Recent content by wweissborn

I'm about the replace the hi/lo heater sensors (again) and am wondering if putting anti-corrosion compound on them would enable them to last a bit longer. Anyone try that or any reason NOT to try it? Bill W

Any suggestions as to make sure the top of the pad is the correct height for the existing pipes-- other than trial-n-error? Do they make 2 1/2" flexible PVC? Thanks Bill W

I don't know if this should go here or over in the under-construction forum. If it should be in the under-construction, let me know and I will either repost or move it. The company that built the pool layed down 3 separate concrete pads (about 2-3" thick if it matters) and placed the heater on...

Like so many others here, I'm looking to change my pool cleaner. Had a couple of Polaris 9300 series cleaners that lasted one maybe two seasons. At a grand a pop, that's just too much for so little. Leaning toward a Dolphin Nautilus CC. But I'm seeing some of these advertised for pools 35ft...

For giggles this morning I checked the CYA. I must have misread the reading or was in too bright a light the first time because today the CYA was 50. FC was around 5 and pH was 7.8 I added some more bleach this evening and will check in the morning to see what my levels are. BUT it appears...

Sorry, let me clarify. I tested CYA about 7-10 days ago. It was done according to the "disappearing dot trick". It was then basically zero, again according to the disappearing dot, when I tested this past Sunday. In between we had a lot of rain and an algae-bloom. Very little chlorine was...

I was testing my water last week and I had a cya of about 60 (maybe a little higher). We had some rain so I tested chloring and CYA yesterday. Chlorine and CYA are now non-existent. I expected the chlorine to disappear because of the rain but I've always been told that I'd have to basically...

I've gone through two Polaris 93xx systems. The first one came with the pool/house we bought. It had one of the wheel motors burn out. Can't buy just the motor, gotta buy the whole motor assembly. The actual motor is like $5 or so while the motor assembly was like $800 (at the time). Got...

After having gone through 3 robotic cleaners in as many years, I'm ready to jump ship and go back to manual vacuuming. However, we have a cartridge-filter so backwashing isn't really possible plus there is no drain nearby to handle the backwash. So I'm thinking of getting something like...

Ok, I'll give them a try Monday morning. Thanks!

A couple of weeks ago we had a number of quick power outages. You know the kind, off, then on in very quick succession. Unfortunately our 9350 was still plugged in when this happened. Now it does not work. I took the control unit apart because I know (from experience) there is a fuse on the...

"No need to mark this, I'll remember which is which.", I said before a myriad of distractions as I was taking the hi/lo sensors out for replacement. Now, of course, :hammer: , I don't remember now which is Hi and which is Low. I *think* the port closest to the heater (the longer one if it...

Finally getting around to working on this, i.e., replacing hi & lo limit switches. The "top" part of the hi-switch is still stuck inside the housing as shown in the picture. Tried to pry it out with screwdriver. No luck yet but have a couple more tries in me. Thinking ahead, if and when I...

To make a short story long, tried the heater the other day and kept getting "High Limit Fault". Did my research and determined that my limit switches are indeed bad. Got the switch closest to the heater (135deg ?) out with no problem. But could not get the other out. Pulled and wiggled and...