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Several days ago, my pump's motor just decided to stop working. No humming or buzzing or overheating. It just quit. And then, as I was researching replacement motors, it fired back up again (I'd left it on the timer), sounded fine, wasn't getting hot, and it ran for a few days. Then it quit...

Well, yesterday morning I was wondering why the pump hadn't kicked on, come to find out it should have. The timer tripped. I checked the breaker box and no breakers have tripped. This motor is not that old -- maybe 2 or 3 years. Which has me wondering -- what is the likelihood that maybe a wear...

For the past several weeks my little Pool Vac XL has been zipping along the bottom and sides of my pool, getting the job done with few issues. About the only time it would stop would be if it sucked up too many leaves or sticks which ended up jamming the impeller. But once I cleared the jams, it...

Folks, I've been testing my pool's FC and CC numbers every morning and adding chlorinating liquid as required. I've been shooting for a 7ppm balance and typically with my pool I'm having to add anywhere from 40 oz to 64 oz of bleach a day. The actual numbers I'm seeing are usually around 3.5 to...

I have an in-ground pool that I've estimated to be about 20,000 gallons in volume. For water filtration, the pool has a Hayward cartridge filter, I don't recall the model number offhand, but it is sufficient for this pool size. My pool guy and I have had a falling out. He no longer works on my...

We've lived in this house for four years now, and this is the first year we've had a real problem with acorns winding up in the pool. We have five very tall oak trees in our backyard, so I guess, if anything, I'm surprised this problem hasn't happened before. Right now, our oak trees are...

A couple of months ago, a friend and I replaced my pool's suction line -- the one running from the skimmer to the pump. It was leaking -- sucking air to the extent it was audible. The suction was so poor, as a result of this, that my suction-powered pool vac wouldn't run. So we replaced the run...

I bought my Hayward Pool Vac XL a few years ago, but never put it into service because my pool pump's suction side was so weak, it wouldn't power the vac. Well, I finally traced the problem down to the suction side piping sucking air, so I replaced it. Now I've got great suction and it's enough...

Hey folks, this is my second post to the forum and the reason why I joined. I need some advice or perspective because my understanding in this situation is limited. Our pool has had a problem with the return side sucking air. You could hear the pump dealing with it because it was causing some...

Howdy, folks. It's getting a mite warm down here and of course the pool needs to be ready. Been having some problems, so as I often do when I have questions about something, I turn to Internet based forums and the wealth of info these Foruminds possess. Such is the case here -- I hope. But I'll...