Recent content by jojoman

After just doing a swap out of a 400kBTU Sta-rite to a 400kBTU Raypak heater, I can see why so many like the Raypak better. Way less noise, it's very hard to hear it running. Of coarse for you will not need one that big for 9000 gallons unless you was looking for the water to get heated quicker...

Thanks, I was kind of hoping that would be the case.

Realized haven't taken new photos of pool in two years. So here are some new ones.

Came home yesterday and the pool was not running. After looking into it found the circuit breaker to both pumps was tripped. After more investigation found the start capacitor looked like it blew it's self a part. Have been eyeing going with a robot but refuse to pay the summer tax on a unit...

I was thinking the same. About to pull the trigger on a cleaning robot but what to do with the old pressure cleaner and supporting H/W. First, I'm keeping everything as robot seem to fail from time to time. This way I have back-up if the robot is in the shop. Second, here in southeast LA with...

I would add after reading the article to check the O-rings on suction side of pump also. I changed out a pump last year and had many bubbles in the basket after the change. The new pump didn't line up with the old pipe connections so I had to change the piping around. Well not being a plumber I...

Thanks! Funny you said mouse. One of my neighbors who has a MasterTemp 250 back on New Years said he had a mouse/rat family living in his. Should have been a cue for me to check mine also.

Yes, it comes on and starts heating the water until it gets near the preset temperature then the display starts jumping up and down within a 5 degree range of what it thinks the water temperature is(it's wrong on that account also) and starts clicking turning on and off. I was thinking it is...

I don't have the banging noises but mine is doing the same thing. First it's miss reading the temperature. The read out will say the water is 102F but a thermometer in the spa reads 87F. Then when it gets near the set temperature it starts to go rapidly up/down on the display and switching...

My PB puts the float type in every pool he builds and I found this web site too late to change the auto-fill. He ran the water feed line to a hose connection by the pool and I put a Y/splitter on it. I can turn on the auto-fill with a turn of the valve on the Y/splitter or turn it off when water...

I do admit, I would do the beach entry with a built an umbrella holder built in to if I had to do it again. The PB even talked about doing one instead of a tanning ledge but the wife was dead set on a tanning ledge instead. I can see it now, umbrella up with chairs in the water. Oh what could...

To me the 3.5 foot shallow end feel more natural. I guess from growing up with pools that had 3.5 foot shallow ends in my younger days. It's really what your family thinks will work the best. I can tell you that here in the south the sun's ray will heat up the water on your tanning ledge. Now...

Sorry I didn't see your post sooner. That is the regular Caribbean Series Aruba Sky, I don't remember the Reflection Series Aruba Sky being an option when we made our pick for plaster. Sounds neat, hope you put some pictures up of it.