Recent content by waterman74

You guys just blew my mind... I'm buying a heat pump!!!! No seriously thank you all for the good info. After doing some research, this is not going to work... while looking for solar panels on craigslist, I found a guy who fixes heat pumps, he is going to sell me a refurbished 2015 aquacal...

1" poly pipe is actually 1.3" OD is my understanding. Of course I have no idea if this translates to more sq feet or is ID is used?

If I ran the 1320' continuous I would have a gate valve I could throttle to only send a certain amount through the collector, the rest would bypass the collector and go back to the pool. I would need to play with the valve to make sure I was getting the correct flow. I'm not sure the correct...

Ok ,here goes. I know this has been covered ad nauseam. I can get 1320' of 1" poly pipe for $200. My plan was to connect it direct inline past the filter and flake it out on the roof. The problem I'm thinking will be getting enough water flow through that long distance of a pipe. Also, I'm...

Thanks for the input and all the help guys...not sure what I'm gonna do yet.

Roger that. Any opinions on this...obviously you toss it when it burns out. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEWAX:IT

The ground screw is there and tight. The thread in the locking ring screw hole is corroded away. I guess I could just tap it, but then I would need a new screw, it is my understanding this screw works with the niche as part of the grounding system. I guess as long as the metal is the same it...

After more work today, I noticed that the grounding screw in the niche is almost covered in 2 part epoxy... will this effect the safety of the light? Also, I need the niche sealing ring, when I go with LED will I need another ring, or will the replacement ring that I buy now work with it...

ok, thank you, that explains a lot, gonna see how much epoxy I can remove and I'll use some die to make sure no leaks and replace the fixture.... I'm guessing I'll have to pull the new wire through by cutting the old fixture off and taping the new cord to the old and just pulling it through.

ok, just to clarify. The conduit is just basically a pvc pipe attached to the niche that the cord is run through, so the conduit runs all the way to the box, right? So as long as the conduit is not broken and leaking then the cord and conduit do not need a gasket...in other words the conduit...

My cord is a little worn, is there a way to repair this or does the whole thing half to be replaced? A little history. When I bought the house there was a pretty good leak in the niche. After investigating it, it looked like someone had already put 2 part epoxy around the conduit and the back...

To clarify it is a small inground pool with jets...sort of an oversized spa from the mid 80's ...fiberglass.

Cool thanks for the fast replies...it is a 100W r-20 12v bulb.... need the gasket for the lens (white) and niche bracket/ring for a lack of better term, it has 6 screws and the lock-in screw threads are on the bottom with the clip on top if was installed right. Looking to maybe up grade to LED.

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