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Hi, I have a Maytronic-made Pentair Warrior SE. The swivel cable is failing - I've been able to resurrect it a couple of times but it's on the way out. The robot currently works fine - but it is 4 years old. I'm hopeful it'll continue to run fine but realistically it's closer to the end of its...

Hi, I have a Pentair Warrior SE. Recently, the blue "vent" on the top front of the device clogs with leaves. When this happens, it loses suction and loses the ability to climb the walls. The pool is not full of leaves or anything horrible. I can clean everything out of the warrior and the...

Ants keep establishing themselves a home in my brush pole. They seem to be carpenter ants and they they come out en masse when you use the brush, which is fun for neither swimmers or the cleaner (and probably not for the ants, either). I've tried using ant bait and other pesticides and it...

I need to replace o-rings in a Jandy valve that is the first valve in my plumbing setup. My equipment sits below the level of the pool, so water will flow out if I don't block it. My skimmers are Baker Hydros. These come with a 'plate' that you install on top of the skimmer basket/sock for...

I recently changed from a full rated 1.5hp single speed pump motor to a 1.5hp dual speed pump motor. I've been tracking energy usage and thought I'd share my findings. I'm comparing the 4 weeks ending 2/21/2018 to the 4 weeks ending 2/21/2017. Weather conditions were slightly colder in 2018...

I'm considering switching from current DE6020 to a cartridge system because I find the DE cleaning and back-washing to be a messy pain. (I've read the wonderful guides an how-tos, but I still end up covered in powder, with my yard looking like a winter wonderland, and inevitably end up with DE...

I'm looking to move to dual speed in order to cut energy costs. I have a full rated 1.5hp Hayward Tristar. I have no idea how old the pump is as it was with the house when we bought it. The pool was built in 1994 so it could potentially be that old. It works fine though - no leaks or...

Is there any reason I can't use my Polaris booster pump to run a leaf vac (http://www.poolproducts.com/p/universal-leaf-gulper)? I'm in Texas, so with the storms I've got a pool full of leaves and full of water. I don't want to add even more water to the pool to run the leaf vac/gulper thing...

Hi, I'm looking to add a SWG to a 25k pool in Austin TX. I want to do a self install and am currently leaning towards a Circupool SJ40 or SJ55 chlorinator. On determining the size, I used the Pool Math calculator and it tells me I'd need 10oz of chlorine gas to raise FC by 3 ppm / day (my...

I have a 3 way valve on the suction side of my pump that lets be choose between skimmers, main drain or both. When "both" is selected, everything runs fine. However, if I change to either skimmer or main drain, air enters the system and your can see tons of bubbles run through the strainer and...

Hi, I'm a new owner of a not-so-new pool. It's a 55x15' lap pool, built in the 1990's. It has 2 small lights, one of which currently doesn't work. I pulled the bulb and the lamp fixture itself is damaged, so I'm trying to understand replacement options. The light is a small Purex 10510...