Recent content by Windylou

I haven’t disassembled, I wanted to know what I was looking for first. I will see if the impeller is clogged and go from there. I’m attaching a pic, not sure if you can tell where the smoke is coming from.

I have had to replace my pump every 2 years & it’s getting frustrating especially since everyone says a pump should last at least 8 years. My salt cell went out at the end of the season last year, so I left everything off for the winter. I went to start it up the other day & the pump was...

Thank you!

With the Hayward Salt cells, can you use one from an AquaRite system on an AquaTrol system? I’ve looked everywhere and can’t seem to find an answer. Also if you have a Tcell 5, can you replace it with a TCell 9?

No leaks. I can use the hose without Wanda just fine, but as soon as I hook her up, pressure is lost. I just don’t see how she could be causing it since she’s on the floor of the pool. I may call Hayward bc I’m kinda frustrated. I just bought her last year and she was my second one.

Water level is fine. No skimmer. I may try to wrap the joints with Teflon. It drives me insane bc I can use the hose alone and it doesn’t affect the pressure at all. But as soon as I hook Wanda up, pressure drops.

Yes, this is actually my second Wanda. I got her last year and she worked perfectly. My other one had lost a couple shoes and something else happened, can’t recall so I just bought a new one thinking I may be able to use the old one for parts if needed.

Yes, the o ring is actually new. No suction side leaks, it’s all hard plumbed. It’s weird bc it’s only when I connect her. As long as it’s just the hose connected, vacuum & suction is perfect.

I’m having one issue after another this year. Wanda seems to be making the pump lose prime. She’ll still work, but the water isn’t hitting the top of the strainer lid on the pump. I’ve replaced her hose & still the same issue. The suction works fine with just the hose, but as soon as I connect...

Nevermind, it’s back to not working. It worked last night, but I didn’t leave it on bc I was worried it would pop off in the night. So I got up today and went to get it started and it’s immediately tripping the gfci again.

To be honest, the only reason I didn’t do that one is bc I wasn’t sure which pieces I needed to connect it to the pump and filter bc they have that part to clip the hose onto. Someone explained to me last year that those pieces screw off & now it’s just a matter of picking up those 2 pieces...

I gave it a few hours and now it starts. I’m thinking maybe the outlet on the salt cell got wet when the hose popped off. The pump plugs into the cell. But now I’m wondering why that hose keeps popping off. I’ve tightened it and everything. That is the only part of my set up that isn’t hard...

Hayward power flo LX, 2 years old. Came home the other day and the rubber hose from the pump to the filter had popped off & the GFCI had tripped. Well I’ve been busy so I didn’t mess with it until today. Got out there at 7am, reset and hooked everything back up and it worked fine. Worked on the...

Thanks for the help. I tried everything to no avail. I finally turned it off & on about 6 times in a row and that seemed to work.