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    Replacing bearings on Speck pump - broken thru-bolt

    I have a Speck ES90 II pump with a single speed US Motors EZ48 KSSJXRME-2238 motor. I think the seal has failed, as the motor is quite rusted. I'm hoping to replace the bearings and the seals and give it a bit more life. One of the thru-bolts snapped off when I disassembled it, but I was able to...
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    Mounting new pump with a 2" 45 degree fitting?

    Hi, I'm planning to replace my existing single speed (1.0 THP Speck) with a 1.5 HP Intelliflo 3 VSF pump (I already bought the pump, I understand that a 3 HP might have been better). I need to get a pool installer out to take a look at installing it (I had Leslie's come out but that was a...
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    Controlling SWG with new Pentair Whisperflo VST

    I currently have a Speck ES90-II pump with a US Motors EZ48 motor with a THP:1.0. I have 1.5" PVC piping and the pressure gauge on my sand filter is showing around 15-17 psi at the moment. I have a ~15,000 gallon pool with one return by the stairs, one skimmer and one port about 16" down near...
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    Separate water bags for leaf net and solid cover?

    I bought a solid cover (tarp style) as well as a leaf net. I wanted to try the leaf net this year to see if it keeps the solid tarp cover cleaner. I was thinking that I could remove the leaf net occasionally to remove all the leaves. Both the tarp cover and leaf net have loops for water bags...
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    Robot spilling dirt when pulled out of water

    Hi, I have a Maytronics Dolphin Nautilus which is a few years old. It looks like the one in the picture below. I've noticed that when I lift the Dolphin out of the pool, that a bunch of sand and dirt is draining from it as i'm lifting it out. There is still plenty of sand/dirt caught by the...
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    Skimmer sinking

    I've noticed that my skimmer and the pavers around it are slowly sinking. The pavers used to be right underneath the coping, but now there is about a 1" gap. The top of the skimmer is now also tilted, it is lower near the pool. I'm fairly sure that I don't have a leak in my skimmer or the...
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    Pressure test poly pipe

    I want to pressure test my underground pool plumbing. I think my underground pipe is black poly pipe (see picture) . It doesn't look like flexible PVC. I assume the grey coupler has barbs going into the poly pipe, and since this is a 30+ year old pool, I probably shouldn't try to take the barbed...
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    Patching vinyl liner at top step of IG pool

    My pool had an ugly patch on top of a patch done by the previous homeowner. It didn't appear to leak last summer, but after opening the pool last weekend, I was losing 3/4" overnight. It appears that patches failed over the winter. It is a really tricky location to patch, because the tear is in...
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    Repairing a leaking vinyl liner patch

    I inherited a vinyl IG pool which has a patch on top of a patch. The top patch doesn't even have rounded corners. I've ordered a dye syringe to check, but given my water loss (I did a bucket test and saw about 3/8" more loss in the pool than in the bucket over 36 hours), I'm pretty sure the...
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    New SWG pool owner - FC=0

    Hi, We just purchased a house with a vinyl lined pool. The dimensions are 16 ft * 32 ft. I haven't done all the math about the volume, but it 7 ft 8" at the deep end and 3 ft at the shallow end. The previous owner had installed a SWG (BLSC40-C), and said that he ran the pump 24*7. He said that...