Recent content by NullQwerty

Thank you! Interesting...so if it were the capacitor, would it just be coincidental on the timing? I pulled the cover, but not seeing much that stands out as being out of the ordinary other than the power wires looking a bit old. This pump came with the house so I'm not sure of the history...

Hey folks, After 20+ years of closing my pool for the winter, I finally goofed. I thought for certain I drained the pump but didn't. Sure enough, I went to start it for the season and it hums for a few moments and then trips the breaker. No prior problems with the pump Just want to confirm...

Hey folks, An animal tore a huge hole in my liner at the bottom of the shallow end in my inground Vinyl pool. It definitely needs to be replaced (repair not possible). The water has drained to the bottom of the shallow end (water line is about 3' deep). The deep end is about 8.5'. It's an...

Ok, thanks for the help.

The pool store uses all Taylor and feel pretty confident in the results (unlike 2 other local pool stores that use test strips or even lie and say they performed the tests but didn't). I've got 2 kids under 2, so doing all the testing myself just isn't possible. HTH for metal is recommended in...

Liquid. Going to the pool store for these tests. They're using good ones (i.e. not test strips, some with equipment) - - - Updated - - - HTH was one that was listed as recommended here. I've done 2 treatments using even more than the recommended, but it's still not getting rid of it entirely

Hey folks, Started opening the pool this year about 3 weeks ago. Went through a bunch of shocking and got it to start looking pretty good. My Ph was low (6.9) at the end so I added 20 lb of Baking Soda and the next morning my pool was green. Turned out I had copper. Had it tested. All my...

Yeah, I'm actually thinking about doing it a second time. I got the pressure from 18 down to 16, but when I first got the filter it was 12. A long Backwash and rinse had only dropped from 18.5 to 18. I had the hose in there for 30 minutes and it was a lot clearer than before, but every time I...

Ok, I got it. If that happens to anyone in the future, drain the water first. I thought it would be harder without the water, but it wasn't...it was easier. There was all sorts of gunk stuck between it and the pipe. Resetting the sand bed now. Water's been flowing through it for over 10...

Thanks guys. So, I went to reset the sand bed and took the multi-port valve off the top and immediately see a problem. The bottom part of the valve that goes over the center pipe of the laterals is not attached to the valve anymore and is instead stuck on the pipe. It appears there is some...