleach!

Yes, I'm still slamming, just glad to be getting FC over 2. Its the small victories...

After 12 gallons of 10% today, I can finally claim victory over the ammonia!!! FC: 9 CC: 1

I just got an ammonia test and got about 3 ppm. How much more chlorine is this going to take?!?!?!

The pet store didn't have an ammonia test. I've now put 10 gallons of bleach into my pool today and it won't register more than a FC of 2. Is it normal for the delayed ammonia response? When I first started SLAMMING, I was getting FC in the 10-12 range.

Hmmm.... I will try to pick up an ammonia test today... My results from this morning: FC: 3 CC: 8.5

Another test: FC: 3 CC: 10 WOW! This pool is chlorine hungry! The way my tests have gone, it's almost like I had to burn off the algae first before I could start burning off the ammonia.

Wow, added three gallons of bleach and checked after an 1.5 hrs FC: 2 CC: 8.5 Something is eating up the chlorine!! Does this sound like ammonia?