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  1. Hurricane Gio

    Loud noise coming from pump or motor

    any ideas what could be wrong? Pool Pump Here is a video. I cleaned everything as well.
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    Sta-rite (?) pool light info.

    Back in a new home with a pre-exsting pool. When replastering pool, I asked what light I have. Waiting for ezxat specs but they said its a Sta-rite LED. Well its works but cycles through all the colors ans I am trying to find a manual to see if I can set to one color. My old Pentair light just...
  3. Hurricane Gio

    AQL-PLUS keypad issue

    EDIT: Found replacement part Looks like the keypad display is going bad. All the controls work. Is this a replacement part I can buy? Where can I get one if possible?
  4. Hurricane Gio

    Remove floor jet eye and replace

    I have a jet in the floor of the pool, in which the eye ball broke and need to be replaced. I can't turn it with a pipe wrench. Any ideas or special tools.
  5. Hurricane Gio

    Possible Algae?

    Been real busy and have not had time to brush pool. Now form dirt and other organic matter blowing into the pool, I have black spots in the water, mainly on stairs, swim out and some spots on the floor. It's hard to brush off with a steel brush, especially on the grout lines. When brushed off...
  6. Hurricane Gio

    How long can a hayword navigator sit in the water?

    can I leave it in side for a few days? or remove after each cleaning daily? thanks
  7. Hurricane Gio

    help keeping pool corner clean

    hey guys, I am having trouble keep a corner clean in the pool. Debris collects in the corner and wont move to the skimmer. The return/jet is 8" form the corner and I have the eyeball hitting the wall to the right and pushing water towards the skimmer. But that corner gets full of debris and...
  8. Hurricane Gio

    Demoing a hayward Navigator and have some issues/questions

    LPS lent me a haywrad navigator to try out before buying. i will demo a KK Great White this weekend. Now few things with the Navigator. 1. At times it tends to float up and then back down. It seems to be doing a good job. But is this normal? 2. Its not going up my walls. suction is within the...
  9. Hurricane Gio

    I need to get a Pool Cleaner, I need some recommendations

    I have a 8K plaster pool and I would like to get a cleaner for it. Not looking for the most expensive, but not necessarily the cheapest. Should I get one that scrubs with brushes or just suction? I want it to clean the tile line as well. I also would like something that is reliable and won't...
  10. Hurricane Gio

    Sanitizer for indoor pool in the Olympics?

    I was wonder what they use? Can't use Bleach indoors correct? Salt? Ozone? Baquill? Always wondered since into my pool 3 yrs ago.
  11. Hurricane Gio

    Orange film on skimmer door and the return below

    any idea what this could be? It was not there yesterday. I am in the process of shocking the pool and I also got 3" of water in there as well last night. related? thanks
  12. Hurricane Gio

    How to tell when SWG is not making chlorine

    The insect light on my Aqua-rite system cam on wednesday. I did not have to time to check the cell until today. Its clean, but my FC was down to 2. yes, I had to drain the pool 2-3" from all the rain and I now have a seat of algae again. I will check my CYA on sat and I up my borates today as...
  13. Hurricane Gio

    Outdoor volume controls

    hey guys, How do the outdoor volume control things work? is this something you just put inline on the outdoor speaker wires and that's it? thanks
  14. Hurricane Gio

    I need to decide on speakers today

    Get some Yamaha NS-AW350W for $85 or Jamo I/O 3A2 for $180 at dealer cost. The Jamos are only 5.5 woofers and the Yamahas are 6.5 88 vs 87db and 40/80 and 40/130 power output. I don't need audiophile sound as i am playing iTunes and Pandora by the pool at now to mid levels. But I want CLEAR...
  15. Hurricane Gio

    Algae is gone, but the water is not right....

