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Ya let me see your skimmer lid so I can tell you which regulator to get for your skimmer. Also how many skimmers do you have? And with a 1.5 hp pump you're not going to feel anything at your main drain even if you divert all the power to it unless your main drain is only 2".

If your pump is grabbing air go to the skimmers and see if you hear a gargling sound. Open up the skimmer lid and see if the skimmer is suckling all the water down. If you look at the weir door you should notice it's stuck in an upwards position blocking proper water flow to the skimmer...

That's a nice bandaid and all but if the spider gasket gets bad enough your water from the pump can bypass the filter or it can even cause sand to blowback into your pool. I wouldn't rely on that for to long.

As long as your water lv is high enough it sounds like your weir doors are getting stuck in your skimmers. They are the little flapper in your skimmer that acts like a door. Ask if ya have any questions.

Hey just chiming in on the wiring. The way you have it set up will work but there is a way to be easier on the transformer and also making it gfci protected as well.The way to wire the system would be... 15a breaker to line hot side of gfci Gfci line neutral gets tied in with the other...

Now I have a couple of questions. When you add de, does it shoot back out of the returns? When you backwash the filter are you also putting the valve in rinse so you can clean out the bad water and prevent left over de in the multiport to go back into the pool? Does de come out of the main...

Your spa water wants to be the same level as your pool water. If your valves are in the proper positions then there should be a check valve at the return side of your plumbing to stop your spa from draining back into your pool. The check valve could either be at a common return plumbed by the...

As a tip to find air leaks above ground, turn the pump on and prime it as much as it can. Then turn the pump off. If you see water coming out of the valve or the lid or where the pvc enters into the pump then that would be an air leak. This trick works to detect air leaks on suction side of...

Hi, the difference is hp between the pumps. The super flow vs is a variable speed that maxes out at 1.5 hp, while the intelliflow maxes out at 3 hp. Since you have 1.5 inch plumbing I wouldn't get a pump over 1.5 hp so if you want a variable speed pump best choice is a super flow vs. But if...

If sand from your filter is blowing back into your pool then something in your filter is broken, if you have the model number I can help a lot better. You say you don't have laterals, and you have a screen. Is there any big holes in the screen or tear or an entrance in to the stand pipe where...

To get your salt cell to start working after start up on a new pool, when salt levels are raised properly you need the correct lv for you CYA then you need to raise your chlorine lv to help it, liquid chlorine or shock it. Then you put your salt cell into super chlorinate for 24 hours then you...

Hi, I had a customer using chlorine pucks in the chlorinator and the fc was off the charts. They didn't have to shock all summer. This one made me scratch my head but I found the problem (and it's very rare) the pucks they were using came from a bad batch causeing the chlorine levels to go to...

Hi, as long as that flow light on your salt cell is green your rpms are fine. Now for your high fc, your salt call is over sized and you could have went with an ic-20 that would work fine. Also when you test the water make sure you're not testing the water in your pool by any returns as that...

Hey, I'm from spring Texas also. The reason you chlorine is so low is most likely due to the low rpms and your chlorinator. Open up the chlorinator while your pool is running and set the chlorinator valve to 5. Does your chlorinator fill up to the top with water and over flow? If not then...

Re: Spring Texas, Selecting a pool builder, design, and equipment---help please! I'm matters where your overflow drain, drains out to. If it drain goes to your street then on a dry day you'll see water coming out to your street and it never stops looks like water is always coming out everyday.

How old is the system?

Replace, you don't want a motor over 9 years old.

Re: Spring Texas, Selecting a pool builder, design, and equipment---help please! Ya but when auto fills break when you also have the overflow drain you don't realize it til you get a $500 water bill... It's a double edge sword... With the skimmers now they put a hole thru the plaster at the...

Screen logic which also hooks to not just to your computer but also your cell phone is cheaper then the wireless controller.

You know this should be it's own thread(Repelling Mosquitoes and Wasps)... one thing about tx is that the mosquitoes come in force.

Thats what a bad cartridge filter looks like, notice the top, it won't keep a seal and let unfiltered water thru

On that link you posted it's the one posted as 13

You would need the motor, drive, and the impeller to get that working

You don't need to release the pressure in the filter to open up the pump lid, just make sure the pump is off. And you should not be getting sand shooting back into your pool when you vacuum it. You have a cartridge filter and the reason you are shooting sand back into the pool is because either...

On the back of the B855 motor there should be a big plastic nut looking piece. Grab a wrench give it a quarter turn and pull it off. You'll see a metal nub, that is the shaft. Take your wrench and see if it turns. If it's hard to turn keep turning it back and forth til it gets easier. Once it...

Could you show me a picture so I can correctly identify the filter.

Is the check valve set up at your common return? If it is remove the check valve see if the gasket is broken. ( need to know what kinda check valve it is) If gasket is broken it's no good. Check the valve where the check valve door shuts to, see if there is build up or excess junk or glue that...

Did you hook the wire from the relay to the board where it says filter? (assuming it was your filter pump) Did you wire the pump to the line side with the power lines hooked to line too? (that'll cause it to always get power) If you have an older RS4 there is a 9v battery hooked to the board...

Sounds like the wall fitting notches are broken. I would get a new wall fitting and a wall fitting connector. I always replace both together 9-100-9001 <---copy paste that on google Good luck extracting it, sometimes removing the wall fitting can be a pain.

With a variable speed you want constant power so move the pump wires from the load of the intermatic timer (2 , 4) To the line side of the timer (1 , 3) So this way it is tied to direct power and you have a free automatic switch. Did you take off the controller on the top. or is it hooked to...