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I am having great difficulty getting parts for my aquanaut-200, specifically the "Find 3, PVXS01SA-237-01 Upper Body, Blue Logo" I order and wait, and in a month they tell me they are out of stock. Is THAT customer service? Over and over again. Perhaps Hayward won't ever make the part again...

At least I think it is a 4.45. I had a fouled SWG. Cleaned it. Plugged it in. "SALT LEVEL LOW" or something like that message. My salt level is higher than 3200 ppm. Tried to reset salt level, but the instructions in the PDF noted below don't seem to work...

Went down to the pool and see minor water rising from my auto fill valve port in the deck. I open it up and it is filled with these stringy weeds. I grappled as many as I could with my hands and poured some chlorine into the port. What is this stuff and how can I get rid of / prevent it...

I just got my SWG cleaned up. I go to install it and the threaded collar at the bottom is cracked, won't snug up. Since it is captive on the return pipe, how the what do you fix this? Does somebody make a collar that will separate and screw together? Or is this a major plumbing job? help!

I've an aquanaut 200 sweep that my pool guy says is worn out. It's five or six years old. I had a Kreepy for 25 years in my California pool, and it worked rather well. Each lasted around 12 years. I had to replace parts but it was pretty simple stuff. Should I be looking at anything else?

Just hired a pool guy who claims the missing handle (find 2, p/n PVXS0002-234-01) is affecting the ability of my cleaner to get around the pool. When this thing broke I didn't worry about it as it seems to be a fairly useless part. Thoughts? tanks mac

In May 2021 I replaced my six or so year old Hayward T15 with a rebuilt unit which was allegedly provided with the same cell that Hayward uses. I recently replaced the water in my pool. It is betwixt 18K- 19K gallons. they charge me for differing amounts ever time they fill it! Do you...

I drained my pool a couple years back. It was fairly easy to get suction on the pump. Not this time. I have tried opening the strainer and pouring water in a couple of times, but it discapears before I can get the lid back on. I'm pulling me hair out and don't want to pay the pool guy to...

I bought a rebuilt T-15 from Salt Solutions. As soon as the weather got cold, no chlorine. Store tested salt at 3630 PPM. Computer says salt is low and won't turn on unit. Guy at Leslie's says they often don't work in cold water. Well, my last one did! What steps should I take to...

Hayward Pro Logic. My salt is around 3800 PPM. I've a rebuilt SWG that was working great until the board failed.... I repaired that failed solder joint so common with Hayward Pro Logic boards. I am running my SWG at around 70% on a ten or so hour cycle. And I am getting 1.5 ppm chlorine...

I drained/filled my Phoenix pool just about a year ago using a Mesa city water source delivered by truck (I'm on a shared well and can't use it for that.) That Mesa water has lots less magnesium sulfate than my well-based makeup water does. Oh, and? My well water is a fantastic laxative...

My make up water comes from a well that is full of magnesium and calcium. I live in Greater Phoenix, so the summertime make up water is LOTS. After four years the water had so many minerals in it that I could not run the SWG for a week at a pH of 7.2 w/o fouling it! I have just refilled the...

Hey guys. I know this is seriously off topic, but I also understand that there are many chemists that haunt this site. I am attempting to remove rust from old military rifle barrels electrolytically, using 20 Mule Team Borax as an electrolyte, and some rather fancy programmable DC power...

Got the hayward valve marked 130k44, can't get core out. Suggestions? tanks mac

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Using the TF-100 kit w/ R-870/R-871 components. I balanced the pH and shocked the living daylights out of the pool with liquid chlorine. Went to test FC. Put scoop of R870 into 10ml water with speedstir, turns clear right away. A second scoop it stays pink. Then 70 drops of R871 tells me I...

I've been using the methods outlined on this site to bring my TA down from around 160++ to 80! It took a pool full of 32% HCL to do it, but I'm on a roll here. ASIDE: Home Depot has some awesome "water features" that are excellent for aerating pool water, less thatn $15 delivered to your...

I've been using the methods outlined on this site to bring my TA down from around 160++ to 80! It took a pool full of 32% HCL to do it, but I'm on a roll here. ASIDE: Home Depot has some awesome "water features" that are excellent for aerating pool water, less thatn $15 delivered to your...

My CH is pretty high according to Leslie's... 650 or so. My unsoftened tap water from the well CH is 275, softened is 241 (mebe need to add some salt to the softener?) So I use the "economy" method of testing with a 10 ml sample. I get NOTHING when I go the conventional route, so I use the...

I go to Leslie's and they find 160 TA in my sample. I test it myself... the water just begins to turn from (blue?) to maybe red at 17 drops, full red as it gets at 19. Adding more R009 won't change the color after 19 drops. So is my measured TA 170 or 190???? tanks

I've got those silly little multi-color-changing LEDs in my 2+ year old California Pool. One of them (recently) does not work at all, which leads me to think it might be a connection at the controller panel? (Not my choice, nope. I'd rather have a single old fashioned FLOOD that I can SEE...

My Hayward cell notes 25 volts and 5 amps max. My panel is it is drawing +/-7.25 amps. What's this?

Pool less than three years old. When I moved in last Dec, I had a heck of a time priming the main pump. Replaced the filter basked O ring and all was well, it would self prime. Today I opened the basket to clean it. O ring has no debris on it; interface for O ring has no debris. Empty...

My chlorine generator just stopped working again after a ~3 month service interval. It was clearly compromised. I soaked it 4:1 water:HCL FOUR different times over a 24 hour period, and the bubbling was always very active at the addition of a new solution. After the FOURTH soak, 24 hrs later...

I just bought a home with a two year old pool, which apparently was installed by "California Pools." This orifice/cover is on the second step down when entering the pool. Is it suction? Is it return? Water is too cold to wade into! tanks mac

Forgive me if this has been hashed over before, but I could not sufficiently narrow the search to get to this question? My ~2 year old pool in my newly acquired home has a dead SWG. Hayward and the buyer's warranty won't cover a new one because it was not properly maintained. I gave it a soak...

I just bought a new house in Mesa, AZ. Pool is magnificent, two years old, the prior home owner who sold me the home left absolutely NO information regarding the installer, manuals, etc. The previous owners did absolutely nothing to the pool; the SWG was calcified and non operational, although...

My Triton 400K BTU heater is not getting as hot as it used to. I took measurements with a thermocouple years back when it was new, and either the "POOL" or "SPA" setting would get me 106F. No longer. I've the schematic which I can read well enough. I am just trying to decide what "POT 1" or...

I've got a ten year old (15?) Kreepy that until recently was working just fine. I have a fiberglass over gunnite surface. I've back washed the filter. Got great suction. Kreepy sounds normal, but is moving very slowly and continues to get stuck on vertical paths. It just sits there. I...

I've a very old Kreepy Krauly that I have manged to keep in relatively good condition. I've been having trouble with it getting stuck. On the side or the bottom of the pool; after a while it just stops. Not just verticals; on the bottom, too. I have a decent pump, LOTS of suction. I am not...