    Yesterday we decided to get our first swim in as the water was finally warm. The kids complaint that the water seemed to irritate their eyes a bit. Mine did as well. The water also had a strong oder. It smelled like chlorine, but not quite. I shocked last week and the SWG had been on at 35%. I...
  16. Hurricane Gio

    Getting Alkalinity down quickly

    I tested my water yesterday and TA was 140. I dropped pH to 7.0. Today TA was down to 125 and pH 7.4. I can't aerate right now. To cold to swim and I don't have a fountain. It might rain in the next day or so, so I can remove the solar cover. So am I on the right track? Can we swim this...
  17. Hurricane Gio

    Good pH meter?

    What's a good pH meter that does not cost a fourtune?
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    Alkalinity testing

    When testing for alkalinity, dies it need to go from green to red or just a color change? I usually get it form green to blue and red. Sometimes I can't get red, but more of a clear. Today it went below due to high FC form shocking.
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    Any tricks to measuring CYA?

    Its the one test I have trouble with. Like how far should the dot disapear. Test outside in sunlight? Inside? Thoughts?
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    Yamaha Speaker help

    I am looking at the Yamaha 5" and 6.5" white outdoor speakers. Will the 5" speakers have good enough sounds and enough bass for depth? Or spend the extra $50 for the 6.5" model? Trying to save a few bucks if I can.
  21. Hurricane Gio

    Green Algae on tile under water and pool

    I found that I have some algae in the water. On the brought in-between the toes and the floor. My chlorine has been steady at 5.0 all winter and the water is balanced. PH around 7.5. reasons? Prevention? How to get rid of it? thanks
  22. Hurricane Gio

    Goldline Aqua Pod Remote Control Battery replacement?

    Can the batteries in these be replaced? i can find any answers anywhere! Mine will not hold a charge fr more than a few hrs. Its just over 2 years old. Thanks
  23. Hurricane Gio

    Not algae, but orange spots due vegitatation

    I have orange spots caused by organic matter from my palm trees. How can I remove it? Scrubbing with a ss brush dies not seem to be working so well. Thanks
  24. Hurricane Gio

    Optimal pump run time?

    We we installed our pool, the PB sales person said our VS pump should raise our bill by only $20-35 a month. Well our bill is $80-100 more a month. So I have thinking about bringing down the pump run time. The pump runs 20hrs a day. 5 1/2hrs on high and the rest on low speed. The pool is 8k...
  25. Hurricane Gio

    Adding CYA thoughts

    I am adding 4.11lbs of CYA to my water. Thoughts I see here are in the skimmer and in a sock in front of a return. My skimmer has a retune right inside. so when I added some dissolved CYA in warm water, it jets out into the water. Is this good? Could I avoid the sock method? Its really hard to...
  26. Hurricane Gio

    How long to get FC up?

    I had some issue stetting my FC up form the T15 cell. It was down to 0-1 today so I checked the cell again. It had some crust so I cleaned it again. This time a stronger solution sand it appears clean now. I have it running at 100% to get the FC up ASAP as I have a pool party on Sunday. How...
  27. Hurricane Gio

    SWG having issues with making FC

    I have a Aqua-rite T-15 SWG on my pool. All last year I ran the cell at 15-20% to keep FC around 4-5. This year after running a few days at 40%, my FC is only around 3-4. The ump runs 20hrs a day with 6 hrs on High speed. I see the bubbles in the water, but I can't get the FC to get higher. I...
  28. Hurricane Gio

    Need help with Goldline Aqua Cell.

    Somehow while in the Diagnostics mode, the Instant Salt reading is zero and I cannot figure out how to get it back up. Now the pool reads the salt level as zero. The manual is not help on this. Thanks
  29. Hurricane Gio

    Need a new filter

    EDIT: I have a Pentair 100sq ft filter and I need to replace the inside cartridge filter. Do I get another pentair or a generic one made by Dolphin? Any other brads to try? thanks
  30. Hurricane Gio

    Adding liquid Stabilizer

    Pour in fornt of a jet or just add to the Skimmer? I need to add 3 qts. Also can we swim after? Wait time? thanks!