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I got a new pump, Pentair Intelliflo VSF, up from a Superflo VS. The Superflo died after only 6 years. I used to run it at second highest speed for about 8 hours a day, which gave me the best skimming. I had it off the rest of the time, since I found no real advantage to a low speed. Anyway...

My Pentair Superflo VS (model 342000, in service since 2014) died 2 hours after pool opening. It was running fine and just cut out. No LED lights are on, but the circuit breaker was not tripped, so the problem must lie in the pump. Perhaps wiring in the control module is fried (trying to figure...

I've gotten very used to home tests over the last few years, and with the support available here have had a "troublefree pool". After a liner change I have totally new fill water and have been doing a lot more testing than I've needed to do in the past, and i've used the local pool store for...

Hi TFP community, I have a chemistry situation I am curious about. I have completely new fill water (never been balanced) after a liner change, city water. A couple weeks ago, chlorine on its own was making the water green (not algae). The previous water never behaved this way. I expect that my...

I am having an issue with problems that have occurred to my pool during a liner change (another post). With this post I am looking to hear opinions on whether changing out a liner the evening before a possible heavy rain forecast is something that most installers would do, given that the pool...

Opened the pool late this year, heres what we found: Several other smaller spots too. Liner was 8 ish years old, no company would come out to pull up the liner and the ones I spoke to said when it pulls away from the corners there isnt much choice but to replace. Eight years not that long...

My pump (Pentair variable speed) ran dry for a couple hours because of something mindless I did. It still works apparently, but I want to say its a bit louder than before (more whiny). What exactly should I be aware of going forward with this pump? I'll be closing up the pool in a couple weeks...

I am trying to choose a pool heater for next year (live on Long Island NY). My pool is quite shaded, I want it to be 80 degrees from mid april to end September. It ranged only from 55-70 degrees all season . There is obvious choice of propane gas (i wish natural gas was an option for me:() or...

The end of the season, I did an ascorbic acid treatment. I had a CYA of about 60 mid-season, I stopped measuring CYA because I stopped adding tricolor pucks and my understanding was that the CYA should remain steady. To do the ascorbic acid treatment, I dropped FC to zero, I added polyquat60 at...

Pretty simple questions: The return jets at my steps gurgle and spit out bubbles, but the main pool returns do not. What type of return is this called? What is it for? How does it gurgle? One side gurgles better than the other one, should I try to have it repaired or should I not be...

lets just say, I think that an animal is sitting on my top step at night. I was seeing sand in the pool, and naively assumed that it was from my new sand filter (see my other post: http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/83397-Was-my-Sand-filter-installed-improperly). The installer came, informed...

So I got this new Variable speed pump. It uses bunch less energy than the old Hayward Superpump, but the hayward was one speed only, I didn't need to think about it. Now i have an enormous number of possible pump protocols to choose from. Max speed for the same amount of time the Hawyward was...

I Got a new pump and sand filter to replace the old (Hayward Proseries, Zeobrite in place of sand). The filter works, the water has been clear (when I remember to keep adding chlorine:uhh:). My pressure gauge read 17 PSI when it started to operate and it returns to 17PSI post backwashing during...

My pool is surrounded by huge Oak trees that shed ENORMOUS amounts of chaff into my pool in the spring (see pics). I am not alone, anyone with mature trees near their pool goes through it too. It just seems that this situation is common and disgusting enough there should be a specific word to...

Moved in December. I didn't really want a pool, but it came with the best house for us, so I'll make it work. Pool hasn't been opened in 2 years. Thankfully it was covered, but the cover wasn't tight and sagged into the water most of the winter, and the pool is surrounded by many mature trees...