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Just curious if you've replaced them yet? We build out pool in 2014 and went with all Hayward products. The pool builder went crazy with the colorlogics and out of 20 total lights (including the 1 spa and 3 pool lights), only 4 work now. And this is with many of them already being replaced...

That is a good point and where I can see how a legal term defined by the government could affect coverage. Another instance is terrorism. Most commercial liability policies exclude terrorism, so it's important if the US Government classified something as terrorism vs riot/civil commotion...

Insurance is my forte, and that is a load of baloney. Insurance is a contract, spelled out in the policy documents. Declaration of a natural disaster doesn't magically make previously excluded coverages, all of the sudden covered. Maybe under some type of federal disaster funding? But I've...

That's what I wound up doing. Went back and got everything up and running again, and tarped the equipment with a light bulb underneath. Pool water has been holding steady at 39. Crossing my fingers the ice storm tonight isn't too bad!

Now I have another decision to make. In total, power was only out for about 45 minutes, so we jumped the gun. Now the power company has announced they've stopped the rotating blackouts. Pool water line is still at normal level, and we can't drain it below skimmers. I'm seriously considering...

I had been holding steady with tarping the equipment pad, pool water temp holding around 44 degrees running 24/7. Power went out this morning, and I got scared when the pool almost immediately started to ice over. So I flipped off the breakers, drained the pump, filter, heater and cleaner...

I'm amazed at how much a 150w incandescent light bulb can do. It's actually "heating" the water. That, plus the heat from the 3hp Hayward pump running full bore. We covered the entire pad, including the heater and filter. I used the filter and a sawhorse to create a tent above the pool pump...

Yeah here in Texas, demand is outstripping supply so they are rotating blackouts to manage it. We have 8 inches of snow on the ground, 6 degrees. My wife and I covered the entire equipment pad in multiple sheets and two tarps, using the filter and a saw horse as a "tent pole". I took my...

Hi Richard, you were kind enough to reply and I neglected to come back and thank you and report the results of what happened. The problem wound up being a bad motor in the pump, bummer.

I have two Tristar Hayward pumps, both dedicated to our waterfall. To prevent unnecessary running through the winter on freeze protect, last Fall I blew out the pipes and drained the pumps. At some point, I think it was when I was trying to find out which breakers controlled the pumps, I...

Thank you very much for the comments, it eases my mind a little bit. There is virtually no risk of a brush or pole coming in contact with it, and there are also no overhanging trees that could pose a risk.

Our inground pool is close to the back of our property line. Behind the pool there is probably 3-4 ft to our wood fence. The fence is only 3 ft high (when we built out here, we had no neighbors behind us and wanted to preserve the view). Our rear neighbors are putting in a horse behind us and...

I just happened to log in today and forgot about this thread. Well in the end, we opted out of doing any type of reinforcement, besides throwing down some crushed white rock which my PB did as a last minute decision (which I've since learned might not actually be a good idea anyway). We wound...

Today just happened to be the day I decided to log back in and see how things are going, and as fate would have it, RangerBob is there! We were building buddies back in 2014. Excited to see your new project!

TFT 100 Pool pal is an phone app to plug in the "actual" vs "goal" and the configuration of your pool and tells you how much of what to add.