Recent content by Jtlkpool

Yes, actually did do that. I think it’s a dirty filter and the pump basket was full of leaves…really made a mountain out of a mole hill on this one.

Filter hasn’t been cleaned in ~4 months. Going to clean that next week! Also, we found a bunch of leaves in the pump basket. Cleaned the leaves out and it’s a lot better now. I really think leaves in the basket and dirty filter are the problem. So easy, and neither my husband or I or the pool...

Will give that a try, than you!

My pool pump basket is not filling with water and the jets have barely any flow. The filter will start at 18 psi but will drop to 12 after running the pump for ~30 minutes. I have 2 skimmers and the main. No matter which ones I turn off the flow doesn’t change…it doesn’t get better or worse...

That would be helpful, JoeSelf, I may get one of those.

Thanks so much for all the info. I think we are going to have our friend help us and I'll share all this with him. We're hoping to get this done in the next few weeks, so I'll let you know how it goes. We're definitely going to use conduit, and the electrician told us the trench should be 18"...

True, Duanebe. I actually put my foot in my mouth after that comment, realizing no one can in good conscience give me that advice as it pertains to a safety issue. But I see there is no delete button for erasing impulsive comments! I will check out the gfci breaker. Thank you.

I spoke to a family friend who said he'll help us run the wiring. He's not a licensed electrician, but has done quite a bit of work on his own houses and said he's confident he could do this. I can show him all of your suggestions, and I also have learned some about what supplies we need from...

It is a GFCI outlet, it does have the test and reset buttons. I'll have to change my signature to include the depth, it is 52". The estimate we were given is including us digging the trench. Without us digging, the bid is $1,000.

Yes, the cord is being run off a grounded outlet, duanebe. Ok, thank you pooldv. I'm guessing my husband read something similar when buying our pool and that's why he wanted to get it wired. We're going to dig the trench ourselves. I think I will ask around until I find someone that can offer...

Ok, thanks so much Jeffchap. I think we are just going to use the extension cord for now too. Until I find $700 just laying around and feel like giving an electrician some work (haha) it seems like it will work fine. The contractor mentioned upgrading to a 12 gage cord, so maybe I'll do...

We have our pool up, and are currently running the pump with an extension cord. The man who helped us install the pool told us just to use the extension cord, but we thought running electrical to the pool would be better long term. We've had some unexpected/no fun house expenses this winter...

Thanks for the reply! These are exactly the kinds of things I've been concerned about, but wasn't sure how to articulate it. I'm going to ask them.

We just purchased a pool online from The Pool Factory. We're going to have it professionally installed and the pool will be partially buried on one side, about 18 inches due to a slight slope in our yard. Our contractor wants to do the install in January. Is there anything wrong with doing a...