Recent content by mikester

I had the same issue with circulation in the spa using pool vs. spillover mode. Probably my main gripe about the Pro Logic is how the spillover is handled. I wish I could tell it on the timer menu what mode to run in (spa, spillover, pool), but it just has timers for pool and spa, and the pool...

As much as I would like to blame Ike, it actually stopped working a couple of weeks before Ike hit. We are way inland, so no water damage to the area. I did get a new roof out of the deal, which was nice since my old one was getting close to the end of its life. Anyway, I talked to one...

Last year we replaced our old heater with a new Raypak LowNox unit, which I put in myself. Last fall we started having problems with the heater not lighting - you would hear it clicking over and over, but it never lighted. Hurricane Ike hit us shortly after that, and after dealing with all...

OK, I have a quick question about the plumbing - To handle the waterfall no matter if we're using the spa or pool, I plan to add a valve to the intake side of the main pump and open it when the waterfall is in use. So the intake side would look something like this: Skimmer/Drain valve ->...

The pump and controller arrived today. I got most of the electrical done this evening, and will start on the plumbing tomorrow, weather permitting (increasing chance of rain each day up to Sunday, which is supposed to be very wet). I took pictures of each step and plan to document the whole...

Yes, it's a separate waterfall. And I hear you regarding the balance - worst case I just pull everything from the pool and spill over. Good idea about plumbing the waterfall before the heater - I hadn't thought about that. It would probably be easier that way, actually. I ordered the...

Yes, it's a spillover spa. When we first bought the house, the pool had this huge Laars 400k BTU heater and the previous owner showed us how to set the valves (everything was manual back then) for the spa. Well later when I learned what I was doing, I noticed that the directions he gave us had...

OK, I'm pretty much sold on the Tristar variable speed. I'll probably order it in the next day or two. I have a question about how to use it in place of our waterfall pump as well. I know a lot of people supposedly do this with the Intelliflo - run the entire pool off a single variable-speed...

We don't even have a dedicated suction line. We have to run it through the skimmer, and there is only 1 skimmer on the pool, so it really interferes with the circulation.

I dunno - the Dynamo has been there since we bought the house 6 years ago. Last time we tried to use it, water just gushed from behind the volute, so I'm guessing the seals are completely shot. We ended up just not using the waterfall for half of last season because of that. I planned on...

I have to admit, I am very tempted by the Tristar VS. The potential bang for the buck is very compelling. And I want to believe that the early failure on my current Hayward pump was a fluke. After all, I haven't heard any bad things about the Super II pumps, and have in fact seen them...

A couple of other options I thought of, just to throw them out for the sake of argument: 1) Buy 2 separate pumps and split the pool and spa plumbing loops. The filter would probably have to be shared, but the heater could be dedicated to the spa loop, since that's all we use it for. 2)...

Our 3 year old Hayward Super II 2-speed pump motor (1.5 HP uprated) is dying, and I am looking into the feasibility of replacing it with a variable speed pump. First off, my specs: - 12,000gal in ground gunite with large overflow spa - Waterfall on separate Dynamo pump (which is also near...