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Hello all. My pool pump passed away on Tuesday (blowing circuit breakers all over the place) and I can't get it replaced until next Tuesday, so I'm not able to vacuum or more importantly, generate chlorine from my salt cell. In the meantime, I have to add chlorine manually, so my basic questions...

A few days ago I noticed my Jacuzzi wasn't turning on with all the other pumps. (I have the Jacuzzi and the waterfall set to run 15 minutes each, once a week just to keep the algae down) So I started investigating and when I turn the Jacuzzi motor on, it hums but doesn't turn on, so I figured a...

I just went out to check on my vacuum (once in a while the hose will get tangled) and found this (see pictures)! I'm not sure what it's called (drain?) but I have three of them and on one, the "lid" has broken off! It was actually stuck to the bottom of the vacuum and I had to pull it up to...

The main swimming pool pump intermittently "MOANS" (for about a month now) and I'm fairly certain it's the ceramic seal, correct? I watched a few "how to" videos like THIS ONE and it doesn't appear to be that difficult, but my question is what part number kit do I need? The pump is a Pentair...

As you probably know, the southwest is in the middle of a horrible drought and I hate wasting the water cleaning my cartridge filters (#6 in the drawing below). Does anyone have a better way of cleaning these things other than hitting each of them with a hose for 10-15 minutes each? I clean them...

Guys, I've been having a hose twisting problem now for a few weeks so I ordered the following: Gear Box Assembly (P/N AXV408P) Turbine/A-Frame Kit (P/N AXV621DAT) Pod Kit and Pod Shoes (P/N AXV417WHP and AXV414P) Wings (P/N AXV604WHP) Basically everything except the upper cone gear parts, the...

First question: My pool is approx 17 years old and I have Amerlite/Pentair lights in my pool and spa. The pool light is 8.375" (?) in diameter and the spa is 3.5" (?) in diameter. Even thought he current bulbs still work and light up the pool just fine, Id like to change them from clear to blue...

Mods, if this isn't the right place to post this please feel free to move. Thanks! Now, on to my question... My pool is clean, but my Jacuzzi is filthy. How the heck do you vacuum, sweep or otherwise clean it? I sweep it when the pool vac is running, but it just doesn't seem to get the dirt...

My original 16 year old Hayward Navigator keeps getting stuck in corners. Every few months I end up replacing the gear box assembly and that fixes it, but only for a few months (if I'm lucky). The last time I replaced it was just a month ago and it's already getting stuck in corners again! I've...

I haven't been on the board lately because my pool's been doing great, but I'm back with a problem (?) Over the last several days I've noticed my Aqua Rite 6D22 Chlorine Generator (with a Hayward Turbo-Cell T-Cell-15) keeps showing the "Check Cell" and "Check Salt" lights flashing. Two weeks...

Gents, almost a year ago exactly my original Hayward T-CELL-15 SWG went south on me (only showing 1600 for the salt and not generating) so I had to find a replacement. It was almost 9 years old so I got a good life out of it. Unfortunately, I went cheap and got a Compupool GRC/LM generic...

Not sure if this is the right place to post this so mods, feel free to move it if necessary. Yesterday I went out to do my weekly checks, and found the "See indoor control panel if flashing" indicator flashing. I did a Google search and didn't come up with too much, but what I DID find was...

Gents, I'm starting to get white crusty deposits on the bottom of my pool and it appears my calcium hardness is too high. It's supposed to be between 200 and 400 and mine's reading 600. Leslie's wanted to sell me a half gallon bottle of "Scale and Stain Control" for $45.00, but I'm sure I can...

My 2005 Turbo-Cell T-Cell-15 just died (yes, I got a lot of years out of the old girl!) and I need to get a replacement. Prices for the Hayward is a little on the steep side, but I found this "generic" one on ebay for a lot less with a 5 year warranty! Hayward Aquarite T-15 Generic Replacement...

I just want to get it straight in my mind. When I see tons of little bubbles coming out of the two side hole, that means the generator is creating chlorine, right? Thanks Ed

Not sure this is the right place to post this so if not, mods, please feel free to move. Anyway, I went out this morning to do my weekly check to make sure everything is working okay, and I noticed none of the LED's on my Aqua Rite 6D22 Chlorine Generator are lit up. No power, no "generating"...

Gents, I have a 15 year old Pentair system and the Jacuzzi heater gave out about a year ago. As you can see from the pictures (see attached), it's a Pentair MiniMax 400 DV heater. I have 120VAC coming into the transformer but I don't seem to have the 24V going to the orange and white wires. Can...

http://www.lesliespool.com/Home/Pool-Ch ... 14222.html I've finally gotten the clorine, ph, salt, etc... taken care of, but I still have a lot of scale in my pool. I was looking at this stuff from Leslie's and it says it gets rid of scale, so my question is has anyone ever used it? It's VERY...

I did a search but couldn't find a definitive answer to my question. I have a lot of calcium scale in my pool (along with some algae), and I'm in the middle of draining it because I put too much salt in there. It was a bonehead mistake on my part. I didn't notice the SWG needed cleaning and...

...but it's not too bad. YET! I want to nip it, but I may have screwed up. I looked at the control panel Sunday and it said my salt was at 2200. I thought that was low, so I added 4 bags of salt. I know, I know. I now realize that was WAY too much because the control panel says "High salt" and I...

I have a Aqua Rite Electronic Chlorine Generator on my system (Pentair Intellitouch System i5), and was told that in cold weather the generator shuts off automatically. I'm not sure at what temperature this happens, but it does seem to be off lately. However, even if it's off, should I get a NO...

Hello all. New member with almost NO knowledge about pools! I live in Southern California and we just had a massive rain storm with high winds over the last few days. This put a lot of leaves and twigs in my pool and before I had a chance to sweep them out, it looks like something has gotten...