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It's take a bit of troubleshooting, but I finally figured out why I'm getting air in my pump and lines. Turns out I have a leak in the valve on the suction side of the pump. This has resulted in LOTs of air in my system. At low running speeds it has sucked in so much air that the pump is void of...

Yesterday, I noticed my pump was quite loud, and I discovered there were bubbles in my pump filter, as well as in the valves in the line, and some of the pipes were shaking vigorously. I turned off the pump and the water level in the pump was quite low. I heard sounds as if water was continuing...

I've had my DIY liquid chlorinator for a little over a year now (1y3m). Unfortunately, my Stenner Pump (45MPHP10) has stopped working, and I'm just outside of the warranty (1yr). I test my water about once a week. This week, I tested it and found there was no chlorine in the pool. I turned the...

Context I never thought this would happen, but I'm pretty sure our pool was struck by lightning about a week ago. My daughter thought she saw the lightning strike just past our back yard, but we had several things go wrong in and outside the house, with no visible indicators of a strike (no...

The aftermath of a pool installation to a sprinkler system can be daunting, so I hired someone to fix it for me. That said, I have a question now about some changes I want to make, and I'm hoping someone here at TFP will have some expertise or be able to point me in the right direction. I am...

Our deck has moved and cracked more than I expected. I noticed a few months back that there was a crack in the side wall near my skimmer, and I can clearly tell it's leaking now. Note that this happened prior to the freeze here in Texas a couple of weeks ago, so it's unrelated to that. While it...

Umm, what's with the novel??? I wanted to write out my story on putting together a very functional (thanks to all the folks here) automated liquid chlorinator for three reasons: (1) I'm proud of it, and I want to thank the folks who helped me; (2) to share the problems I experienced to help...

I need help understanding how the EasyTouch8 is configured/meant to work. I figured this made sense to be in a new thread, so notifying @GDN or @bdavis466, since this is in relation to a post/diagram from them. Goal: To provide load to an available AUX relay ONLY when the mail pump is on...

Problem I want to vary how the normal "Pool" mode pumps water between pool and spa in an automated fashion. I have a manual valve right now that allows me to configure this. When in pool mode... If the valve is open, it pushes water to both the pool and the spa. If the valve is closed, it pushes...

I recently completed a SLAM (on 6/27) treating for a tiny amount of black and green algae, and a decent amount of mustard algae. Since then, my pool has been crystal clear and levels holding quite well (just adding chlorine). I've been testing every day, and all has been well. This morning, I...

Moved from here. I'd like to piggyback here, as I'm about to start a SLAM myself. I'm trying to get rid of 2 tiny spots of black algae (both less than dime size), one small spot of green algae (less than a quarter), and the remnants of mustard algae (this was kind of bad, and I shocked it...

Problem My pool loses chlorine over the span of 8-10 days. The pool builder doesn't know why. I have to bleed air out of my system ever 7 days to keep chlorine from getting too low. They think it may have something to do with the way the system is plumbed. Steps Followed (reproducible) Filled...

I just had a pool installed and fired up the heater and used the spa for the first time yesterday. I was very disappointed to find that water/air (from the blower) was "leaking" out the edges of the jet, not just through the nozzle. Is this normal? I would imagine this affects the pressure...