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Haha, feel like a little pansy, and I live in WI. For the most part I won't go in the pool unless it's over 86*. We do go swimming in Lake Michigan, pier jumping, wakeboarding and such though. Water doesn't get very warm there. Adam

The controller may not look exactly like this, but it will be similar. They all(that I've seen) have the fuse though. It's the black round thing next to the yellow wire. On my scooter all of those wires were zip-tied together and the one with the fuse was in the middle. Any chance you can...

I think he meant that if they could get to the bottom of the skimmer to cut the pipe where the Main Drain line enters the skimmer, cap the line into the skimmer, and put an elbow on the pipe coming from the main drains. Then they'd run a seperate 2" line soley for the main drain back to the...

I just looked at the link for the Polaris. You CAN make it work! Disregaurd what the Polaris or Intex people tell you. :roll: As long as your pump has the GPM and PSI to run the cleaner it will work. If the blue adapter I had in my first reply works on your return(it should) then all you need...

Seems like you could just get one of these and it would solve all of your problems. It just sits on top of your skimmer basket and the suction keeps it there. Is there any reason you couldn't just use something simple like this? Skimmer Plate HTH, Adam

If your looking for an "off the shelf" connector, good luck. Intex uses their special fittings that fit nothing. LOL Although what I have found works well is the adapter that comes with the skimmer. I use it for our manual vacuum and it works great. This is the adapter: Skimmer Plate I'm not...

How about one of these to step up the voltage from 12 to 24vdc? http://www.zahninc.com/300wand600wSU.html Adam

Update, LOL Someone on the other forum replied... Hmmm... This might be more of a challenge than I thought. Anyone have any ideas on how I might accomplish this? My original idea was to start the gen. when the voltage began to drop and the gen. would make up for w/e the batteries couldn't...

I know some of you guys here are good with electronics and may be able to help me out a little. This is also on another forum so I will update here with replies from there that I feel are important to the project. Basically, bought the scooter in '04-'05 and it worked great. Then a hidden fuse...

I wrote this for another forum but it works the same way here. To post pictures you will have to upload them to a photo hosting site such as Photobucket( http://www.photobucket.com ) then copy and paste the Image Code here. That is what the code will look like when you are in the post typing...

Any chance you can post a bigger version of the picture? This might help you figure out Photobucket... I wrote it for another forum, but it works the same here. To post pictures you will have to upload them to a photo hosting site such as Photobucket( http://www.photobucket.com ) then copy and...

I haven't but I will be following this thread closely because I'm considering doing the same thing. I do recall someone else on these boards posted a project where they only used the pier blocks. You might try doing a search with "pier blocks" or something like that as the keywords. HTH, Adam

To me it looks like it's just a jug with a tube in it that goes through a valve and into the pump strainer. The valve is probably adjusted to keep the right amount of liquid chlorine constantly flowing. Hmmm, it seems so simple, why has nobody done this before? Only two problems I see with...

Yeah, expensive, how big is your tank? Adam

Another post I read about stripping the paint off PVC remined me to post this. Is it neccasary or a good idea to paint the above ground portions of my PVC? I'd think it would help to prevent the pipes from degrading due to sunlight. Even after one summer I already notice the handles on my...

On an Inground pool? That would be disasterous, do you mean on an Above ground pool? Adam

Good news, it didn't get to cold last night to cause any problems! I got out the leafblower and blew out the lines for the jets, then blew out the air lines for the bubbler holes. There was quite a bit of water in each. We moved the tub out of the hole for now so this doesn't happen again. I'll...

Thanks, those are very much helpful. I'm guessing the blue handled ball valve(on small pipe) is for the surface cooler, but do you know where the other two go? Have you ever put a wrench on that red handled ball valve and turned it? What happens when you close or open that valve or the other...

This is new construction, pipes haven't been buried yet. Problem with going much past a foot is that you hit gravel impregnated clay which is a PITA to dig through with a shovel. Adam

Fixed original post.

Yeah, yesterdays floating incident got me thinking. I don't think a french drain is possible because that hole is the lowest spot in our yard. What I did come up with is a mini sump-pump system. Basically I'm just going to slope all the ground toward a low point and dig a hole there. In this...

Nah, it's not scary. Can you snap a couple more pics that show the whole set up from at least 2 angles? It would help determine exactly what you need and how to best plumb it. Valves... You essentially have two choices, the Jandy valves or normal ball valves. Most people prefer to use Jandy...

Aright... so it's not much of a gain. 1*F is not worth the effort to drain it. I still need to exchange the water weekly(it it needed more often?) to get fresh pool water in there and keep everything from getting nasty. Adam

jlhaz, you can do this! It truely is not a hard thing to do. if you can use a hacksaw(or band saw, or mighter saw) you can cut the pipe. If you can swirl a dabber around a pipe you can glue them. It's really simple if you have a plan. I rarely measure anything until it comes down to the last...

Ok, I can have someone support the other side while I drill. On a side note, the warm temps melted all the snow and the hole where the hot tub sits was filled with water. the hot tub was actually floating. :shock: :lol: I used a pump and drained all of the water out of the hole, but now I'm...

Well, on top of the foam insulation on the spa I'm wrapping the whole spa in R-30 fiberglass insulation. I'm going to wrap and seal the fiberglass in plastic to make sure it stays dry and retains it's insulating properties. I'm going to cut some left-over solar bubble cover to fit the inside of...

No, the spa doesn't spill over into the pool. They just sit next to eachother and will be plumbed together. The Spa is sunk halfway into the ground. I'd guess the spa water level will be 1.5'-2' below the pool. I'd like to use as few check valves as possible because the one I have now increased...

That is the question. :lol: The hot tub be have(my current project) only came with four jets and a 1HP pump originally. I have a box with 6 jets and another 1.5 HP pump that I want to use on this tub. It is a kit for a bathtub that I bought to use when I was building the spa itself from...

Nuthin'? Zip, Zero, Zilch, Nada Nuthin? So nobody out there insulates their pipes? Guess I may be the first, lol. Adam

It definitely don't look it's best. You could replumb it now to make it flow better and do it with the heater and SWG in mind, like add in two Tees(capped) with a valve in the middle. This would give you a bypass for the heater and all you'd have to do when you get one is remove the caps. You...