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I have air coming into my pump strainer. I replaced my o-rings, pump plugs and made no difference, so I will need to dig to the skimmer to find where is the leak. But, it does not seem to be a very big leak and I'm afraid it might be difficult to find. What are the best methods to find air leak...

Hi, I have a Hayward TriStar VSP with 1.5" pipes from pad to pool with a 2" elbow going to the pump. Pipe is also 2" from pump to valve between filter and pump and where the backwash hose is connected. I always have some air in the basket, it can't fill 100%. I also get more air in the basket...

As anyone tried rubber bristles brush? Are they any good? or better stick to polyester/nylon bristled brushes? For a pool with vinyl liner.

Seems harder and harder to get source of reagent in Canada. Anyone knows where I could get T-0718 in Canada? All the USA store won't ship to Canada.

Looking at getting one of these 2 from Water Tech: iVac350Li or Pool Blaster Max Li. Any opinions, comparison? iVac350 is slightly cheaper in price, and according got water tech rating: iVac 350 as power rating of 520 and Max Li of 365 but not sure which is best design and would last longer.

Came back from vacation with a nasty surprise... Abnoral storm removed half my pool cover leaving leaves to go into my skimmer and clog it and stopped my filter from pumping water. So, I was withou filtration and SWG not working for some days (not sure how many). Water was a bit clouwdy but...

Replaced my pump recently, and now with this new TriStar VS I'm seeing starvation when I use the manual vaccum (thru skimmer). Any idea in preventing this? can I use 2" vaccum hose? Would it help? Plumbing is 1.5" from skimmer to pump, than 2" for about 1.5 feet and 1.5" all the way thru 3 way...

Hi, My pump did die as I predicted it would happen... it started tripping from over heating occasionnally, and started to only be able to run at full speed for a max of 2 minutes. So, I got an Haward TriStar VSP. Now, all seems good, but pump basket will leav about 1/2" of free space before...

Hi, Can you get cloudy water from excess organic only, but no algae? My parameters have been like this for weeks: FC = 5 to 6 CC = 0 CYA = 40 TA = 40 CH = 150 Salt = 3200 pH = 7.6 Water started to be slightly cloudy 2 days ago. The only thing I can see, is that we have a lot, and I mean a...

Hi, I might have to relpace my pump this year, was shutting off by hitself last summer with intervales that were reducing. I was looking for a 1.5 HP variable speed pump, but was offered a really good deal on a 3HP intelliflow VS-3050 (half the price of a 1.5HP SuperFlo VS). I know this would...

Hi, my pump started to cycle on and off 2 days ago. Only happened during the very hot period of the day. I openned the shed door, turned off the breaker for 15-20 minutes and it seemed tombe ok after that. But, this morning it's not that warm and it started to do it again. I'm pretty sure it's...

I having lots of Frass (caterpillar poop pellets) dropping in my pool. This is obviously eating FC, since it's organic. Am I safe in just keeping my FC 2-3ppm higher then target recommendation, until this stops? Or should I do something more. I do clean it everyday, but hard to keep up. I'm...

Yesterday I ended up dropping a nice cloud of green water from top of my cover into the pool when I removed it...:mad: my parameters were and had been like that for 2 weeks, with crystal clear water: FC: 4.5 CC: 0 TA: 60 CH: 175 CYA: 50 pH: 7.6 Borate: 50 SWG When I saw that cloud of green...

Thinking of going with Borate in my pool. Parameters are the following: FC: 4 CC: 0 pH: 7.5 CH: 275 TA: 40 CYA: 40 Salt: 3400 SWG is not on yet, water too cold Should I be concerned about my low TA before I add Boric Acid? Or is it OK, to have it at 40? My Ph kept climbing last year with a...

Hi, 1st time I open my pool this year. Last year PB had to redo my pool bottom, so water was all drained out in spring so did not get to open the pool after the winter. So, today I removed the cover and started the beast. Here are my parameters: water temp: 45f (brrrrr!) FC: 3 CC: 0 Ph: 7.4...

I woke up with pool water that lost its sparkle, not necessarily cloudy but dull. Been lowering my FC since July 24th, from 15 to 4.5 (was that high from vacation where cover was on and ended up with too much chorine, but sparkling water) I did an OCLT(night of July 24th) at FC 15, and had 0...

Got new liner and pool fill on June 5th. Brought FC to 12ppm for 2 days(June 6th and 7th), passed OCLT. Let drift the FC for a few days. Added CYA to bring to about 40. Here are the readings since then: date FC pH TA CH CYA SALT SWCG TempH2O addition/action 9 juin 10 8 175 500...

Hi, I'm wondering if I have a leaking pipe. When I start my pump after cleaning pump basket and/or filter cartridge, I will release the air out using the top filter valve until water comes out. But, after a few days of running, if I turn that valve again I can have air go out again before I see...

Hi, trying to plan for when we leave for vacation. readings are like this: FC: 5 CC: 0 PH: 7.6-7.8 CYA: 50 TA: 90 CH: 500 SWCG set to 1 (lowest setting) Weather hasn't been great recently, but SWCG is keeping FC at 5 being set at 1. (which is why I don't want to raise CYA more, actually...

Hi, Just started our new pool last week. Parameters are like this: FC: 7 (slowly going down from shock condition, targeting 3) CC: 0 PH: 7.5 TA: 70 CH: 500 CYA: untested, will do this week-end Salt: 2600 (will add more tonight to go at 3200) Pool is using SWG Now my questions: - Will I...