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Hi After installing a through wall skimmer with 2 inch pipe, do I still need that second inlet hole for water flow or can i plug/seal it? I am using a pool cartridge filter/pump that will pump it up to solar on roof. I know I will need to at least temporarily (and maybe permenently) plug the...

SOLVED with $20 heat gun from amazon. got it out like butter. Looks like female threads undamaged....i hope Photo attached shows a solar pool heater inlet where the threaded PVC connection snapped off. Interior dimentions of solar portion i think ~1.5in. Interior dimension of the snapped...

I had extra so i used flex PVC 2 inch in my AGP build. I have sprung two leaks in the flex PVC between the pump and filter (i had extra so used some there). Leaks were NOT at the connections points...

I have a new solar set up and theres Lots of Air leaking/sucking through my vacuum relief valve. The valve is "chattering" where I see the water trying to push the valve closed but then it quickly opens sucking in air. Its an open/close/open/close chatter. Air going through my return lines...

My fear = empty pool and broken pump due to major leak. Does a pool leak detector exist? Im picturing some device attached magnetically through the pool wall and if it no longer detects water it sets off an alarm.....or similar thing but in a pipe

Hi So I bought a couple solar panels, an upgraded pump and filter. Before hooking it up I did a bunch of research and determined it will be too hard to properly electrically bond my upgraded pump. My pool is a 14 ft round (4000 gallon) intex steel w/ steel legs and sits on pavers (not dirt)...

I see people (even professionals and manufacturers) connect solar pool panels with Fernco flex PVC DWV couplers. My question is why is this done when they are rated for max PSI of 4.3? Fafco solar panel headers are 1.5 inch female threaded (other manfacturers have MALE thread). So to connect...

Im going to mount some Fafco solar panel heaters to my roof. I'd really hate to drill holes into my roof (even if done correctly with roof sealant). Im thinking of alternative ways to mount it to the roof like using 2x4's tied to the solar panel headers. And/or drilling the mounting straps...

So i have been doing my homework before i build my solar system and am curious why i have not come across this. 2 inch piping is much "better" than 1.5 inch, but in the situation you have multiple solar panels hooked up, and these panels have 1.5 inch diameter headers, then this would be a...

Currently My crappy intex pump can be controlled from my alexa and I can set up timers and schedules etc. from a cheap 15 dollar smart plug. This is done simply by plugging the pump into a "smart" outlet and I can remotely turn it on/off and have schedules via my phone. I want to upgrade to a...

First, thanks to everyone here for your help and knowledge! I have a 14 ft round ~4k gallon AGP and want to get Fafco solar on my roof. Inyopools.com says the AGP pumps they sell (ie. 1 or 1.5hp pumps) are too small to pump up to a single story roof (20 feet up) and I will need an "inground...

How do other people do this? I am reading pool solar (Fafco) prefers "slowish" flow rates for efficiency and electric heat pump require FAST flow rate? How will this work combined in the same water piping circuit? I would get a diverter so I can use either the heat pump or solar isolated but...

1-2 degrees That is the difference between water temp intake and output. Its pretty small so Im wondering if this is good or bad. Im using the FH120 heat pump 20k BTU (small I know). Temps are highs in 70s and lows high 40s. Northern cali bay area

Hi I have tried a 1000GPH and 1500 GPH intex pump with my DIY solar using black drip irrigation hosing tubing and the output is the same. Its pretty slow at what I would guess is 50GPH. This is I am sure because the water is going from a 1.5" tubing diameter intex hosing down to a 0.5"...

Im going to have a 14ft round AGP with DIY solar but I am thinking of getting an electric heat pump but finding one to buy and which one to buy seems unnecessarily difficult. I will use the pump during the months outside temperatures are 75-90F I know everything is short supply with covid but...

Has anyone tried using the heater from their portable/inflatable hot tub spa to heat their above ground pool in the summer? The GPH is ~350-400 so its too weak to use as the only filter to keep it clean...

Hi Has anyone gone from DIY black irrigation hose/tubing to a commercial solar system and noticed a huge difference? I know this depends on the size differences so its hard to make a good comparison. I have 100 ft of black irrigation tubing thats worked pretty well but im wondering if i just...