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    Baffled!

    We have a 10,000 gallon, inground pool. Whenever I switch suction to main drain only, the basket at the pump immediately fills up with air. Not completely, but enough to cause a lot of air to come out of the return jets and lower the pressure on the filter. The same thing happens if I close...
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    Help, please!? Drainbuster is stuck!!

    Hi. I am sure there's a clog between my main drain & the skimmer basket. I tried to snake it & it got stuck. So I put the drainbuster in there, & I could see some stuff coming out of the drain, but not much. So I pushed the drainbuster down as far as I could. And now it's stuck. The water...
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    Name That Part!

    Under the skimmer basket there's a white cover, with a valve on one side, that covers two suction holes--one hole is covered by the white thing, and the other hole is exposed, but there's a slide plate on a screw that you can use to cover it. What is the white cover thing with the valve on it...
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    How much CYA to add?

    I know the question is probably on this forum somewhere, but Dang if I can find it! I'm getting a zero cya reading. I have a 10,000 gal. inground pool. How much CYA should I add? Thanks in advance!
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    Suction/Vacuum trouble. Please help!?

    Problem: not enough suction to work vacuum :-( Pool: 10,000 Gal., inground, w/Sand filter, Nature 2 Express cartridge and automatic chlorinator. No debris clogging air vent in pump, impeller moves freely. The pressure on the filter doesn't want to go below 15, where last year it went down...
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    Crackling sound from jet, air in line??

    This is our first season with a pool. It's a 10K gallon inground with a sand filter. We added salt after reading many positive posts in regards to chlorine pools with salt, and we're very pleased with the results. We love our pool! Recently there has been a crackling-type sound coming from...