Recent content by miamicuse

Thanks for the suggestions so far. Will look into some of these. To clarify, this is an inground spa, so there is not a raised edge to stretch a round cover over. Whatever used need to be rigid and weather resistant for say 2 months or so while there will be construction activities.

I got a very nice new cover for my spa two months ago. However, we are beginning a new project in a month to install new pavers around the pool. and the project will most definitely destroy the spa cover I have now due to construction crew, heavy equipment, tools, paver blocks, sand piles...

I think in this case there is a difference, hard 90s vs sweeps the difference is frictional losses which affect pump's performance and head requirement, I don't see one or two elbows make a appreciable difference, but if you are talking about 30 elbows that could add up, but then again if the...

makes sense!

Yes it is for the waste discharge, but since it is restricting all three ports of that tee, even when the waste branch is not used which is 99.9% of the time, it is a bottle neck just exiting the pump and entering the filter, it will become a bottle neck to the entire run. I have full port ball...

Should the tee for the waste line be upstream or downstream of the filter?

It is a FIBROPOOL 3 way ball valve. Not a Jandy. Here are some pictures. You can see in the second image, that inside the hub there is another reduction in the white PVC by about 1/4", then the black plastic piece in the middle has another reduction.

I am trying to add a tee to my line to remove water from the pool/spa when the water level is too high, like after days of heavy rain. Should this tee be added after the pump before the filter, or after the filter? I know I can do it with a tee and two ball valves, may be it's cleaner to use a...

I have a puzzling one. I have an Intermatic T1004RT1 enclosure with a timer inside. The switch will not turn to the ON position, not even manually. I checked the breakers, they are fine and getting power. Even the timer I can hear the tick tick tick. The dial is moving and the time is...

I have some questions about three way PVC ball valves. You have a lever that controls which way the water is being diverted to branch "A" or "B". I have a few of these made by Jandy and typically the way I use it is to set the return line to go to "A" the pool or to "B" which may be the spa...