Recent content by mlyle11

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    Coverstar Top Mount End Cap Pully Bearing Replacement - Noisey, Cover Jerking/Jumping

    Hi all, I have seen a few posts about the end cap pulley bearings. I replaced mine and thought I would share. Keep up the good work TFP! It seems my file is a tad too large... so I have tried to link it... I hope this works...
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    Coverstar Cover came out of one side of track

    Fixed... So to get the cover back in, I took off the bump stop off (so I could "hold" the cover in line with the original path - otherwise you would be holding off to the side and risk cutting the cover on the bump stop), and with my wife bumping it back 1 foot at a time, it fed back in rather...
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    Coverstar Cover came out of one side of track

    Hello all and thanks in advance for reading and thought! Pictures worth a thousand words attached. This is what I found this AM. One side is pulled out. 15 years of using a cover, never had this. This cover is 3 year old. I opened this weekend, had to do a bit of rope adjustment, cleaned and...
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    New Liner, New Water, Mysterious Bromine???

    Just got my new liner in and will reach operating level soon. 13 years on the old line with no leaks or stains! It was wrinkled a bit, and my CYA was very high (first 10 years on pucks - never again), it was just time. Now the mystery. I have totally new city water straight from the hose. Just...
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    Haward H200 Heat Exchanger: Repair-Replace-or buy new heater

    Re: Haward H200 Heat Exchanger: Repair-Replace-or buy new he I installed a new direct replacement H200. $1500 deliviered. I tore apart the old one to salavage any parts, and I'm very glad now that I bought new. After 10 years, many other parts were starting to deteriorate. If I had replaced the...
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    Haward H200 Heat Exchanger: Repair-Replace-or buy new heater

    Re: Haward H200 Heat Exchanger: Repair-Replace-or buy new he I installed a new direct replacement H200. $1500 deliviered. I tore apart the old one to salavage any parts, and I'm very glad now that I bought new. After 10 years, many other parts were starting to deteriorate. If I had replaced the...
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    Haward H200 Heat Exchanger: Repair-Replace-or buy new heater

    Re: Haward H200 Heat Exchanger: Repair-Replace-or buy new he Fair assessment! I think it's number 3 for me, and time to bite the bullet on SWG as well. Thanks for the feedback, I will watch the forum for a few more days then place my order. I'll also start a search on threads regarding SWG...
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    Haward H200 Heat Exchanger: Repair-Replace-or buy new heater

    Hello all! What a crazy season start here in Central IL. 86 degree March had everyone fooled! I'm still waiting a few weeks, but plan to be going by 3rd, 4th week in April. Here is my dilemma. Last year at season end my H200 heat exchanger developed a pinhole leak in the exchanger where one of...
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    Zero Alkalinty, Zero everthing!

    I am on it! Any recommendations on the application. If I need 40 pounds of B Soda, can I go as large as 5 pounds every 4-6 hours still I start to tip the scales? As much as 10 pounds if evenly distributed and I keep my Kreepy mixing things up? I should see my PH raise as well. I will be watching...
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    Zero Alkalinty, Zero everthing!

    Temp 80 CYA @30 Tot Chlorine 0 Free Chlorine 0 ph below scale? 6 or less? Tot Alkalinity 0 Tot Hardness 400 18X38 25000 gallons Heater, safety cover, vinyl liner Cholinated with Tri-Chlor Pucks in the feeder I have a TFP test kit and I use aqua check strips to confirm. My pool has been out...