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    DE filter blues

    Green pool with a de filter. I'd like to get the water circulating to add chlorine etc and vacuum out dead algae with the aqua bot. Problem is the de filter fingers get clogged so fast the water quits circulating. It's a pain to constantly remove those bolts and washers on the Hayward. Can these...
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    Pump not pulling water question

    Luckily my pool has been flawless since I joined up here last year, this thread is concerning my sisters pool. They don't keep up with things and it becomes my job to fix it. The short, pump only draws about half the amount of water it should, and overtime starts to run dry and loses prime...
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    Pump not pulling water question

    Luckily my pool has been flawless since I joined up here last year, this thread is concerning my sisters pool. They don't keep up with things and it becomes my job to fix it. The short, pump only draws about half the amount of water it should, and overtime starts to run dry and loses prime...
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    Pump question/low flow

    When I start my pump it runs good and completely fills with water to the lid. I have great return pressure coming from the return jets. After a few hours of running my filter pressure goes from about a 9 to 15. During this time the flow coming from the return jets is much weaker and the pump...
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    New here, just opened.

    Been a pool owner for 6 years, finally tired of getting ripped by the pool store and pool still looking awful. I'm done with them. Just opened and got things running last week, after a minor plumbing fix. I've used about 6 lbs of left over bioguard shock so far and have tabs in the...
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    Why do I have hardly any return pressure?

    First off I started noticing last year a drop in return pressure. I have 4 return jets, 2 at each end and a 5th return for the "cleaner" right near the skimmer on the side. The cleaner is on its separate line. the cleaner line has tons of pressure, shoots out fast, the others have little...