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I would classify the danger as pretty extreme. Look on the back of your pump motor. There should be a bare or green covered large guage wire connected to a screw or lug there. Make sure it is not loose or corroded. If it is, a little sandpaper or wire brush and a screwdriver or wrench is all...

Take a deep breath, what you are talking about doing is not that difficult for the moderately handy and some good hand tools. The first place to start though is with a few preliminary checks to determine if the pump motor is indeed the problem. Make sure you clean all of the skimmer and intake...

Look to make sure the impeller isn't jammed with debris. Then, with the motor unplugged, see if you can rotate the shaft by hand. It may be that the wet end is just gunked up with something.

Some vents down low in the wall near the pump in addition to ridge vents would be the ultimate in convection cooling for the motor. If that is not an option then the ridge/soffit combination would work well to.

What you want to find out is if the motor is frozen up or jammed with debris and therefore won't run, or free and the motor itself or components of it are shot.

Also, keep in mind that sunblock usually has an expiration date. The wife and I just get new stuff every year in the spring and we still end up with leftover. Probably an unnecessary cost but worth it IMO. Most of my family is fair skinned. One weekend with a really burned three year old and...

There is another option. You cab line your skimmer basket with an old nylon stocking. This will help catch the fines and keep them out of your filter. The downside is, this increases your time to vacuum as you will have to stop and empty/ rinse it when the flow goes down. This is the route I...

Even though there is new sand, it can get crudded up pretty darn fast. Especially when vaccuuming out lots of debris. You may want to try to vac to waste.

Have you tried backwashing the filter really good. It sounds as if the filter is clogged up.

Those are some REALLY cool pics. Nice job.

Can you remove the rear of the motor and access te shaft that way?

I don't know too much about them, but does a liquidator count as an injection pump?

I believe, if you know the required BTU of the heater, the gas service pressure, and the gas line diameter and length, you can calculate if you're theoretically getting enough gas. That is a question for a heating pro though. I just thought you would like to know so you can arm yourself with...

Same suggestions apply. Check that the centrifugal switch on the rear of the motor and the capacitor (if there is one) are in good operating order. If not, capacitors are cheap and easily replaced. CF switches can usually be repaired but also replaced with some effort. If both check out, you may...

What about a priming bulb for an outboard boat engine. I would think That would withstand a the chemicals and probably wouldn't be hard to adapt to your carboy. Pretty easy to find too, i see them at walmart all the time.