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I have had a Hayward ecostar for 4 years now and have had to have the drive replaced 5 times, all by Hayward, which has excellent customer service but I am getting tired of having to shock the pool because the pump is down. So I purchased a Pentair Intelliflo variable speed pump. I have it...

Sometime in the past few months the foam in my weir door must have come off. The door now stays completely open even with the pump off. It is a waterway renegade Skimmer. Would any foam work or is it better to just replace the door. Also how does the door come out? Would hate to break another...

So I am in the market for a new pool robot. I had a Polaris robot that had to be repaired 2 times, and now one of the wheels has fallen off which in the pool, no idea how or why but I am done with it. I got about 3 years out of it and it was a pain in my rear. So I am looking for another robot...

So I go out on a rather warm January day the other day and notice the pump is not running. It says Drive error- pump has stalled. I check the skimmer and a huge batch of leaves got into the skimmer basket, no idea where they came from, it is January and no trees are on our property. So I imagine...

So we went to a local auction last weekend and I picked up a new basketball backboard for $15. We have been looking at pool goals and the ones we have seen are outrageous. So for $15 I thought I would take a shot. This is a 52" spalding acrylic backboard. Since we already have concrete poured...

Our polaris 9300 just stopped working. The lights would just flash on and off. Luckily the warranty is not up until this August. Called polaris and they gave me a service request number and said to take it to Leslie's as the labor is free. They called the other day and said the robot itself was...

So we are still working on our pool amenities. Has been slow going recently and staying out of the pool in this heat instead of working is hard. :). We are building a bar area under our gazebo and was going to put a small under the cabinet refrigerator out there. I then had the idea of a...

So I just went out to the pool and the pump is saying driver error, driver has stalled. I have looked online and found to check the leads which all seems good. I have checked the impeller and it spins freely. Ohms reading from lead to ground shows no continuity. From lead to lead shows .8. Has...

Probably the best $7 cooking item I have ever bought. http://www.generalstoreofminnetonka.com ... press.html Makes perfect stuffed burgers. Picked it up at lowes. Had mushroom, pepper jack , and cheddar cheese stuffed burger tonight on the grill. Wow. No stuffing came out like it normally...

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So we installed a pool last year and am now looking for a outdoor speaker setup and want to see if I am on the right track. Here is what I want. 1. Internet radio with ability to play off home network, USB or iphone 2. 4 total speakers and 1 sub 3. Preferably the reciever be inside but...

I have a cozy cove with a knob the lets air in the lines to create bubbles. Well today I noticed some water around that area and went to investigate. When my pump is at its highest setting water starts coming out of the air line. When on speed 1,2,3 it doesn't come out. This has never happened...

Noticed today when brushing the pool these few spots. There are about 4-5 thought the deep end all in the spot where the wall goes from a 90 degree wall to a 45 in the deep end hopper. From reading pool school it sounds like mustard because it is on the wall and it says pollen/dirt will not be...

My cya is at 60 right now. Started out at 20 this spring from draining pool water over the winter and have slowly been raising in 3 pounds of cya at a time. My water is perfect right now. Pump run time is as follows with a ecostar pump: 4am-11am 1100 watts 12pm-3pm 1500 watts 4-4:45 2100 watts...

So we got home this evening our lights out by the pool were not on. They are on a timer so I went out to inspect. Gfci was tripped. 1st time since installing 8 months ago it has tripped. So I come in and my wife tells my our Epson projector is not working. I take it down and inspect the bulb and...

I had some people over this past week and a few of them says the water tastes a little salty but didn't think anything about it because they were all a little intoxicated. My wife had a friend of hers over yesterday afternoon and they said the same thing. I can taste it a little but not like...

I have the OTO ph/ chlorine test that came with the TFT 100 but hate trying to decipher the reading. Is there a drop test or anything else that is easier to test PH? I have looked on TFT test kits and didn't see anything else for Ph.

I put some baking soda mixed in a bucket through the skimmer the other day and about 30 minutes later noticed my aqua logic saying the salt level was to high. Is their a reason behind this? Should I turn off the SWG when adding baking soda through the skimmer? I turned the percentage to 0 then...

I have been using a 50ft 1.5 in backwash hose down the street as we live on a hill and there are culvert that lets the water go underground. I am looking for a better way to so this. I am planning on running 1.5" pipe underground to the back side of my property. But then what can I do for it not...

This was waiting on me when I got home. Will report back how it works after i use it. Right now I just have a crappy lowes brush and it takes 20 to 30 minutes or so to brush the pool good. Hopping this thing holds up to its claims. [attachment=1:1dfdbrm5]ImageUploadedByTapatalk...

I have a sand 500 lbs sand filter and have noticed dirt on my steps and cozy cove. I will brush my pool including the steps and cozy cove and the next day dirt will right back on them. There are reruns at both locations. Is this just a disadvantage the sand filter has being it can't catch the...

Thought this would be a fun thread. What is your pool cleaners nickname. I know We all have one for them. Mine is a Polaris 9300 named zing bot or zingy for short.

It has rained every weekend here in east Alabama for the past 5 weekends. Pretty and sunny through the week then rain on the weekends. Makes it impossible to get anything done. Looks like this weekend will be no different. 50 percent chance Friday 70 percent chance on Saturday and 60 on Sunday...

Tiny bubbles are coming out of the returns. Is this normal for a SWG? Here is a video http://youtu.be/StQ7TUk6o2o

Is it normal when opening the pump to clean the basket for water to go down below the the suction line of the pump and make a gurgling sound? The 3 way valve is off so water can not flow back into the pool also. Just noticed my ecostar done this earlier when cleaning out the strainer. It holds...

My check system light comes on for a few seconds the goes off and comes back on after about 20-30 seconds. I have went to the diagnostics menu and went though it. Everything looks fine. How do I find out what is wrong?

Ok we installed a pool last year and need to get some sod down ASAP. I have been looking at how to prep the area but after reading all these different articles my head is spinning. Here's the situation: Our yard is what I would call clay and small rocks. We had some top soil put aside last...

I am in North Alabama and decided not to close my pool this year. So far so good. We have had freezing temps but nothing that has not recovered the following day. Next week we are forecasted to be below or at freezing for about 36 hours ranging from 20-32 degrees. I have the aqua plus and is set...

We are planning out outdoor kitchen/ gazebo area and are in the planning stages. At 1st I was going to go 2x4 and fire proof with cement board but I see the grill still need a insulated liner to be fireproof. Is there any other way around this and be safe? Looks like that alone would run in...

I just ran some uf-b wire for 2 lights 10 foot from the pool. As I read code these do not need a gfcb but I am putting one on it. I wired it up to a regular breaker this weekend to make sure it worked and it did. Covered the trench and it worked fine. After 3 days of rain today I went to connect...