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While swapping out my motor because the bearings were making an awful racket, I came across this mess (see attached photos). Is this corrosion because something failed in the shaft-seal assembly or I installed it wrong? I put this motor in myself about 4 years ago. When I opened this up, the...

My pool motor recently started screeching. Hopefully you can listen to it with the short 10-second video in the link below. I am thinking the bearings are going out (?), but want to know if there is something I can do to repair or fix vs. buying a new motor. I believe the motor is only a few...

Looking ahead to a possible replacement of what has to be a 20 or more years-old Hayward Northstar Pump body. The current pump body has some pinhole/hairline cracks that are leaking in the neck area of the discharge port. When I disassemble it, the inside of the discharge port has what I would...

I have an old(er) Amerlite pool light housing that I have put a standard LED PAT38 outdoor flood light into. The bulb is GE brand, 32W outdoor PAR38 bulb, one color (daylight), 3,000 lumens. It is plenty good for our 9,000 gal pool. It does what I want. Since it is LED and only 32W, it does not...

I have a blocked skimmer return. I have tried using CO2 to push it out from the pump intake end, and back to the skimmer. The gas bubbles come out at the skimmer (quite vigorously), but it does not dislodge the blockage. So, when I turn on the pump again, there is very little suction at the...

I maintain my Stenner pump by replacing the white tube inside the unit periodically. Today, seeing some algae in the pool, I checked my chlorine. ZERO. Usual diagnostics lead me to my Stenner not moving fluid. Checked the intake line and the output line. Neither is clogged. Injection head is...

I have had this issue for a while now, and it baffles me. I've had the Stenner 100 psi 3 gpd pump for a little more than a year. Installed in May 2015. Worked well initially, but now I am convinced it's not injecting into my main line downstream of my filter. Here are some specifics: 1) Pool...

I have a Stenner pump hooked up to a 15 gal storage tank (it is dark opaque plastic, not transparent). I have been having trouble maintaining my FC level, and wonder if bleach, once opened out of the bottle and put in a tank, degrades. I can do a test of the bleach itself easily enough, but...

I live near Houston, so it's getting warm and sunny down here. I have a 3 gpd Stenner pump with an electronic timer. I use liquid 8.25% bleach. I am having some difficulty maintaining a FC level that I consider acceptable. Water stays clear, but mustard algae (??) starts to form on the shady...

Moderator comment: This post was separated out from this thread: Bye-Bye Liquidator... Hello Stenner!... Maybe. (This time with info in my sig, doh!) - Page 2 Just reading all this and I am fascinated by this prospect. I have a 9,000 gal in-ground plaster pool. All the equipment is outdoors...

I've just drained my 9,000 gal in-ground, plaster-finish pool to get a fresh start before summer, because the CYA had gotten out of control. I was using the 3" CL pucks, and fully aware of the consequences. My CYA concentration was at least above 100, but how much more I do not know, since the...

I have a friend whose got a used, 1-2 year old, AquaPure PLC1400 with an APure 1400 control panel for sale. He currently has a 35K gal in-ground plaster pool and he is replacing the AquaPure with a normal puck chlorinator. He says he isn't happy with how the AquaPure system is working, but I...

I have a friend who lives in a resort community in Baja CA, Mexico. Its a very small pool, probably less than 4K gals. The pool surface is not plaster. According to my friend, it's a mix of cement and sand, kind of a cheap PebbleTec replacement. The tile work is small glass tiles, about 1...

I recently had my motor replaced with an A.O. Smith 1 HP USN1102 motor. When I received the invoice for the job, I was surprised to see the $370 cost for the motor. Searching on line, I am finding prices anywhere from $215 - $260, including shipping. Before I call my pool co. to protest, can...

My otherwise quiet pump motor started making what i can only describe as an "electrical" buzzing noise today. Everything else seems fine. Water is moving, chemistry is fine, pressure on top of filter reads 12 psi. Impeller was recently cleaned out, and new o-rings installed, and I know what a...

The CYA level in the pool we now own may have been chronically high for some period of time (in excess of 150). This goes back at least a couple of years. A few weeks ago, I made the necessary corrections to get it in the 40 ppm range (basically, drained the pool), and noticed this weekend...

My Northstar pump periodically seems to have an increase in the decibel level of it's background noise level. I can only describe it as follows: its louder than normal, and seems "coarser", not as smooth, as if there is some air or other material slogging around in there to make it louder...

Tested 2 samples: City water: used to fill the pool when it runs low: FC - 1.5 TC - 2.0 (CC was 0.5) TA - 450 CH - 20 CYA - 0 PH - 8.2+ Pool water: FC - 25 (!!) TC - 25 (CC was zero) TA - 300 CH - 300 (Lesson here - if you don't watch this one carefully, it'll go from blue to clear and...

I just ordered my TF100 test kit for our 12K gal IG pool. We live in Texas, about 1.5 hours north/NW of Houston, in College Station. We purchased the house with the pool. We have never had any issues with water clarity, algae, etc. Water has always been crystal clear. The plaster does have...