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    Jandy PHPM1.5 Seal/O-ring

    https://www.jandy.com/-/media/zodiac/global/downloads/h/h0281300.pdf. Oring is older versions, lid seal is newer versions. Hopefully the correct lid seal will solve my air bubbles.
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    Jandy PHPM1.5 Seal/O-ring

    I have a Jandy PMPH1.5. Last year I had air bubbles in the return. I order a new seal which turned out to be the wrong part. I have located the correct part but it included a seal(square-ish gasket) and an o-ring. The squarish gasket seems to have a channel on one side and a "half" on ring...
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    How often do most of you add Muriatic Acid?

    In year 6 of gunite pool. 30,000 gallons. I have been testing more this year and have been adding 1.5 pints a week to get the PH to 7.4. It is a little high at 7.8 or so. Other years, I have not had to add so much and I have a high CYA issue i'm dealing with. When my returns point up and...
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    How to vacuum to waste

    I have https://www.jandy.com/en/products/filters/slide-valve I think I need https://www.jandy.com/en/products/filters/2in1-backwash Note "economical" description, installed by pool company...
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    How to vacuum to waste

    Thank you for the info. Makes perfect sense and I had a concern about this but did not think it through. My concern was that the DE filter wasn't up to the job of filtering all the silt i'd be vacumming out(having hit 30PSI trying tol filter it oout with DE) but I see your point and Ill bet...
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    How to vacuum to waste

    Answered my own question. As mentioned pool has silt grit and leaves etc as as well as an algae bloom. Used leaf skimmer to haul out debris. Clogged filter twice and got tired of taking it apart. Added I gallon of muriatic acid per the chart after testing and shocked with 4 bags of HTH...
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    How to vacuum to waste

    http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/31798-How-do-i-get-all-of-this-GUNK-out-of-the-bottom-of-my-pool The above thread is my exact situation except thata heavy rain seem to have washed yuck into pool. On top of that I spoilled the leaves on the cover on and have semeing removed all of them...