Recent content by tonytx05

So, I unsuccessfully tried getting our UltaTemp 140HC to cool the water today. Water temp was 89-90, I set the max temp setting on my EasyTouch to 86, and went to the heat pump settings and enabled cooling. The heat pump never came on. However, what did happen is the valve actuator for my...

We have a three-way valve to divert water flow from our returns to the bubblers on our tanning shelf. When the pool builder set up our EasyTouch 4, the solenoid for that valve switches from fully open to the returns to partially open to both the bubblers and returns. Picture attached shows the...

Well, it didn't go quite to plan, but they got it fixed. Ended up cutting the pipe from the inside with a dremel tool and extending the pipe some. The plaster patch around it isn't a perfect match, but I doubt we'll notice it with water in the pool. They didn't get all the plaster off the...

Two motors running the same speed, doing the same work, should have roughly the same efficiency and heat generation. At most you may see a single-digit difference in electrical efficiency between two such motors. The difference between single/dual-speed motors vs. variable speed is the load on...

I expected my pool builder to say they weren't going to fix it, and I was content with that. Imagine my surprise when I walked out of the shower and there is a guy with a grinder going to town on my plaster this morning :eek:. They seem to think they can push it out until it's flush and have the...

What kills motors over time is heat breaking down the insulation. The back of the motor shaft has a fan attached to it that blows air over the motor windings when the pump is running. For a typical motor, there is an initial spike in current and heat when it first turns on. If your on cycle is...

I've been wondering the same thing as we get close to starting up our new pool. I could see not running it at night if the equipment is close to your house, but that shouldn't be an issue with where our equipment is located. Makes sense to me to run the pump slower for longer and keep things in...

We have one of these on our back porch and love it. Moves more air than the Big Rear Fan we originally installed, and is super quiet. https://industrialfans.hunterfan.com/products/trak

Oh it was worse when they shot gunite. The PVC was too high and the step was too short. Tried to point that out to our project manager when it was just rebar, but he assured us it would be done right. They ended up chipping out the step to lower the pipe and adding more concrete to raise the...

Ok, but you can see one of our other lights on the right side of that picture that is flush like I expected. All of the other lights in the pools ended up flush.

Our Pebble Tec was installed today, and one of the lights ended up recessed in the plaster instead of flush like the others. My pool builder has already had to do a lot of rework on our lights and this step because of mistakes they made earlier on, so I doubt he's going to want to do anything to...