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    Vita spa slow leak - could it be the jet?

    I'm attempting this repair myself, but it might be too advanced, but here goes... slow water leak last summer, would need to add water every week. Powered off and it sat all winter (South Carolina, not too cold). Water eventually stopped leaking at upper bottom cyclone jet. There's 2 jets at...
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    Motor is sparking when turned on.

    Above ground 12,500 gallon pool. Hayward Power-flo LX Pump, had maybe 10 years. This season, when I turn on, a few sparks fall out from where the ground wire is attached (I think), the motor and pump turn on anyway and work fine. I did this a couple of times. This morning, I video taped it...
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    Above Ground Pool Liner Replacement - ran into problems with wrinkles

    Okay so I decided to tackle this liner replacement myself (with a friend). We followed some instructional videos and it looked easy enough. My sand floor was wrecked from the previous installation and a leak, so I had to add sand (12 bags play sand from home depot), mainly to build up my cove...
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    Is Shiny water a sign of algae?

    ever notice sometimes the water looks really shiny? My wife swears that every time she notices the "shine", that the pool is about to start an algae bloom. The water is balanced, I have algaecide in it. It's really clean. I think she's nuts, but maybe there is something to it? Anyone have any...
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    Advice for very small leak in vinyl pool (picts)

    Live in South Carolina, USA 24ft round above ground pool. liner is 2 years old. built the deck myself last spring (1 year ago). All summer, pool was great. I covered my pool last September. Around November/December, I noticed the water level dropping. It was really slow. I couldn't tell from...
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    BBB method in a hot tub / spa ?

    I'm a pool & hot tub owner and switched to BBB in my pool last year. Pool has been awesome. The only problem is getting rid of all those big bleach bottles... (joke)... We've had our hot tub a few years and I've never been happy with it. We use baquaspa chemicals, and I use test strips and...