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    Replacing pump, adding filter for sheer descent return from negative edge basins

    I've got a 9500gal pebbletech pool. The main pump that runs it is a 1.5hp Hayward single speed going through a Hayward 60 DE filter. All of that is fine for now. The pool also has a negative edge, actually 2 negative edges split in the middle by a wall with a single 36" sheer descent...
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    SLAM not working, chlorine consumption steady (not dropping)

    2nd season with a pool, having some some trouble again. Last year, I got a house with a pool, and non-working DE filter (collapsed grates). Fixed the filter, came to TFP SLAMed it and all went well. It took me a couple of tries to figure out how often I had to cycle the pumps. The answer was...
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    Air leak, please identify this Hayward pump

    We started swimming again a few days ago. I noticed today that the return line closest to the pump is blowing small bubbles. I bled the filter and after about 10 mins it needed to be bled again. The first thing I want to swap is the strainer o-ring, since I've never changed it and I've heard...
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    What kind of jet is this?!

    My pool has some strange looking eyeball jets. They are black and don't have the usual external ring. They are old and worn, so the eyeballs automagically rotate to an orientation that blocks flow which means that more water has to return through the fountains, chilling the pool. Good in...
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    Pebbletech Infitiy Pool trouble

    Hi, new pool owner here. I bought a place in April that has a pool, it's about 9500 gallons, pebble tech, Hayward 60 DE filter, vanishing-edge with a mostly clogged sheer-descent waterfall to return the water from the overflows to the main pool. When I first moved-in, the water had been...