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I am rewiring for electrical service to our pool area, upgrading from 120 volts to 240 volts. I am also intending to add a safety switch disconnect (double pole NEMA type 3R) right by the pump/filter equipment. (The previous 120 volt/single speed pump system had no outside disconnect, did not...

Hello everyone, I am rewiring our system from 120 to 240 volts (new Hayward VS pump and chemistry system going in). As far as I can tell, the T101P mechanical timer cannot be used to switch 240 volt circuits. I was wondering about this - although the timer motor needs to see 120 volts, can...

Thanks for the ideas. I had a new replacement laterals assembly on hand in case I found the current one to be damaged. The original once removed all looked good, so I rebuilt the light-wall 1 ½" vertical ('riser') pipe with some Sched 40 and a coupler. By the way, if anyone else falls into this...

Good morning everyone, I am pumping this pool out. Once empty, I would like to plug and pressure test main drains, and skimmer box outlet. I have no information on the installation of this 6,000 gal pool, but it feels like a fiberglass build. We're on sand here. Is it acceptable practice to...

I recently took on my first deep clean of a Hayward S220T sand filter. (I never got to the point of substantially clear water overflowing the opening - calling it done after about 30 mins of gently moving a hose up/down/around). I also gave the sand a detergent clean, using one of the...

Thanks Mdragger88, that's some creative thinking for sure! I neglected to mention an issue - the replacement pump & filter package has not yet been installed. At the moment I am just attempting to get the pool into a state where it could be safely circulated. But I will keep this idea in mind.

After some recent tweaks, I was doing very well hauling a hidden mountain of organic waste from the bottom of our pool. The bag was coming up fully loaded on most trips, and it required some care to ease it over onto the pool deck for unloading and reseating on the vac unit. On the last trip...

Thanks Lake Placid. Some further development thoughts - this thing could actually be built out with rigid-walled pipe, eg DVW class. In 4", with 2 ball valves, I came up with a materials budget of around $200. I am also reminding myself, one more time, that best move going forwards is to...

Thanks both of you for these good and innovative ideas. bobloblaw42 - I had the same idea as you, and actually tried a heavy duty plastic bag wrapped and tied around the end. The force of the water column* was too great to be contained (I probably had more than 12 ft of loaded pipe below the...