Recent content by kittersue

Lots of space between the spring coils...:( I just tightened them as much as I could, my husband will need to do the last few turns as I can't get the nut to move any more, but the space is almost gone between them. Fingers crossed!

Oh my gosh, I had no idea! The pool company left us a binder with basic instructions only. I took it upon myself to lube the O-ring because I know you need to lube other ones on the equipment. But that's my fault for not researching. I'm going to check the spring clamp shortly because I feel...

We always lube the big filter O ring and tighten the spring to the same place each year (we measure how many threads still show). I turned off the system this afternoon and closed the skimmer and main drain valves just as a stop-gap measure to keep water from draining out of the pump. The...

All my pool equipment is about 4 feet above the water level. The last few summers there has been a minor issue with air entering somewhere, because I would get bubbles from the return jets whenever the system started up for the day. Last summer, it was much worse, I would get 3-4 HUGE bubbles...

Is that a pretty simple thing to do? And would that work for us? Our pump is making a screeching noise that the pool company (without hearing it) said must be the bearings going bad. I would love this option if possible!!!

The reason we're replacing the pump is that it's making a horrible screeching noise that's getting louder, and we were told it's the bearings going bad. I actually have the option of getting a replacement Whisperflo at half the price of a VS. I have been able to keep my pump running time to 10...

We are going to replace our 1 HP single speed Pentair Whisperflo with one of the Pentair VS pumps. We have a 25,000 gallon pool, 2 skimmers, 4 returns, and don't run an automatic cleaner or any spas or waterfalls. We have a slide that uses water that we turn on and off. I don't want to overdo...

About 4 years ago, when the pool company closed our pool, they somehow left power to the pump and for approximately a month it was running on and off in "freeze protection" mode without water. Thankfully, I discovered it and they came out and turned off the system. They told me to see how it...

I have four returns in my pool, and I use two spray devices when the pool is hot (Arctic Cooler) to try to reduce the temp. In order to get a higher spray mist from the Arctic Cooler, I need to completely block one return. That means that two returns have a spray device, one return has a plug...

We have a Pentair EasyTouch control panel that works fine except the bottom row display does not light up. It seems like we can either buy a new motherboard (over $400) or try to fix it ourselves (found a post on here about people who have soldered on a new, inexpensive LCD but that scares me)...

Mendy48, i also was stupid enough to buy the UV light junk. I had the pool company remove the whole stupid thing and run new pipe to connect the equipment. Why I ever believed a UV light would help an outdoor pool is beyond me...but I was not part of this site then!

Gosh, hope I did this right, I have never posted a photo, but we have two skimmer valves (left side/blue handles) then the bottom drain valve (1st black handle on bottom) then a valve that controls I guess draining the pool (I was told to touch it only when reversing heat flow from bottom...

I will snap a photo tomorrow of the equipment pad. And yes, I assume I have a small suction leak somewhere. Any time the pool starts up in the morning after being off all night, I get a large bubble or two coming out of the returns, followed by smaller bubbles, then normal flow. Could never...