Recent content by Mike Hawk

Timer replaced and the pump fired right up.

Replaced the relay and.....nothing :mad::mad::mad: Decided to take off the leads from the freeze probe and jump them and the pump fired right up. Reminder that the pump can be fired off either by the timer or the freeze protection probe. Stinking timer that I had just replaced two seasons ago...

Every pool owner should should put away $x every paycheck. Crud ain't cheap. In my 8 years of pool ownership off the top of my head: 1) Replastered pool 2) Piered pool 3) Replastered pool again, this time with new tile and coping. 4) Bought a vacuum suction cleaner 5) Bought 2x leaf skimmer...

Five years of not having to deal with an in line leaf canister, bulky hoses, running your pump, making sure the entire vacuum cleaner and lines are primed first, still not knowing if the side suction will even get to your entire pool in any sort of time period, yeah, I'll take the robot hands...

2007 intermatic PF1102t freeze protection control timer. Had to replace the timer control "puck" back in 2020. Went to startup this season and the pump wouldnt turn on. Lots of poking around with the multimeter and many on/off attempts and switching the panel breakers off and on, somehow I...

Warrior SI from Marina. Won't be in stock till July+ though.

A 'hose cone' adapter should do the trick. https://www.amazon.com/Pentair-K121110-Replacement-Automatic-Cleaner/dp/B004VTGG0O Or if you get a vacuum lock for your side suction port (which you really should get to be up to code) the door's latch when open can latch onto the hose and make sure it...

So a few caveats: Over the winter I had the pool re-plastered with QuartzScapes. Our sand filter was also 13+ years old and was putting out sand in the return lines so I had the contractor also remove/replace the sand and check to see why it was leaking sand. They said the laterals were good...

Figure I'd give closure to this. So I decided to go with the 2nd pool outfit that came out to quote me. New tile, coping, plaster (obviously), new upgraded LED pool light, new fixtures to replace all the old yellowed ones, fix both my skimmer's broken weir doors, remove my gas heater that I...

You can order a caddy afterwards. I'm just gonna store my E30 on its side/upside-down (shouldn't store them on their tracks) inside my Suncast chest on my pool deck. My new guy giving it heck! I gotta say I'm really surprised how much just the spring fine filter picked up! I had my sand...

I'm in the same boat. E30 is supposed to be delivered today, can't wait to try it out. You can get the rough pre insert + ultra fine filters @ a discount from Marina. I'm going to go that route. More money than I'm wanting to spend and I'd rather have the Warrior SI since it comes with the...

I went all rub a dub with a chlorine puck and vitamin C. No help. It's rougher like sand paper in certain areas so I'm assuming that's the calcium precipitating out of the water and latching onto the floor/walls? For what it's worth the stains do seem to be less now that I'm monitoring my...

E30 is the cheapest S200 clone available right now at Marina. If you go to their webpage there's a YouTube link and within that link is a Google doc with the models and availability.

$30 for 30 cents of plastic. Highway! Robbery! Although I might buy it, some replacement tracks, and a new front flap that broke off and then sell my Poolvyvyvyvefvevgenggegehg for $200+ or so on Facebook Marketplace 🤔

I'm not seeing side port/jets on the Polaris but it still says it does waterline scrubbing. Interesting.