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    Anyone know what this is?

    I removed my old (ancient) pump last weekend and replaced it with an intelliflo. One part of the plumbing removed was this inline gadget. Inside of it appear to be magnets (with some attached metal shavings). Is that what it is? Is it worth putting back in?
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    Pump replacement recommendations

    My pump started making periodic screeching noises about a week ago (or that's when I started noticing it) and yesterday it would start up and then after a few minutes make a loud buzzing noise and then shut off. Now when I power it on it just makes the buzzing noise suggesting capacitor but...
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    UV stability of Santoprene tubing?

    I just installed a 45mph10 Stenner pump. As part of the kit I received ~20 feet of clear (opaque, actually) santoprene tubing. Since most of the tubing run is exposed to the Arizona sun for most of the day I'm wondering how well it will hold up to UV and whether I should take steps to protect it?
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    CYA, CH down. What happened?

    I've experienced an interesting anomaly over the past few months. Back in April I did the complete measurement suite and found that my CH had plummeted to near baseline, and CYA had plummeted to <30 compared to the previous measurements in February. I immediately suspected a leak to the pool...